Welcome to this week's episode of the doctor nurse podcast.
I'm your host Sandra pajetta and I'm your guide into the world of
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This week on the podcast, we hear from Patricia Delgado, who
graduated with her BSN in 2010, and worked in critical care, for
five years before becoming a nurse practitioner in
outpatient, Dermatology, she has found her calling in helping
individuals. Navigate their path towards
Better Health and overall well-being.
She believes all nurses deserve to feel fulfilled in their
careers and loves to help connect others to their dream
jobs. She's passionate about helping
others, see and focus in on their inner potential and in
their careers and in their lives.
So she does this by offering career coaching and mentorship
as well as opportunities to shadow in dermatology, which is
where she is, currently practicing, if you are
interested in working with Patricia in order to Achieve
your dreams and goals the nursing or Dermatology take a
look at her links that I've attached below.
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Guys, thank you so much for listening to the podcast and
let's dive into today's episode. Hi, dr.
Delgado, thank you so much for coming onto the doctor nurse
podcast. Today, I'm so happy to have you
so much for having me, dr. Presenta cannot wait to hear
about your journey through Dermatology to now your coaching
business again. Can you start us off by telling
my audience what it is that you do for a living?
Exactly. And kind of how you see yourself
as you're making a living in your nursing career.
I am currently a Dermatology certified nurse practitioner.
So I do work in a Dermatology Clinic.
I've been working in dermatology for seven years since I
graduated as a nurse practitioner in this particular
Clinic that I've been up for almost three years.
I also do work in research and the research is Dermatology
Psychiatry fibromyalgia migraine.
So we do a little bit of everything in the research side,
but my focus is definitely within the clinical.
Dermatology side. The dnp is probably really
helpful. As you're starting to kind of go
into the research. Side of things.
I got such a bug in my spirit during my dnp about research
that I hadn't had while getting my Master's Degree was very
strange, like resource was kind of annoying and my masters.
But I walked away from my doctor just being like, those words are
kind of awesome at like, what they're doing.
What research are you involved in owners interests.
So my current research is like it's clinical trials, like
actual clinical trials, but I find it interesting.
What you're saying about when your masters of kind of the
difference between the Masters, And the dnp actually when I
applied for the master's program at the time, I think it was
2013. They had changed the programs
instead of being RN to MSN. It was RN to dnp.
So I was like, well, I guess I have to go for DMV because I
really wanted to go to UCF and that's all they had at the time.
Then in the middle of that I guess they realized maybe it was
a bad idea, so they switched it back to allowing people to
graduate with their masters and I was like, well, you know, Know
what I've already started, you know, getting ahead on the dnp
classes. So let me just continue this
path. And as I entered the actual dnp
portion, it's just like you said, I was like, I was starting
to get the bug and they start actually showing you how to
implement a practice Improvement project I was working in
dermatology. I was actually able to implement
entire project in the practice and see it and collect data and
you sort of finish, like, whoa, I did that.
And you present your project and you get the dnp but it's not
just You know, dr. Delgado, it's more like I was
able to improve this clinic for my physician for the practice
owner. This is who I am now.
And so now I feel like I can go somewhere and if I see something
that needs to change, I can, I can do it.
So, if someone case that is, in case of him, yeah, that's a
little thing I do recommend it. We really are that gap between
getting the research into clinical practice.
I think I read somewhere that it takes, what is it 20 years?
There's some Number of years from the time that something is
found in research. For it to reach clinical
practice, I'll link the actual research.
That it actually shows that there's this long Gap, but time
between figuring out that hand, washing can save lives until we
actually start doing hand washing, right?
And so, there was this huge gap, but nurse practitioners being
involved in research and then also being by the bedside being
that clinical. You know, specialty were able to
close those gaps. With the He and I really think
when they Market it that way, it really has big benefits and
you're getting to directly use it in your practice which is so
cool. So cool.
I just think that's like totally like the Holy Grail of the dnp
and really getting to see that there's changes in people's
lives in your clinical practice and know that you're making a
really big difference. Let's just so cool.
So and then, so you also do a little side, a little side,
hustle, a little A little dr. Delgado, her own thing.
So what she got on the side, so what I got on the side so you
know, just a little bit of background before I became a
nurse practitioner. I worked for five years in
critical care and especially the three and a half years.
And in ICU, I actually feel like I got burnt out.
I definitely was born that and really was kind of counting
down. I remember the day I got
accepted to the program. I was like, yes, you know,
there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
I was reading about some of the other guests that you've had and
I listened to a couple of them about burnout and you know it is
psychologically draining it, everything that you go to with
patients for the family, especially in intensive care,
your co-workers, sometimes the Physicians don't always act, you
know, appropriately and it takes a toll on you.
So I was really kind of thinking about what I wanted to do as a
nurse practitioner. I knew I did not want to come
back to the hospital but I love teaching and I love, I love that
Hall. A moment when I worked in PC,
which is step down, I loved, you know, talking to patients about
their medications and during discharge.
And that feeling that, that look when they're like, wait, you're
telling me I'm supposed to keep taking my hypertension
medications. Even if my blood pressure is
normal and I said, yes, and it's like, that's why you're so it's
just great things, like they'll be able to stay out of the
hospital. And so that's one of the reasons
why I was like, I want to help people stay out of the hospital,
but Mythology, I was I had heard the Dermatology like, oh, it's a
fun fun specialty. Like the hours are good pay.
The pay is good, you know, quotations.
And I was like well I don't want to do something just because
ours are good and pays good. So I wanted to explore it.
So in my program I was able to do some hours in dermatology and
yeah. And it's funny because I wanted
to do a whole rotation Dermatology, but because I had,
I received a grant when I was in school.
Cool for Primary Care for the underserved.
They wanted me to do some of my hours at a Volunteer Clinic in
primary care, which is great, just totally fine.
Because a lot of it is also Dermatology but I was able to
split some hours in dermatology and that's where I really
discovered how much I love it. I love teaching people about
their skin. I love how relevant skincare is.
You know, it's just about anyone.
You talk to like oh Dermatology so like I've got this thing or
oh my God wrinkle there. Oh my gosh, like My toe has
longest Yeah. It's really interesting when
here. Yeah.
You know, and like I've literally had audiences.
Tell me what is Botox, exactly. You know.
Yeah. Educating people.
But yeah. So I had heard though that
Dermatology was really hard to get into so after I did my
clinicals I was like, okay, well that was really cool.
You know, that was fun but I wasn't I've never been someone
that's like that's what I want to do for sure like that
specialty. Just because in nursing and
Healthcare, there's so many ways you can help people.
So Suppose, I could exploring different jobs and it just so
happened that when I graduated from the, from my nurse
practitioner program, the clinic where I had done my clinical
hours, they needed somebody for this office that they had opened
up previously and the patient load was starting to ramp up
like just, right. And it happened to be able to
very Hispanic area and the physician was like his, my
preceptor told me the story she said, yeah, we were In there,
and he was trying to decide who he was going to hire and he
said, gosh, who knows, Dermatology who knows the
practice and can speak Spanish. Like, what a nurse practitioner
could that be? And my preceptor was like,
hello? Patricia was just here.
And she was doing every port, and he said, oh yeah, texted me
and literally said, hey, you know, we need somebody.
And if you want to get the job, I'm going to meet me and we'll
talk about it and and it's yours if you want it.
So yeah, and when I put worked out, I when I started it, I was
just like, this is amazing. It was, I love it.
I love the setting. I love the specialty that
inspire you to create your side hustle.
So, so yes, it did. The fact that I loved it so much
and I just felt so happy and fulfilled.
And then I had people reach out to me, sometimes I was the
president and founder of the Florida chapter of the
Dermatology Nurse Association. So with that sort of title
anytime. Anyone emailed the national DNA
and was like, hey, I'm in Florida and I'm interested in
dermatology, they would sort of just like Shepherd them to me to
answer their questions to give them advice.
I had an RN come Shadow me for a day and just do a drop shadow.
And I was like, yeah. And something else.
I noticed was sometimes actually one of the RNs I said, oh, so
what attracted you to Dermatology?
And she said, dr. Pimple popper, I love it.
All right, the YouTuber, right? Yeah, it's funny to think our
own show. Dermatology it can be anything
that you want it to be. You can sort of evolve your
career. You know, you can focus on
Aesthetics, you can do more surgeries as she does.
You can see her medical, you can even if you want to like kind of
specialize in certain conditions and then people in your practice
recording that you're that person I was when I was kind of
excited to show her like hey this practice isn't all.
Popping pimples. There's a lot more.
Yeah. Ecology than just you know,
extracting cysts and like squeezing them and watching the
stuff go everywhere. You decided to launch a coaching
business teaching nurses and nurse practitioners, how to get
started in? Dermatology because it seemed
like the feedback you were getting was it was so hard to
get into these jobs, right? Yes.
It seems everyone.
To get into Dermatology. And honestly, that was something
that I was even in dermatology. I was Finding not only nurse
practitioners and nurses, but I've also helped coach prepay
and Pa students. Well, because a lot of our
medical assistants were they were college graduates.
That were planning to go into PA school with the hope of
eventually working in dermatology.
So of course, they want to get their patient experience hours
at a Dermatology Clinic so I would help them.
Mullen coach them letters of And ation etcetera.
All the different ways that I was approached about it.
I decided to come up with my coaching business, so I have
different tiers to it. Right now, I have three the
first here, it's called Durham Mentor.
It includes two, 30 minute coaching sessions, which can be
spaced out either weekly, monthly, or quarterly depending
on person's needs or kind of where they are in their career.
So, for example, I have clients that have just graduated from
their programs and they're ready to hit the ground running.
I offer the CV and resume proofreading and maximizing for
Dermatology jobs. There are certain skills that
you want to highlight. And there are certain skills or
experiences that sometimes. I've had nurses, tell me that
they've done, and I'm like, oh yeah, I left that off because
it's not important. And I said no put that back on.
It's so important. And, you know, all that's good
and I'll tell them why I'll explain why.
And then you write it in the resume or in the CV that certain
way where it highlights how or Why it's important to help at
that cover letter, assistance, strategies for job searching.
So, in dermatology, again also a little bit different if anyone
wants to publish, I can assist with that assistance with
finding a preceptor networking. I have some discounts to some
Dermatology courses through the DNA and other ones with my
certification if the person is in a dnp program I can help with
that as well. I can give ideas for projects,
practice Improvement projects. I had a client Recently, she was
telling me, well, if I don't get a clinical rotation in
dermatology, how am I supposed to do a project?
And I said, girl, like 90% of patients and Primary Care have a
complaint on their skin hair nails.
So there are ways that you can implement or, you know, come up
with a project in a primary care clinic that's good.
That actually still has to do with Dermatology and improving
practice in a primary care clinic for Dermatology patients.
That's Tier 1 and then tier 2 and tier 3.
Yes, it's just more of that just increase frequency.
Exactly. So it's more of that.
It's three calls instead of to the.
Yeah. The second tier is definitely
there's I will offer you contacts, the pharmaceutical
reps. You'll get invited to dinners
where you can meet other Pas and NPS.
You'll need a physician grade biology because honestly, like
for me, your network, is your net worth, right?
You know, and Kind of got of being that person that once
you're with me, I opened the doors For You full transparency.
I don't inject filler very often like, I'm not a filler Expo, but
I know people that are killer experts.
I know people that work at the different practices and the
state different practices in the country.
If you have a question about someone, I can kind of, you
know, connect you with those people with the pharmaceutical
reps, recruiters how to attend a conference.
The best conference is to actually Attend.
Because there are so many Dermatology conferences, but
some of them if you're on a budget it's just not worth
spending your money or your tongue.
Yeah. You know, you got to focus on
just getting through the program, but there's certain
conferences, that if you put that on your resume, that you
participate in these that you did these workshops, that you've
got hands-on experience, it's going to look really good.
Yeah, agree. You know, one of the things that
I described in my podcast all the time and when the things I
advocate for nurses, To do is to utilize their knowledge base to
create something that they can improve the lives of other
nurses and nurse practitioners, or their patients.
And to be able to generate extra revenues, you're not just
depending on your job solely to bring in income.
And what I love about what you've developed here is that
you've actually been able to just leverage what you already
doing, leverage your network, leverage, the work that you've
been doing and you're using it to now help other people closed.
Apps quicker, get in the door faster and to prepare themselves
for their dream jobs and all you've done is just been like,
I'll just take all the stuff I know and make something, and
then I'm going to just sell it to people.
And again, people want that that experience because again, your
network is your net worth and so being able to get in and talk to
people and, Hey, listen, I'm looking for this job.
What do you know, and all we got a part-time position here and we
can get you in here. Oh, it just really allows you a
level of Ability that I think and a level of access that I
think is is worth paying for is worth having the person in your
corner that kind of looks out for you.
Don't see anything wrong with what you've done at monetizing,
this being able to sell it and again if soon as you do good
work, you're serving people. Why shouldn't you get paid for
that? There's just so much stigma.
Like, oh, you should do stuff for free.
It's like why you don't expect other people to do things for
free? Why should I do this for free
and you've discovered a niche? You discovered something that
was missing. Missing the help that people
need to kind of get this part of their career off the ground as
it always been roses for you, or have you had some challenges
along the way that have made, you think along the journey, dr.
Delgado. This is it, you're not making it
or, you know, or has there been a moment that you've had to kind
of overcome a challenge to kind of get you to where you are
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back to the conversation. So you actually mentioned one of
the biggest challenges and it's kind of thinking to yourself,
you know, like is it wrong to charge people?
Like I helped some before I actually created the coaching
business I told You about as the president of the Florida, DNA.
A lot of people reached out to me.
I'd have people Shadow me, you know?
And I'd share my contacts, I get people invited to dinners
without any. And I would take the time to
email people for them and and do the research and do the work now
spending a lot of time. And and then also is like, am I
really an expert about those? You know, so there's a little
bit of imposters. Yeah.
Because sure, when you're only a nurse practitioner for a couple
of years or four years ago, homes that are appropriate or
okay, To say that while I'm an expert at this and so I can
teach you about this. So you know, if the first hurdle
is realizing that, okay I think I'm comfortable enough to become
a preceptor now. And I was excited because, you
know, I wanted to give back, you know, one of my first
Inspirations and mentors was my preceptor and dermatology who
was gracious enough to take me as a student.
Because she actually told me after she was like I don't
really she's like I don't normally take students but we're
on a dance team together and she said, but you know No, I don't
know if she liked the way. I salsa dance, what, but he
accepted had like some family problems.
Emailed me the first week of that final semester and so she
couldn't do it like, oh this. So the challenge, you know,
realizing that it's number one. I'm ready to monetize this into
that. It's okay to monetize it.
And I actually hired my own business coach, because I'm
somebody who needs accountability for sure.
Really, I need deadlines, you know, someone to make sure that
I complete things. So, I have my own coach and I
thought, well, if star athletes have coaches, it makes sense for
us to have coaches to for the things that were crashing things
like you want Tiger Woods as a coach it's like exactly Tigers
got a coach we all need a coach Keys top of his game and he's
got someone that's helping him make his game stronger.
You're helping her spy tensioners, make their games
stronger to Get to where they want to be this feeling that a
lot of nurse practitioners, have.
I think it's because we were in this this mindset that we are
just supposed to give from the bottom of our hearts.
It's kind of taught to us in school, empathy, and all these
things. There's also the money side of
things that there's also my time.
And my time is limited. My time is valuable.
And so, if I am extending the services, which you did for free
for however long, you did it for which is the same for I've done
things for free and I just give it away, give it away.
But eventually you've got to go, this is worth something and I'm
valuable like what I'm bringing to the table and so many nurse
practitioners. Don't realize that, that that
gap between, I don't know what I'm doing to what I'm doing and
I'm also pretty good at what I'm doing.
Might be shorter than you think it is.
And again we're always going to be learning so as long as you're
always learning and you're always in that state of
learning, even if you're like, okay, so I don't know everything
but I do know Something, so just figure those things out, start
writing them down, start figuring out, what am I really
good at? What are the things that have
selling, then I can be an expert in and then begin to figure out
how you can monetize that. Because this thing in between
your two ears, is one of the most powerful ways of generating
money. And when you read all these
business books, they say that all the time that your ability
to create, and to dream, and to pull things from that space, and
put it on paper and create a Is around.
It is what America was founded on.
It's the pursuit of happiness. It's all the things that I think
are America. It makes us just so blessed to
live here and to work here. And more of us need to be
tapping into what it is that we know and figure out how we can
help people. But also monetize that there's
nothing wrong with that. I want to normalize that more
and more because I think there's just this undertone of like, now
you should do it for free. It is Something that everyone
has to overcome at some point. And so I think that that
challenge is very normal and very relatable.
How would you say if you had to give one tip to my listener, to
overcome that fear. Because what if somebody's not
exact same bow and they're just like, okay yeah, I'm kind of
where she is. Like I feel like I know this
really well but like, I mean, how can I ask them to pay me for
this? Like, what does it tip that you
had to kind of give yourself besides getting hiring a
business coach, and things like that?
What did you do to overcome it? So, Heard a couple of like
really fun, inspirational books that you talk about ways to give
back to the world and give back to people.
It's all in here, like it's all in our, in our creativity, and
our minds in our own experiences because sometimes people think
well like, who am I to do this? Because there's that pi over
there and there's this nurse practitioner over here, but it's
what makes you unique, you know. It's like because honestly, like
And I feel like sometimes maybe people are competitive with
things but it's like, there's no need to be.
There's so many people that could use your help with
whatever it is. And you ask yourself what do
people come to me for? Like what is it that I have or
that I do for people that maybe they don't usually approach
other people for and so you kind of take that and realize that
well they're coming to me for this, not not that person but
that's something special and unique that you can offer.
There's only one Patricia Delgado on the planet.
There's only one Sandra presenta on the planet.
There's only one of us, right? And so, you owe it to yourself
and you owe it to the world, to be the fullest of Patricia
Delgado. And I owe it to the world, to be
the full list of Sandra Genta and whatever that looks like for
either one of us. Again, we all have our
priorities, we have our, what, I like to call my core values, the
things that I can't deviate from, because it would be be
untrue to myself, right? And then outside of that, we get
to how we influence the world that how we impact others, you
owe it to the world to do you because only you can do you and
when your life ends at the end of your life, do you want to be
sitting there thinking? I didn't do that because I
didn't think I knew enough for. I didn't think I was good enough
and I didn't give it a shot. More nurses and nurse
practitioners need to step into that space and just go I'm here
to make an impact the way that I can make an impact that you
can't because You're not me and so I'm not going to be for
everybody. People are going to listen to my
podcast and just be like oh she's the worst and that's fine.
I'm not for you but there are people that will hear it and
they'll see it. And they'll go, you know what?
She's speaking to me. I feel like, I know Sandra.
I feel like I understand her and that's who I'm for and you're
only going to be for the people that you're meant to be for.
And when you find your group, you find your tribe, how
beautiful is that? You're just like this have a
long, that's what I've been searching for.
You've Hope some people along your path that you felt like
we're mentors people that kind of reached out to you.
What would you say? Has been anyone?
That's come along your path to really kind of help you on this
journey. One of the things I've found is
that nurses really don't do a good job at mentoring one,
another. I think we tend to kind of going
back to what you say compete with one another or maybe it's
like, girl games. I don't know, but I think it's
really wrong because if we are actually looking out for one
another, what we find is as dr. A Legato excels, in her career
and And by having a relationship with you and having you in my
network, I can actually get to places that I would like to be
if that's something that I wanted have.
You had that or is this just been something that you've been
building kind of all on your own without very very much
mentorship. One of my biggest Inspirations
is my brother. I think I was in my nurse
practitioner program, maybe just starting.
And it's funny because this isn't even about Healthcare.
This is about dance. He's like, hey, what are you
doing? He lives in New York City, and
he said, what are you doing? Are you, are you?
Are you drawing? Because he knows that.
I used to draw a lot. I have little bit of artistic
Flair. Like no.
No, he's repainting or you are you dancing?
Because you left dance was like, yeah, I've been dancing.
A little bit. And I was thinking about joining
the dance team, but I don't know.
I'm not sure. He's like, just do it, you know,
go out there and do it Patricia, you know, love your brother,
nothing, what's the best looking for Ben?
Yeah. And I was like, what?
If I'm not good enough and he's like, it doesn't matter.
When you just go there, you put yourself out there.
You're just putting yourself outside your comfort zone just
that's going to help you grow Patricia and you don't know who
you're going to meet and he you know told me some story about
someone he met and this great connection I was like okay
alright so he like really kind of pushed me and I was I felt
very invigorating No, I'm gonna do it.
I'm going to join the dance team, and I did, it was a
wonderful experience and lo and behold, that's how I met the
nurse practitioner in dermatology.
That's right. And he had told me he's like,
you know, all these connections that you make.
I made wonderful friends, you know?
Not just her, but I made great friends, I became a better
dancer. I fell in love with it even more
the nurse practitioner. That was my first preceptor.
She was a mentor in her knowledge and her patience with
me and providing resources. Is for me, then moving along my
advisor, for my dnp project was also very inspirational actually
kind of had to because one went on a sabbatical in the middle.
So like they both one was like a little cheerleader and was like
you got this, come on, you're doing great.
Like just work on this one piece.
It's going to it's going to work out and then the other one
really helped me kind of hone in on my actual topic.
And I told her I really wanted to graduate on this in this one
specific semester I was like, am I going to finish in time?
What do you think? And she's like yes, like she
helped me really like hammer things out.
Time everything. Properly, both of them are very
inspirational, my journey. And currently, I have another
Mentor who I met at this most recent practice.
And she's been a knowledge Mentor, self-esteem Mentor just
someone that I can vent to and is just one of the most
knowledgeable Healthcare Providers I've ever met.
Is it empty? Or is assemble nurse
practitioner heshes? Yeah, yeah.
And she's like, Dermatology, slashed.
Rheumatology rheumatologist are so sneeze.
Ah, rheumatologists will text her to like, ask a question.
The one that they're metallic is called.
Yeah, the rheumatologist are like-minded people.
I don't know how they figure out the stuff they do.
But yes. Yeah.
It's a very complicated. I mean, everything's pretty
complicated. In fact, and my new like
discoveries. I feel like Because people are
complicated because you're getting your site.
You're getting your site degree, right?
You're doing like a postmaster. Sir, you have the certification.
I saw that. Yeah.
Yes. Oh and she actually used to work
in a room Derm clinic and then prior to that, she did her
residency in a room. Derm psych, kind of, like she
said, they were all kind of next to each other.
So the patient will go to 1, then to the other end to the
other and I said that's how Healthcare should be, you know,
because I feel like our mind kind of affects us in every way
in the way that our diseases Express themselves in the way
that we manage our own images, our perceptions of our diseases,
and our conditions, So so yeah, I thought that was really cool,
really interesting. It's good exposure and she, and
she's a big supporter of advanced practice providers,
which is, yeah, she sounds like, she's a really neat person that
she's a good resource to just go to and you need like a friend.
She just sounds like a friend and that you can go to and talk
to and bounce ideas off of what? We don't realize that when we
impact others and we are open to affecting their lives and
improving. Their lives, but it's up
happening, is they go places? They tell people about what
you're doing to change their life, it's this thought that if
we hoard our information, then nobody else can use it.
But when we realize when we give away, what we know and we share
what we know, what we end up doing, is we develop dating
ourselves? Despite the fact that we're
concerned, we're going to fall. We're like, oh no, if I tell me
what, I know that I won't be the smartest person in the room.
But what you find is that other people around you, go this
person's incredible. You just walk up to them and
they're able to tell you what I know and they're able to spill
over and so you then become this person that people Elevate as
you begin to just pour out of yourself and you're thinking oh
I'm going to pour too much. It's like you can't.
It literally is this cup that you cannot overfill.
It will never bring you down. It will only lift you up and
that's what I want nurses to hear over and over again, is
that you do not need to hoard this stuff and you do not need
to have a scarcity mindset around the knowledge.
And the experience is that we have, we need to give this stuff
away. Way.
And by giving it away, by sharing it with others, will you
end up? Doing is you end up changing
people's lives to impact things for good and you end up
elevating yourself in a way that you did not realize that people
would go on to a podcast and talk about you and say that this
person has been so influential in my career and what better of
a legacy to leave on this Earth than how we impact people.
That's the only thing that gets left on the planet and the
impact that you have on others. When you go to people's
funerals, they talk about the It's the memories, the times the
impact that you have. They don't talk about, you know,
all this other stuff that we think is important while she
drove a Porsche you know, 529 on, even if that's a car and she
had a 5,000 square-foot house, we don't care about that stuff.
We care about the impact in the difference that you make in
others. That's really what it's all made
of. I don't want to call it a life
hack because I feel like it's just kind of a thing.
It's when you help people and you you see them growing or like
getting better because of something you did, it's just
Such a great feeling and it does it literally kind of laughs you
up. There's a really awesome book
that I had read is called who not how it was one of my
favorites because sometimes we think about and I'll talk about
the first time I ever published. I knew I Know Myself and I can't
like I'll sit down and start writing something and I won't
finish because I'll tell myself, I'll finish it by Friday, but
no, I need somebody to hold her accountable.
So, when I started this practice, I eat, I had this
topic. I really wanted to write about
So I saw the other nurse practitioners that were in my
practice that The NPS as well and I said, hey would you like
to write this article with me? You know, we're like to do this
with me and one of them was like super busy, she's very involved
and engaged so I was like totally get it.
I wrote to another one didn't respond.
So I wrote to someone else and she was like hey that sounds
great you know let's do this. So we like set a date to meet
and we set deadlines and we did it.
We actually wrote a paper together, this is the first time
that publish and You know using her, you know, each other,
right? Like each other ability each
other's writing schools. Our experiences and every time
you work with someone, you kind of grow a little bit, you you
extend yourself to them and they extend to you and together.
Now she's published as well. I think she was a realist
actually and now I'm obliged and so it's like it helps everyone.
It's wonderful. And now, you know, you just you
Grow a little bit inside and sometimes you don't even realize
how, or how it's going to affect you, but but it does that's
really special. And again, I think it's
interesting too that you had to reach out to multiple people.
Like somebody didn't respond, which goes to show you, like,
stay persistent, don't give up. I love that.
Those people that are like, hey, yeah, you know, support you.
I think it's because they remember that.
We we all started somewhere, you know?
We and that's why I was eager to like get that Comfort to precept
because I've heard people say, I say that oh, Dermatology
providers don't really like to precepts and I'm like, well,
that's not fair, you know, it's really hard to find dermatology
preceptor, you know? So I want to be that person that
my preceptor was for me, you know, in my moment of like,
because my preceptor you canceled on me, I want to be
that salsa dancing, salsa dancing Dermatology connection
from nurse practitioners and I can, you know, for an atmosphere
So there's so little known fact about me.
I actually am a pretty big salsa dancer as well prior to getting
married. I yeah, so my husband is
Panamanian, but he doesn't dance salsa.
I probably I've ever was like, you're Marrying.
An unsalted answer. I'm like, he's just a wonderful
human. So I'm marrying these were
human, but despite the fact that he doesn't dance salsa, but I
used to go to conferences all over the State of Florida.
Dancing, salsa. Oh my gosh, stay out to two,
three, four, five in the morning, dancing.
My feet hurt. I'm pretty sure the bunion on my
foot is because I've been in Celsius shoes for God knows how
long and walking barefoot back to my hotel room.
Oh my gosh, I am so I love dancing.
Salsa, Merengue Bachata, you know, cha cha I love it all.
It's all beautiful. I totally feel your mutual love
for salsa. And then for the last question
of the podcast is, what advice do you give Foreigner?
Starting off that she's new? She's like, I don't know what I
do. I like door that sound.
Be cool again. I heard this.
Great H, great pay. This sounds like something.
I might be interested in if you could go back to dr.
Delgado fresh RN. What would you tell her?
What's a piece of advice that you would give her that you wish
you would have known starting off in your career?
And so a piece of advice to keep and a piece of advice you would
say. This is gavage don't listen to
it. My advice would be well since
it's little baby girl I got 0 or a little lady Patricia I would
just go back and tell her everything's going to work out
the way. It's supposed to trust the
process. Tough things are going to happen
but those are the things that are going to shape your future
and guide you to what you're truly passionate about.
Don't listen to what people say, do what you do, what you're
passionate about. If you want to do something, set
your mind to it and it's going to happen and sometimes the
route can be a little bit, you know.
Yeah, I'm your door. Yeah, complicated.
Exactly convoluted. But when you get there, all that
path that you took is going to shape.
The provider the outcome wepa sewed with tax deed wolf.
He says, success is not a linear path.
It's like this, like squiggly line of like, any be, you know?
And so, yes, sideways. And then sometimes like go down
but really? Yeah, it's actually an up.
Yeah, it's so progress to thing to even though it might be going
down to see. Sometimes you have to figure out
that's because thanks for coming on this podcast, Patricia and
sharing your journey and what you're doing with your career.
It is incredible. Like I said that you have found
a niche and you're trying to fill it with your knowledge and
you are filling it and you are helping people get to their
dream careers quicker. So I love it.
Thank you, Sondra, thanks for having me.
It's I I like want to keep talking.
This is so much fun. Gee mom back.
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