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>> WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, I SAID TO MYSELF,
"COLLEGE IS NOT FOR ME.
MY NEXT STEP, IF IT'S NOT COLLEGE, IS WORKING."
I WANTED TO GO OUT AND GET ON MY OWN AND SHOW MY PARENTS
THAT I CAN DO IT WITHOUT DEPENDING ON THEM ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT WAS MY WHOLE GOAL OF GETTING A JOB.
IT FITS ME, IT'S ME, YOU KNOW?
AND I LIKE IT A WHOLE LOT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO IT EVERY DAY AND DOING IT
WITH NO COMPLAINTS.
>> AT THE AGE WHERE MOST PEOPLE NEED TO TRANSITION
TO ADULT MEDICINE IS WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL,
AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SOME GO ON TO GET A JOB.
>> THE MAIN THING THAT I WORK WITH AND THAT WE DEAL
WITH WITH JOBS IS THAT SOMETIMES OUR PATIENTS
HAVE TO BE ABSENT.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO BE ABSENT FREQUENTLY
BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR BOSS
AT SOME POINT THAT YOU MAY HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERVIEW,
I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE JOB.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO JUDGE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.
>> I FELT SAFE BECAUSE MY EMPLOYER WAS REALLY OPEN
TO ME, AND SHE KIND OF EXPLAINED THE CAREER
AND THE JOB PATH AND ALL THE CONDITIONS
THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH.
AND WHEN SHE JUST OPENED UP TO ME, I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST OPEN UP TO HER AND LET HER KNOW
ABOUT MY CONDITION."
>> I DON'T GO INTO A JOB LETTING THEM KNOW I HAVE CROHN'S.
I KIND OF DO IT ONLY IF IT'S A PROBLEM IF I KNOW
I'M GETTING SICK, OR IF I MAY SUSPECT I MIGHT
BE OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT, I'LL DEFINITELY CONTACT
THE PEOPLE I NEED TO CONTACT.
BUT IT'S A KIND OF NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS,
BUT I AM OPEN ABOUT IT IF SOMEONE ASKS ME.
>> SO WE WORK WITH, UP FRONT, LETTING EMPLOYERS KNOW
THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES LIKE THIS THAT ARE GOING
TO HAPPEN SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN LATER, WHEN THESE INSTANCES DO OCCUR,
WE LET THE EMPLOYERS KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABSENT BECAUSE
OF MEDICAL REASONS AND THAT THEY WON'T BE HELD AGAINST
THEM FOR THAT.
>> I THINK THAT ME HAVING A CHRONIC ILLNESS AND GROWING
UP WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS DEFINITELY HELPS ME CARE
FOR THE KIDS THAT I CARE FOR.
I'M ACTUALLY A SCHOOL NURSE, AND I'M A SCHOOL NURSE
FOR A HIGH SCHOOL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DRAMA AND THINGS
THAT GO ON WITH THEM.
AND FOR KIDS THAT I SEE THAT ARE VERY SICK,
I TRY TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND RELATE TO THEM AND SAY,
"YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS TOO,
AND WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER,
AND THIS IS WHAT I DID, OR THIS MAY HELP YOU."
>> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING INVOLVED
WITH THIS AGE GROUP IS SEEING THEM GO FROM,
SORT OF, YOUNG CHILDREN WITHOUT A LOT OF SENSE
OF DIRECTION SOMETIMES TO, OVER THE MATTER OF USUALLY
ABOUT 2, 3 YEARS, BECOMING MUCH MORE SAVVY AT TAKING CARE
OF THEMSELVES, MUCH MORE WILLING TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE,
WHO THEY WANT TO BE, WHERE THEY WANT TO GO IN LIFE.
>> IT'S NICE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE KEYSHLA AS WELL
TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND ENTER THE WORK WORLD WITH,
REALLY, A SENSE OF MISSION AND PURPOSE.
>> THE GOAL FOR MEDICAL CARE IS TO PROVIDE THE PATIENT
A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR
MAXIMUM POTENTIAL IN THEIR EDUCATION, VOCATION
AND PERSONAL LIFE.