End of February!

Today is the last day of February. I can't decide if i am excited or not about this! I know that we only have two weeks til spring break but I also know that we only have 11 days left of clinic. Im Nervous :o) but I ow a BIG THANKS to Karen for letting me share her pt and I got to pass of my Sealant PE. Today was ok but I still feel like I need to do better and be faster. I always feel bad asking the pt to come back again and this will be his third time seeing me. Oh well, we do the best we can right? So, goal for Wednesday is to hopefully pass off another PE and remember all the instrumenting tricks I learned today!

Productive Day!

Today was a productive day! I was able to see two patients although I missed a lot of areas on my second pt. I was late on getting him out also but im just glad that they are both done! I feel like im slowly starting to get the hang of things. I was able to feel the calculus on the areas that I missed and I LOVE when instructors stand over me and wait until those areas are clean! Thats how I learn :) Im still hoping that I get quicker but im so happy today was a good one :) I really need to pass off PE's so Im setting my goal to get two of them done next week!

BEST DAY OF CLINIC!

Today was such a fun day! I LOVED that we got a little brake from patients and clinic was a flashback to last semester. We got into groups and learned three PE's and joked and played and had a grate time! I love my classmates, I dont think I would survive these two years without them :) It was good to learn that we didnt have to find a diabetic person to do the blood glucose testing because that was one less stress. It was also nice to finally learn how to clean a denture because we talked about it in class but I get it now that I have a visual! Wish we could repeat the day but there is lots more learning to do next week :)

Happy LOVE Day!

Today was a good day, although I was a little slower than I thought I would be. I had a returning pt who was the second person I saw early in January so today I needed to scale four quads on him. When 8:00a.m. rolled around, he wasn't here so I texted him. An half hour or so later he was in my chair :) So I was able to pass of my instrument sharpening PE! I have to admit that I am glad that I finished and he wont be back in for a while because he was kinda a wimp. It got the the point where Instructor Vining had to locally numb him because I couldn't get in there to do anything! That was a bit frustrating but I finished and now im ready for a Wednesday free of pts :) Next week I am setting the goal to pass of two more PE's so wish me luck!

A GREAT Wednesday!

Today was such a good day for me which i really needed because the last few clinic days have got me questioning what the heck im doin'. I had a pt come in that was a class V and im so grateful for that because I need my class II requirements. He was a very enjoyable pt and I was able to get 3 quads done! I also LOVED having instructor Allen in my pod today :) She builds up my confidence by complementing me on everything that im doing well but she also critiques me in a good way too so that i can really learn from my mistakes. I felt hardly stressed or flustered today and the pt even told me that i did a better job on him than the last few girls who have worked on him! Maybe I can do this whole Dental Hygiene school thing j/k :)

Class 2 Found!

Today was okay, I think Mondays are always a bit harder for me (Its my shorter day too). I was really happy that my pt showed up and ended up being something other than a 1B because I need to get those requirements in. I was able to take a pano on him and 4 BWX so I got those requirements out of the way. But I made such a stupid mistake (I was even warned about it). Today I took 4 BWX using conventional and it was my first time using the daylight loader this semester and I was so focused on not messing that up that I didnt realize the film was double and i sent them through together and had to retake all four! I was a little pissed off at myself. I HATE that i am making dumb mistakes that I KNOW not to do. I think Instructor Vining thinks im the dumbest blonde also because I had to tell him my mistake to get four retakes. So goal for next time: Not to get flustered the rest of the day when I make stupid mistakes and to run through things in my mind before the pt arrives.

Class 3 Complete!

Yesterday I finished my class three pt and im not gonna lie it was hard for me. Im glad that i survived but i dont think i did all that well. I missed more sub. areas than i thought were possible :) Im trying hard to stay positive about this whole sucking thing but its hard! I still dont know what the heck im doing and its FEBRUARY! If you girls have any suggestions or tips or tricks that you have learned, LET ME KNOW!