Why Are Injections So Hard For Me?

Today was going good until my afternoon pt that I had to numb up.  I had was finishing her today and I knew that I needed to do the Left PSA (which scared me) and the Left IA (which did not).  But I gave the Left PSA with no real problems; it was the stupid IA that got me. I went in to site of penetration and hit osseous like five times, so I withdrew and aimed higher. When I went in the second time I was able to get to site of deposition but when I was aspirating my stupid harpoon got disengaged! Then I had one more try to really go in and get her numb, but I wasn’t too scared because I knew from the second try where to go exactly. But when I got to site of deposition for the third try, I got a freaking positive aspiration and didn’t get to numb my pt! So the cleaning was really uncomfortable for her and me and I felt bad the whole time, thinking that my pt thought I was an idiot. Well…. I am starting to freak out because I still need to take my LA clinical board but this just shot down my confidence.

Class 4's are HARD!

So Today I saw my class four again and i really hope that i am an expert by the time i see another one! She was freaking hard! I wished I knew more of what I was doing because I struggled getting her calculus. She was super patient with me and I feel bad that after i scaled her mouth for an hour, i had to have my instructor scale with me for the next hour. I am excited that today is one month til graduation thou! The light is at the end of the tunnel, it just seems kinda dim still :)

Scared For Boards!

I am super stressed out right now! I think I had a mini panic attack at the end of clinic today (sorry for all who witnessed) I know that everyone probably feels the same way and I am glad that im not the only one freaking out! I am praying so hard that everything works out for everyone. Today we found more board pts and that worked out great so this can too! Good luck to everyone during the next two weeks!!!