To Fulcrum, or Not to Fulcrum....that is the question.

Wow!!! If i could use one word to describe today in clinic it would be wow!!! So MUCH WAS TAUGHT!!! Trying to digest ALL of what we were taught and shown is impossible right now!! I felt so so so overwhelmed and I felt like i would never be able to get the hang of it all. My heart was pounding and one thing i found out is that my hands/fingers are SO weak!! I am a wimp!! By the time clinic was over my hand and figers were shaking! It was hilarious! My poor baby fingers! I seriously need to do the exercises that they say in the book!! I think that will be my best way of helping develope my strength in my fingers. I'm sure that by the time this semester is over (well hopefully) my fingers/hands are able to not shake anymore!! The fatigue is surely getting to them!! haha That is probably one of my goals I want to accomplish...getting my fingers strong and ripped! (haha well not ripped but you know what i mean Ü)
Clock positioning was blowing my mind today in clinic. For some reason the "towards" and "away" was getting me totally confused. There is a huge difference from 12 to 8 and then from 9 to 10. I need to study that is for sure.
Clinic seemed like we were trying to eat the whole elephant all at once. Impossible. I finally realized I needed to take it a step at a time. I needed to understand and figure out all of this information for myself. I can not worry about what others are doing, or how fast someone else is catching on to the skill. I need to worry about me and me alone. I will definitely be taking my typodont and instruments home to practice over this long labor day weekend. I WILL GAIN STRENGTH IN MY FINGERS AND I WILL UNDERSTAND AND PASS THIS SKILL OFF WITH FLYING COLORS!!!
For right now i need to let it all sink in. Wish me luck!!

Put it up...take it down...

Clinic was very interesting!! We went through two new PE's today, and boy it sure was a lot! We learned about setting up our operatories and taking down and then the maintenance on them. A whole bunch of new stuff all put in a 4 hour clinic day!! Seeing everything that goes into setting up for a patient, made me realize how every time I went in for a cleaning, how much time it really took. Keeping everything clean and disinfected is key! I am loving everyone in my pod, sometimes it feels like we get left out just because we are the farthest away. But we always laugh about that, because half the time we do not know what is going on. Today I passed off my PPE PE, and I think I did a good job. I got a little flustered at first because i was not sure i was ready to pass it off, but then all of a sudden I just was passing it off. I am not sure if this whole "passing off PE's" will ever get easy. They are quite stressful, but I understand why we do them. School is starting to pick up the speed, I am still trying to get the hang of it all. I will get there, it will just take time.

Clinic Day 2

Today was our second day in clinic! We started to use the Blue Boa and i really love it. Im sure as i continue on in this journey i will absolutely love it. Its an awesome invention. We played around with our typodonts using the a/w syringe and HVE ejector. I have not been dental assisting for quite sometime now so to get back to getting the hang of everything, will be interesting haha. I can not wait until i can start to see my improvement. I hope and also my goal is to have improved alot. I am still trying to figure out how everything is held and used. I was able to pass off my first PE which was the eaglesoft basics. I have the hang of how Eaglesoft works. I cant wait until i see improvement! Overall it was a good day.

Clinic Day1 (EagleSoft)

Today was a bunch of emotions all wrapped into one big blob!! I have waited 3 years to be at the spot I finally am. I never thought this day would come, and now that it has its so surreal! This morning we met in the instructor area in clinic and went over the days activities. Then we learned how to log into taleval and also eaglesoft. Eagle soft is our first PE and at first it was a little stressful, but then i think i got the hang of it. Everything is so SO new and I (along with many others i am sure) am so overwhelmed that I know i need to get organized. Learning about the clinic and the programs is what I need for my base. I have mixed feelings with everything, but i think that is because it is all still so new. Hopefully i will get the hang of it all. I love my pod i am in and the people i get to really know for the next two years. I cannot wait to see our improvement and see how far we have come!! These next two years will be brutal, tough, and intense but at the same time full of memories and lots of learning! I am excited and nervous, but everything will work out! Wish me luck!!

I did it....finally!

Blog is done!!!!