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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Last Clinic Day.....for first semester

Yep! Donezo!!! No more clinic this year!!
But I am super nervous for next semester!! It will be interesting to see how everything folds out!! Yikes!!

Monday, November 21, 2011

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

Wow! All i can say is thank the heavens above today is over. It went really smoother than I pictured it going, but i must say, the whole x-ray thing held us up! I had my cute lil sister come and be my very first patient ever! She was so so brave! It was fun to put everything we learned, especially radiology, together and be an actual hygienist. haha if you can call us that!
It was all the emotions you could think of all wrapped up into one big mess!!
Stress
Anger
Frustration
Excitement
Anxious
Surprised....
Basically to sum it up, you name it I felt it. I still dont believe we are ready to take second semester by the reins and go for it. I feel like we dont even know what we are doing yet! Good heavens, what is this world coming too?!! haha I guess we have to get thrown into the wild sometime!
Overall it was fun and quite the experience. I was not able to scale any quads on Kendra because everything else took too much time. I need to manage time better thats for sure. But thank heavens it went smoother than I thought, now I guess I can actually sleep tonight since its over....p.s.
I AM SO SO READY FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK!! Its sad to say, but I have actually already checked out....so bad right?....It happens to the best of us.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Im the patient AGAIN!! BOOYA!

Ok folks, so today was our last day as being the patient. Guess who took a nap today?....ME!
April was my operator and boy was she just fabulous! We are just a little bit nervous for our real, and I mean REAL patient day on monday! Lets just say I will not be getting any sleep on sunday night that is for sure! I am freaking out already and its only WEDNESDAY!!!! AHHHHH!!!
Anyways, I think I know what im doing, but I guess we will just see if i do for sure come monday!! Ü
I can not wait to see what my monday post will be saying!! Oh i can only imagine! Heaven help me!

Monday, November 14, 2011

B.E.S.T Week ever.

So guess who was the patient today....
ME
Did i have the time of my life?
YES!
Did I paint my fingernails for clinic?
YES!
Did I wear super big earrings?
YES!
Did I stress at all sunday night about what was to come for clinic the next day?
NOPE!!
Was life so wonderful, just sitting in the chair, sleeping, and singing to Jason Derulo (Of course he was on the radio, I would not just bust out in song...thats embarrassing.)
YES IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!
CLINIC WAS COMPLETE BLISS TODAY...NOTHIN' BUT RELAXATION!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Mock Patient Day Numero Dose!

Day 2 was on wednesday, and let me tell ya....I think we kind of get the hang of how this whole "clinic" thing works. I better not jinx myself. But little by little and practice after practice we are finally getting it. April was my cute patient again, and yes I was able to clean out her pretty little mouth. It was exciting. The main thing that takes so much stinkin' time is the filling out the chart. Literally it becomes a pain, but of course we understand why we do what we do. Overall, the patient day went fabulous!! Pod 1 rocks my socks!! Whoo hoo!! Now this coming week, we totally get to relax and watch everyone else freak out! yahoo! This is going to be one heck of a treat! hahaha

Monday, November 7, 2011

Pre-Mock Patient Day....YIKES!

OK...So let me lay out what clinic was like today!
First of all...ALL WEEKEND we have been STRESSIN' about who was going to be the operator or patient for this week! Of course, we find out the night before and it gives us no time...IM TALKIN' ZERO time to prepare ourselves! So of course, as luck would have it, I was the operator for this week!
So in easier terms, that means I GET TO STRESS ALL WEEK AND FREAK OUT OVER STUFF I KNOW, BUT FORGET WHEN I GET TO MY POD! Ü
Everyone in my pod was stressing! Atleast we were all in it together and felt each others pain!
We got to be with Pod 2 which is our great friends, and boy did we have fun!! I had my friend April as my patient!! She is always so good to me! We actually got to see everyone in "real" street close! We got to walk out and get them and bring them back like a real patient! It was so fun! It actually was not bad at all! Once I got in the hang of what I was suppose to do, I actually liked clinic!! It was not bad at all!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!! I actually felt a little bit more comfortable with probing and filling out HHx and OD. It all comes together little by little! Plus with the help of peers it was nice to stay on track! I was able to scale 2 quads on Apes! I am super proud of myself!! Today went alot smoother than I pictured it, but overall we had a good day!!
In Pod wrap Prof. Costley asked if we were all able to get probing done (aka the WHOLE ENTIRE MOUTH) and when we all said yes, she about fell out of her chair!! Apparently, we are the first class ever to finish with probing the whole mouth!! HOLLA!! What class rocks?!....The class of 2013 baby!! Ya what!! No ones got nothin on us!! Oh ya! Ü

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Sharper the Better!

Clearly we learned how to sharpen today! Our instruments are not dull, so sharpening was not too bad. Im sure as we go along, it will get super dull, and then the sharpening stone will come out!
Yet again, today was a good practice day with everything! I passed off 3 pe's! THATS RIGHT FOLKS, 3!! I finally feel like I am caught up! I passed off Air/Powder polishing, Flouride and Sealant! Easy to do, and what a nice day it was to get everything done and practic! Kayla was my patient, and boy was she easy. We cruised through everything quite fast!! Which was nice for once, because usually I am not as fast. It was nice for a change! I was able to put a sealant on Erin!
Oh and let me tell ya how many sealants good ole Candice got in her mouth today....Im thinkin about 4! FOUR?!! Can you believe that?! My good old teeth are deep suckers! Ü
Good Clinic day!! Yahoo!