BOARD PATIENTS!

WAHOO!!!! I found my mock board for Feb 4 and then another patient for mock in Feb 28 and Boards!!!!! I'm so excited!!!! It is going to work out so well!!!!!!! (I hope) But I am so happy. My board patient has huge clicks of calc so hopefully I can get it all off!!!
I saw a class IV today, a Ib and a Ia. It was a good day!!!

VA day

So I was pretty nervous to start back up at the VA because of my last experience last semester. But today was great. Connie is great! She is so helpful and she explains things how they really are in the real world. She also helped me understand the perio classficiations for the boards a lot better. She is great and is really willing to help...but she is also thorough which I like. I saw 2 class V patients today. They were both pretty easy. I'm getting kind of nervous that I don't even know how to scale anymore....because I haven't seen any "real" calculus since early November. Tomorrow is my class IV so that will probably kick my butt. ha ha

New Semester

Its the beginning of the end!!!!
I'm so excited to be done...but I must admit I was not looking forward to starting this new semester.
I am extremely stressed about finding board patients. I had 3 screenings today and they all turned into 1bs. So thats kind of frustrating because I can't find any other patients to bring in. Everyone on the recall list is taken. Its crazy.
Luckily, history is on my side and fate will find me a patient...hopefully.

Last day for the semester!!

Today made up for last Thursday. I don't even want to get started on how bad of a day Thursday was. Lets just say I love the VA because its more of a real life experience...but I think all of us are having problems with certain personnel there. I left the VA crying. It was bad. and unprofessional. and rude.
Today however, was great! I saw a husband and wife. They were so cute. They were spanish speaking but both in english classes. So we spoke to each other in Spanglish and we were laughing so much. ha ha it was so fun. They were awesome patients. Both class V. I'm glad this semester is over...but I have next semester to look forward to/dread. I'm gonna spend the first 2 1/2 months looking for board patients!!

Flustery Day

Everyone had a bad day for some reason. ha ha I blame it on having a lab this morning. I think it makes us all complacent and then we can't get into a rhythm for the afternoon. (Plus I got a parking ticket for NO reason today and they won't excuse it.) My patient this afternoon was ok. Class II. Tons of bleeding but light calculus. I just feel like it took me 3 hours for patient treatment and I didn't get very much done. I spent half the time with the stupid charting and xrays. My patient had an STD so I was freaking out about infection control (although I think I did very well at covering my freakingoutness.) I was very professional while I was conducting the HHX in my opinion. I did do one thing that I am worried about. I was ultrasonicing and I was around a crown and my fulcrum slipped and my ultrasonic scraped across the crown on #6 and scratched it. I felt really bad. It was a complete accident. I think I slipped because there was so much blood. But no matter how many times I stopped to suction and apply pressure, it kept bleeding.
In lab this morning we practiced with the VelScope and wheelchair transfer. ha ha!!! Talk about fun! I haven't laughed so hard in clinic ever as I did with wheelchair transfer.

I'm glad its over.

Don't let the title confuse you...I really did have a great day! I just don't feel all that hot...so thats why i'm glad its over. I had a class IV this morning! The guy is so so nice! I only did one quad today even though I'd have time to do 2. I could just tell he was done. I would be too if I were him. He was really bloody and we worked hard. I did a PSA, MSA, and ASA on him so that was cool! I feel really confident in injections. My afternoon was great too. She was 2 of a III and 1 of a V. She was very nice and complimentary. She and her husband kept saying they couldn't believe how gentle I was. Thats a nice compliment...I just hope its not cuz I'm doing a crappy job. I also placed arestin in two areas on her today!

Another Great Day

My bestie came in today and she was great! I passed off a few PEs and finished her up in one apt. It was great. Then my afternoon patient was 2 quads of a 3 and 2 quads of a 5. He was also really nice. He had a ton of tobacco staining and I got it off with the ultrasonic. I did NOT want to pull out that air powder polisher. I think that thing is UNETHICAL!!! ha ha sorry Kami or anyone else who likes it. I actually think it does work well...but patients hate it and it leaves everything all salty. It kinda hurts...at least it hurt me when we did it on each other last year.