Well let me start out by saying that I am so so grateful that I have my mock boards and my board patients. I really really am. I do hope that my board patient will be easy enough...and no so tenacious that I can't get it off. But I'm also worried that I won't be able to get all my classifications. I have not seen any 3s or 4s this semester and today everyone has been seeing all these classifications and I saw Ibs and Vs. Thats all I have. I'm concerned I won't be able to even get my exams. Sigh...There's nothing I can do about it. I get Vs at the VA everytime and I don't have anyone else to contact for WSU clinic.

VA day

This morning I had two patients. My 8:00 was the easiest V ever so I got him out in a jiffy. Then my 9:30 was 2 III and 2 II. But...it didn't go so well. He had really healthy tissues so they were tight but he had very deep, burnished, small calc. I missed about 8 spots )only 4 of which Connie said were major enough to count) but even with her help exploring I still couldn't find 2 of the spots. I am concerned that I couldn't even feel them even with her help. I thought i was pretty competent in exploring but today makes me think otherwise. My afternoon patient was this nice guy who would not shut up. ha ha As soon as he found out we share the same religion he would not stop talking about church. Unfortunately he started crying about the passing of his wife and from then on couldn't stop crying. He would have been an easy V but the fact that every single time I took my mirror out of his mouth he would stop talking made it more difficult. I had some good/interesting experiences today.

Nice Day

Today was great. I had a class II this morning and then my board patient came in and i took his full mouth x-rays. then my afternoon patient for 12:30 cancelled and i couldn't find anyone to take that appointment. Luckily i had a patient for 2:00. he was another class II and i finished him in an hour. I feel really good about my scaling times. I got 6 quads of a class II exam.

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!!