2/22/11

Today was pretty crazy!! I think by the end of this semester I will have ulcers. My board patient was thirty five minutes late today because his appointment was so early (eight). I'm a little worried because I have him coming in at seven a.m. on my boards day. I found another patient that qualifies for boards today and I'm giving her to Megan. I think I have a back up patient that will work. However, I need to make sure that she has enough clicks and get some retakes on her. I'm also stressing out because I have only done one quad of a class 4. I need to find more quads pretty soon!!! My schedule is filling up quick so I hope that the VA will help me out too. I'm just so stressed this semester just hoping everything works out for boards:)

2/15/11

Today was another mockboard day and I passed.:) I have been happy with my last two mockboard experiences so hopefully that means I have improved and will do good on the real board. I have this patient coming in as a back up on boards day. Also, I have my board patient coming in next week to see how easy the deposit comes off. Hopefully, it comes off pretty easy because he seems like a great patient to have. I definitly need to work on my x-rays. They are my weakness. I have to retake x-rays on a couple patients.

2/8/11

Wow clinic has been stressing me out lately. My patient cancelled yesterday last minute so I found another patient. He was a 1B. My schedule has line throughout the whole thing because I have had so many cancellations. I'm really stressed now, I need 8 quads of a 4, and I need to find a board patient soon. I will be doing screenings on friday so I hope I have some luck. I think everyone has found a board patient except me!!! It was nice and relaxing this morning to have a 1 B patient. My next patient has never had a cleaning so I'm hoping for a class four or boards:) I take my process of care tomorrow so I just need some serious luck:)

2/1/11

I had pretty good luck this morning. My patient didn't show this morning so I called her and she said she couldn't make it because of the blizzard. I went to go find names and a patient that wanted a cleaning walked in!!! Got to love those days! He was a class 2 and 3 so it worked out pretty well for me. My patient this afternoon was also a class 2. I'm getting quite a bit of class 2's and have to be optimistic and look at it as preparing me for the boards. I still have not found a board patient and I'm worried to use the one I found at work because of health issues. Also, I have not cleaned any class four patients. I found one at the screening last week and hope that she will work. My patient today had severe bleeding and tenacious calculus. I need to work on sharpening my instruments more frequently. Also, with bleeding it helped to leave the suction in her mouth in order to save some time. I also gave 8 injections:) I need to remember to look at what anesthetic I will be distributing! Overall, it was a pretty good day, I just hope I can find a board patient soon!!!!