3/29/11

I'm waiting for my patient to show up this morning. I have had the worste luck with patients not showing or showing up late this semester. I always confirm too! I guess it is just a good way to keep me stressed until the last day of clinic. I have a patient coming in today that has never had a cleaning and another patient that has not been in for years. I hope that I can get a lot accomplished today and maybe even get my last two quads of a class 4:) We are suppose to get our results for our clinical board this week. I hope that I'm happy with the results. I hate that they make us wait for so long. It has made me so anxious the past couple of weeks! Well I think my patient just got here. Bye for now:)

3/25/11

My class four finally showed up!!! I have had the worste luck with getting my class fours to show up. I had a patient that had never had a cleaning. I schedule him twice and he was a no show both times. Then I screened a woman that was a class four and I believe she was nervous so she did not show for two scheduled appointments. I found a patient that had not been in for ten years going in for extractions and she just cancelled on me last night. The sad thing was that I confirmed with each patient the night before. I think these patients are just very nervous. As hygienist we need to offer nitrous, anesthesia, and make them the most comfortable. So now I just have two quads of a class four to go! My patient this afternoon was a class 5, but she has 11 mm pockets in localized areas with suppuration. I'm going to try to talk the instructor into a class 4. We will see:)

3/22/11

Boards are finally over!!! Or atleast I hope so. I felt pretty confident about the clinical boards, but then I start to second guess myself. I could not get my patient numb up front. When I practiced on him I also had this problem. The hygienist told me to just use half a carp. this still did not numb him fully. I completed my last 1A today and then this afternoon I get to clean my class four patient. I hope everything goes smoothly this afternoon. I screened this patient earlier in the year and she had very mobile teeth with severe calculus. I'm scared that when I scale the teeth will become even more loose and fall out! Lets hope not. Overall, it was a complete relief to get done with boards:) Now the job search stress begins!!!

3/8/11

Today was so crazy, but I do feel a little better about the boards. I found a back up board patient that will most likely qualify if I need her. Also, I practiced injections on Megan. Hopefully all of my hardwork throughout these last two years has paid off. I have a lot of patients that want to get in for recall and I still need four quads of a class four and one more little kid. I think I will be able to get some in after boards, so hopefully that all works out. I present at the table clinic at UDA this week. It is going to be a stressful week! Wish me luck!!!!!!:)

3/1/11

Just took the mockboard LA and did not do so great. I thought I would do ok, but I just got scared and I know for the real boards I will be 10 times more scared. When giving the PSA I need to remember if I get bone contact to move more distally. I was moving more distally, but not enough. Also, my rate of injection needs to be a little faster. For the IA I need to make sure that I'm atleast two thirds of the way of the needle. Mainly, I need to make sure that I do not touch my card as I'm recapping. Wow thats a lot to remember:) Hopefully I can work on all of these things and be prepared enough to pass the boards. Wish me luck, I will need it.:)