Today in clinic we passed off our PPE PE! We learned how to place barriers and how to set up our rooms, we also learned how to tear down our rooms after patient treatment. We also worked on our first patient. My patient was Sierra with our patient we rinsed out their mouth and used our different methods of suctioning, with our saliva ejector, HVE and our Blue Boa. Also I was able to be a patient for Sierra, she was able to perform the same procedures on me and she did an awesome job. I'm looking forward to next time1

Today was my second clinic day I enjoyed it more than I did the first day. We put the typodont on our chairs with the base and were able to use our air/water syringe, HVE, saliva ejector and the blue boa. I never have heard of or have used the Blue Boa so that was a new experience for me. I think it will be very useful, and I will really enjoy it on certain procedures that I will eventually learn. We also learned about our PPE and practiced putting on our mask, glasses and the 3 step wash for your hands. The glasses I learned we are suppose to wear the whole time in clinic. (Not my most favorite thing and will have to get used to wearing them the whole time.) I did my first pass off about the Eagle Soft! Yahoo!

Today in clinic we did our first PE. This PE was basic Eaglesoft skills. I have never used the Eaglesoft program before so it was all new to me. I felt navigating through the schedule, finding days and scheduling my unit was easy. I thought the part where we had to schedule ourselves throughout the whole semester took quite a bit of time because we had to wait for the computer. I was able to schedule Sierra without a problem. I think a hard part will be for me, will be to remember to select a preferred provider when we schedule a patient. I'm glad I learned something new today!

First Post

I survived orientation and made my first post today!!