Last Clinic Day Of The Semester!

I am excited to say that I made it through all the clinics this semester and passed all of my PE"s (wahoo)! I can't believe I am 25% done with Dental Hygiene School! It has been an awesome experience so far. It definitely has had some more difficult and stressful times, but has been worth it!
Today in clinic we learned what to do in case of an emergency ranging from someone fainting to a bomb threat. We had some pretty good jokes about the bomb threat. In the clinic manual it lists a bunch of questions you should ask the person who is doing the bomb threat when they call and your on the phone with them. ( like your going to be able to ask all of those questions ha ha). Then we learned about the grading system and some of the requirements for next semester! Wow! It was stressful and I don't even want to think about that right now! I like we all left a little worried! How am I suppose to find all of these patients! Goodness! I just keep telling myself it will all work out! Cuz it does! Then we took our clinic manual test, Which was ok! We had to hurry and take it so hopefully I wrote down everything correctly!
Well I will continue to post more next semester, but for now I am going to enjoy my Christmas Break! ( After these few more days of tests)!!

FIRST PATIENT DAY!! WAHOO

Today was a very first patient day (with someone other than in the program). I was super nervous going into this! Rhett was my first patient and I was glad cuz I know he is tough and I wouldn't hurt him! I am so grateful for such a supporting husband. Today went okay! I was expecting to get further than what I did, but that is ok! I guess I will be able to use him for an emergency patient next semester, when someone doesn't show up! I hard a time with my gingival descriptors! Professor Costly had to help me with these! I thought the X-ray process took a long time, which is to be expected with all of us students and very few instructors. Probing went ok, I wasn't off by one on any of depths, which is good. I didn't get to OHI, which I was totally thinking I was going too. I thought I was going to get to scale one quad, but it didn't happen. I am so grateful for Rhett coming! I felt so bad he didn't know where the clinic was, so he parked by the practice football field and then he finally found out he was away from the clinic, so he ran all the up to clinic so he wasn't late. It was a great experience, I hope that I continue to learn things better and go at a much faster pace.

A Relaxing Day!

Today I was once again able to be a patient. I must say Sierra did an awesome job. I learn a lot from her. Sierra was able to scale three quads on me today and do polishing and fluoride varnish ( which isn't my favorite, but ya have to have it)
Monday is the day that we see our first patient of out class, I think it is going to be so fun. I am still a little confused as to how we do TalEval, but I guess we'll figure it our when the time comes. I am so glad we were able to do Mock patients for me to know for sure what the heck I am suppose to be doing, I really learned a lot.

I Got to be the Patient Today!

What an easy day for me! I got to be Sierra's patient today and just lay back and relax. Sierra did awesome. She was able to scale one quad today and she did great. Sierra always makes everything look so easy:)
So I am having a slight problem with my blood pressure, I feel bad everyone has to check it every time I am their patient. I don't know what is wrong with me. I get it tested at the Dr. and it is fine, I test it on the machines at walmart and it is fine, my mom has tested it with her cuff and it is fine, and on Wednesdays in clinic it is fine! Just Monday's it is always high. Weird!! Anyway sorry for anyone who has me as their patient.

Our First Mock Patient Day!!

Whew! We finally made it to our mock patient day! I am not going to lie I was super scared for this. I was wondering how the heck am I suppose to remember everything? I did it though! Sierra was my patient and I was really glad because she is in my pod and I have worked on her before. Everything went really well. I was really nervous about probing, because I've have never probed the whole mouth before. I did it though and it was not as hard as what I thought it was going to be. I also was able to scale two quads today I did the right side. Of course Sierra is so good at OH she didn't have any calculus at all to scale. Pro. Demmings checked my work and she said I did pretty good. So I was glad. Today did not go as bad as I though it was going too. Now I get to finish my app. with Sierra on Wednesday!

Instrument Sharpening!

We learned how to sharpen our instruments today! I was scared because I didn't want to ruin my new instruments! I all went well though. I was also able to pass off three PE's today, which was awesome. Danielle was my patient today. I was able to pass of my sealants, fluoride and my air powder polishing. So we had to dress up like lunch ladies again ha ha. Air powder polishing isn't my most favorite thing to do on my patient or have it done on me. Danielle was a very good sport letting me pass it off on her. Thanks Danielle! I felt today was a very successful day for me. I got a lot accomplished.

Sealants for Our Halloween Treats!

Today is Halloween and we learned how to do sealants to keep all the candy we are going to eat tonight out of our pits and fissures. It was an easier day for me today because I am able to do sealants all the time in the office I work at. Amanda was my patient today, but lucky for her she didn't need any sealants. So I was able to do a few sealants on Jen for practice. Amanda was able to do sealants on me, which I am so grateful for I had been needing them. She did awesome for her first time. We are almost done with PE's YaHoo!

No More PE's!!

Today I passed off my final PE for this semester Wahoo! Today I also finished the last half of my cleaning app. on Sierra! It went really well, I admit I was really nervous too do our mawk patients. Today Pro. Caldwell sat and watched me scale as well, which I really liked. It made me feel a lot better in knowing that I am scaling right. I was able to scale two quads today although Sierra had nothing to scale. Today I passed off instrument sharping as well my final PE! Next week I get to relax and be the patient wahoo!