What a Day! 1/29

Well, today was my first experience with a pt. that was not my family and it was crazy! My patient was a class 2, which I am excited about, but I struggled because she was not good with her oral hygiene. So I had to teach her OHI for about an hour, teaching her what and why we have floss and how to brush her teeth properly. So I didn't get any scaling done, but hopefully she will come back! That is the plan! It was a stressful day because I ran behind due to xray errors! Ugh! I never had errors in practice, but of course in school I have them! Anyway, my next patient is a kid, and my goal is to get done, take xrays, and not feel scatterbrained and stressed!

Finally!

Well, inconveniently my original patient for today canceled, so trent was the backup. He came agian. I din finish him though! Which was great, he is the first patient that I have finished all the way through. I feel good about what I did. I just hope that monday goes good for me. I have a spanish speaking patient, and I hope that she isn't too hard. I also hope that I have enough time for her. Anyway, my goal is to keep practicing and keep getting faster. I hope to be able to finish a 1b in one appointment soon!

I'm a dummy!

Well, today went pretty well, except for the fact that I'm a dork and I finished way too early. So I had afternoon clinic today, and I thought that patient walkout time was 2:45, so I only scaled 2 quads. Well, I found out that patient walkout time was 3:15, and 2:45 is just scale check! I felt so bad because I made my patient have to come back, and I could have just gotten it all done! I'm so sad! I felt like such a dummy for not paying attention! I also wanted to pass off 2 pe's today, and I didn't get that done either! On the other hand, I was much better prepared this time and I felt like things ran smoothly, I just had an extra half hour that I could have utilized much better than I did!! So my goal for next time is to get the pe's passed off that I had planned on today, and also to use my patient as an exam patient. I hope that I have enough time to take xrays too! We'll see how it goes!

CA

well today was a lot less stressful than taking care of patients! I was the CA today, and it wasn't bad. I liked seeing the behind the scenes stuff that I just never think about. It was also nice to actually talk to Mrs. Campbell, which I hadn't done almost at all since I started the program. Sheri was the CA with me, and I am glad that I had her help. I don't know how I'll do it the next time I am CA, when I am all alone in doing it! Anyway, it was nice to not worry about the patients I don't have for one day.

First Patient this Semester!

Well it started off a bit frustrating today. My brother was my patient and he had high blood pressure! So I was late with everything and could only do one quadrant. It went well, I got everything the first try, but I wish I would have had more time to scale, so that I could do more quadrants. I think that my goal for next time is to be a little more organized, and maybe get here just a little bit earlier.

First Day Back!

Well, today was the first day back and I feel like I have a vacation brain! We got to learn graceys today, they were confusing! I am glad that we learned them though. We also learned accessory fulcrums. My goal for wednesday(eek! my first patient) is to utilize the fulcrums I used, but mainly I just want to make it through the appointment. I am glad that it is just my brother. I hope I catch on to all of this confusion soon!

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