Monday, November 21, 2011

Real Patient Day!!

Today was a great day at clinic!! We actually got to work on a real patient.  I brought my mom in and she did really good!  I did not miss anything which was nice!  She was a really good sport about it!!!  This makes me excited for next semester its just finding those patients!!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Finishing up my patient!

Today I was able to finish my patient up! It was a great feeling.  I was proud of myself because I didnt miss anything on my scale check!  Now on monday we are are seeing real patients!  I am very excited and nervous!  I keep thinking to myself how fast this semester has gone and how next year I am going to look back at this year and think how fast it went!  Today was a great day.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Practice day!

Today I was able to work on Kierstin.  She was a good sport about it!  It as very good to get to practice and feel how it is to get into a flow!  I only missed one spot and so I felt really good about that!  I know that when I have a real patient it was be a little more nerve racking.  I am really excited to get to wednesday! 

Sunday, November 13, 2011

(September 7) Health History and Meds

I totally forgot to blog about this a month ago but I am doing it now!  I remember when I learned about this how overwhelming it was to learn all of this information.  It was crazy and I never thought that I would get it but now that we are getting to the end of the semester I am starting to realize that I was freaking out for nothing.  Health history is definitely time consuming but it is also very worth it for the health and safety of my patient.  But truthfully all I kept thinking when I was learning this is please never have an unhealthy patient!  I know that is a shot in the dark because there are some unhealthy people in the world but it was worth a shot!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Patient for another Day!

Today I was a patient again and it was very relaxing.  I really liked being the patient because it is very informative.  Now next clinic I will be able to be the operator.  I am really nervous, yet excited!  It is going to be very good to be the operator so that I can get prepared for two weeks when we see our first patient.  I am really excited for this!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Patient for a Day!

Today I was Kierstins patient and it was very informative!  It was nice to be a patient first so I know what to expect for next week.  It was great to be able  to see the sequence of everything.  She did a fantastic job!  I really enjoyed being her "first" patient!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Sharpening!

Today we reviewed sharpening!  It was good that we already went over this in class so that way we were able to have more time to pass of our PEs!  I was able to pass off sealants and fluoride.  It is good to have all of these behind me now!  For the next two weeks we are going to have mock patients and then we will have a real patient.  Time is seriously plying by so fast!  I can not believe it!  Soon enough we will be working on real patients all the time and I am so nervous for it!  Not really to work on the patient but to find the patients is quite stressful to me!  The second years say that it works out though so I will have to live off faith I suppose!