Half way done!

I can not believe it is already mid-semester.  I can not believe I have made it (almost) through the program.  If I can just make it through the rest of boards, the rest of the semester will be easy.  Well that is as long as I can get all my class three patients.  Thats the one thing I am stressed about.  This week we had mockboards, which I passed.  I needed that confidence going into real boards in what 3 weeks... Crazy!  Also I was so stressed about getting nitrous done, and luckily this week at the va i had a patient that wanted it.  Such a relief.  Well another week done not very many to go.

Another week down, a few more to go!!

This semester is really going by so fast..... Its going faster than I can keep up with.  This week in clinic I saw my class 4 patient.  Wow she had a lot of calculus.  It was a good experience.  I have never had to clean such mobile teeth.  I was so scared that I was going pull them out as I was scaling them.  I just fulcrum on them to help keep them in.  Also this week was convention.  Both classes I went to were great.  This is one of the better experiences I have had at convention.  Monday I take my POC board, wish me luck! Next post I will let you know what I think.

Time is Flying!!

Wow I can not believe how fast this semester is going.  Well I am posting for last week, because I got behind.  Last week I found my board patient! That is the most exciting thing that happened all week.  Now lets just hope he is reliable.  He doesn't speak english, but his wife does.  She seems so sweet and I think she will make him come, so she will be the reliable one! Ha ha.  Well now I am just crossing my fingers I do well at mock-boards so I can have some confidence going into real boards.  It feels like it is just around the corner.  Oh also this week we did our LA mock-board.  I felt like I did just little silly things throughout it.  I hope real boards go a little smoother and that I am not so nervous.

Another week in the life of a dental hygiene student

Well last week was a good week.  I found my mockboard patient at clinic and also had a good learning experience with that patient as well.  He was a bleeder... He bled and bled and bled.  Even after the appointment I had to hold gauze on his gums for awhile after his appointment.  I learned when your patient is bleeding so much you loose tactile sensitivity.  We decided to check his areas next time he comes in because he was bleeding so much at the end of the appointment.  His post-op instuctions were to give him advil and have him rinse with warm saline water.  Then I was ca at the va and I had the oppurtunity to see a class 1b patient.  Then we had sealant clinic to end the week.  All my patients were so good, it was a good sealant clinic.  Well another week down a few more to go.