Lucky Number 3

Today was a good day in clinic, other than the fact that I was told that we all suck at probing. There's an instructor who apparently gets mad if you're one mm off, thank goodness they're ok with that on boards.
I saw a class III pt in the morning who was really nervous so we only did the OD.
I attempted to do sealants on a little girl, but the Diagnodent said no to that idea (at least I passed off the PE).
I saw a split class II/III in the afternoon. It's the first pt I've worked on this year that was numb and I loved it. He seriously went to sleep while I went to town on his deep pockets. I'm going to start asking more of my pt's if they want to be numb.
My goal for next time is to work on angling the probe into the col.
Tamara was so nice to me today. She cleaned up my unit which helped me a ton because I had to get to work.

Today I cleaned the last 2 quads of my class 3 and it went really good. I really need to work on x-rays because I totally suck at them. I used the right and left ultrasonic tips in deep pockets and it went really well, I really like them.
I love Instructor Allen, she is so nice. She came up to me today and told me that she thinks I am really good in clinic, and I have a good attitude, and I'm good with pt's. I think that she is so nice to complement me, because whether it is true or not, it really raises my confidence and makes me want to prove to everyone that she is right and I am the best. There are certain people that I want to pattern my hygiene career after, and she is one of them, she really does have such a good attitude about it.
My goal is to really really work on radiology, no more hoping for the best.

Do People Deserve A Second Chance?

Last semester I only had one pt no-show on me. I was so mad that I never called to reschedule her. Well, she called into the clinic and I got her name since I'm her preferred provider. I decided to give her a second chance, only because she had radiographic calculus 2 years ago. Silly me, of course she no-showed (techinically she came 35 minutes late, but that's as good as a no-show since she had to be out of there by 2:30). Fortunately, my sweet sweet little bro came in to save the day. I can't wait to get out of school where no-shows don't totally ruin my life, although I realize that they will always be a huge problem.
Good news, I found a mock board!! She wouldn't really qualify for real boards, but she'll have to do for mocks. I got this pt's name from the women's health connection last November but I waited until now to call her. It's a really weird situation because she doesn't speak English at all, she's middle-aged, and she's only been in America for one year, but the lady that I remember meeting at the health connection spoke English, was old, and it was a little over a year ago. There is definitely something fishy about this whole situation, but who cares, I have a mockboard!!
I felt really retarded today. It was like it was my first time seeing a pt. I don't know why I was struggling so bad, but whatever. My goal for next time involves being a good hygienist.
Today I had to ask myself why I wanted to be a hygienist anyways. I hate days like today when you question one of your biggest life decisions.

Unlucky Me!!

Well, it's not so much unlucky, it's more like stupidity! All I can say is thank goodness for mock boards. I had a pt that I knew was a class 2, but since I have all of my class 2's I gave her away. Turns out she qualifies for mock boards. I take this an important lesson learned. I'm glad that I learned it now instead of next semester when I'm looking for a real board pt. I have learned that you never give away a pt without first doing an OD on them. Better wasted time than failing boards due to lack of pt. Everything always works out for the best.
I have a lady scheduled next week that could possible qualify, my fingers are crossed and I'm praying for the best.
Goal for the future:
Don't be stupid!!!!!
Don't give away any patients!!!!!

I saw a class 5 pt this morning that went good. I did one quad of a class 3 this afternoon that went really quick and it was really good, too bad my 2nd class 3 pt that I had scheduled no-showed. Hopefully he will come back at some point. I was stupid and forgot to call to confirm last night. I left him a message at lunch, but that didn't help.

Love, Joni