first 1A

I had my first patient cancel on me today and I freaked out! I was calling everyone frantically and I finally got my aunt to bring in her 4 year old son! she is the greatest woman in the world! He was really good and really quick. I felt really great too because I did get my instruments in there and scaled just under the gumline and he didn't feel a thing. I didn't believe my brother or either of my friends that I wasn't hurting them, but I believe the 4 year old! ;0)
I also passed off my sharpening PE, so yeah for me! I just hope that by the time march 3rd rolls around I don't have 10 PEs that I have to pass off in one day!
started out as a bad day but it turned out really great!

long weekend!

I love martin king jr day! it was so nice to have a break! I did however feel a little rusty on my pt today. I had my first pt that i didn't know and i was terrified! it turns out that he had tons of meds and conditions! it took me about 45 minutes just to get through the hhx and hhxrx! He was a very nice man though. I really was expecting at least a class two from a 73 year old but he is just a 1B! I think that I could have finished him too but he informed me that he had to leave at 2 instead of 3. bummer! I really need to have a patient done from start to finish in one appointment!!

Clinic...

So I finished another patient today and it took me 1 hour and 30 minutes to scale... she had hardly anything on her teeth! I really need to come up with some kind of game plan for efficiency! I only can have 2 more patients take more than 1 appointment... I'm so nervous that I'm not going to get my requirements and quads.
I also have made the mistake of scheduling new patients on Mondays mostly and we have no TA's on Monday, which means that probing is going to take forever!! I did feel a little more comfortable scaling today as opposed to Monday. I think I am getting a feel for calculus. I just get so nervous that, and when I get nervous it manefests in shaking hands. I have yet to pass off a PE that really showed what I can do.

first patient done!

The first week of school wasn't to bad. It is so fun to work on people that I know! I feel like I am doing better and getting more efficient. Today I finished my little brother up and I really should have scheduled another patient to get started on (I learned a lesson at least!) I scheduled a patient off of the resource list today and it is an older gentleman and I'm a little nervous for that! I really hope that he doesn't take a million medications! I also hope that he isn't extremely difficult because I'm not sure that I'm ready for that!
I really need to get better at adapting!! I am really good with the right side but awful on the left I have no idea why! I just have nightmares about being the hygienist that everyone hates because it hurts! I do have a good feeling about this semester though. I feel like it is going to go just fine! the only thing that really stresses me out is having to find my own patients! When am I really going to have to do that!