Graduation is around the corner

I can't believe it's here. It's been a long road but hopefully a successful road. I guess we will see after I actually get a job.

Boards are over

for now! I guess I can't really celebrate yet.  I don't know any results but I am happy I have a little bit of a break.  It would have been dreamy if we could have had spring break this week instead of the week of our boards. 

3-10-10

One week until boards.  I wish I could stop studying and just try to relax but I don't think I am going to let myself.  :( I have a headache.

LA Mockboards

LA Mockboards are tomorrow. I just keep telling myself I need to breath. If I don't I am sure I am going to have an anxiety attack and I've never before been remotely anxious about anything!

Sealant Day

I absolutely love sealant days, even the time we had a  "critter" scare.

La semana increible

No puedo decir todo que quiero pero no puedo creer todo que esta pasando. Hay tantas trajedias pasando en el mundo ahora.  Hay el terremoto de haiti, la avalancha de la cuenca de nieve que mato a un vecino, y hay un asesinato cada dia.  Parece que el mundo va a terminar muy pronto.  Si podria cambiar algo de la semana pasada seria el tiempo que he perdido.  

Last night I had a melt down. Something to do with having a baby that is out of her routine because she has had too many different babysitters who are not keeping her on her nap schedule....and I am terrified about not finding the right board patient so therefore I am going to fail, why don't I just quit right now.....I want to just stay home and be with Abigail. Mostly I was just too tired.
Now after completing a full day of clinic and having a class 4 exam and 12 x-rays, a PE, and some real quality instruction from a teacher... I am feeling much better. I will make it happen and I am not going to fail!!!!! I will not fail, I will not fail, I will not fail!
;(

Finals!!

I cant believe we are in finals week already!! I am so happy. I am ready ready ready for the end!! Well, no I'm not ready ready....I've got some studying to do but hooray, only one semester to go!

Nov 24th

Check XX I have all of my requirements complete!! Hooray.

Review

The semester is ending quickly and boards are coming up in March. "Somewhere" I have heard that if you are prepared you will have no fear but.... because I have never before taken even one exam let alone THREE exams that are so detrimental to my education, career, life, etc., I am fearful.  I am anxious, nauseous, worried and scared.   The worst part about it is that I know I could work harder at my studies but I don't because I am either too confident in my abilities or too distracted by everyday wants and needs.  

Well I don't have a great solution but I guess I am just going to have to start now and take one day at a time.  I have 108 days to get myself prepared.  I have even fewer days to be taught everything I need to know.  And for the first time last Tuesday I felt like a professor finally showed me what I have to do to clean a 3 or 4, aka a challenging patient.  That was the first time....from here on, I am going to have to demand more attention because none of them realize how little instruction I have received.

Desensitization Lab

I am hoping we can get some pictures online pretty soon. Lab this morning was hilarious and very educational. I ripped my lab coat. I'll save the details for the day I get the pictures up.

H1N1

I got my swin flu shot! hooray.

Presentations

Today I presented patient education for Diabetes.  I dressed up...who knows why.  I was blonde with long braids and a southern accent.  Okay so I just say a commercial on tv for downy softness laundry detergent and a woman in a onesie walking down the grocery aisle came across the screen.  That is beautiful.  I want a onesie. But I want one with the footies included.

Halloween Festivities

The professors didn't include themselves in the costume contest but at the Queen of Hearts and Alice both deserve the greatest entertainers' award (at the very least).  With their permission videos will be posted shortly.

 

 

 

 

Class

Outside of the DH program, I am only taking one additional class this semester and it is Stats. Stat's is easier than I expected I should have taken it before I got accepted to dental hygiene but I just didn't know if it would be too hard at that point. This year has been so much more fun and a lot less nerve racking. Of course there have been challenges with mock boards and some of the new information we are learning but really I think all of us feel like 2nd year is so much more rewarding. I am finally feeling like I know what I am doing and on top of that... I am having fun.

VA

I get so excited about writing on my personal blog that I forget about this blog too much. I better get on top of that... right Kami:)? I love the VA hospital. I am sure all of the students agree with me. They built a new facility last year and our class is the first to be working in it...so it's new and clean and because there is only 4 other students there with me at a time, I get a lot of one on one time plus I really like being chairside while the dentists do the examinations. I was going to say that I see a lot of challenging patients at the VA but actually so far my most challenging have come in to the WSU clinic which is unexpected b/c last year I struggled to find a difficult pt at clinic. Well the sememster is coming to an end pretty soon and I am getting more anxious about boards b/c they are only 4 months away and December doesn't really count for practice time. My goal is to review all of my past exams, quizzes, modules for both years by the end of December. I am not sure if that is enough and I don't have a board review book yet so if you are reading this by chance :) let me know if any of you have any more suggestions. Another goal I have is to get the first draft of my resume completed by the end of December. Also I don't have loops yet....if I get them from Perio-optic they don't give student discounts. I think I am going to have to wait until I graduate because board money is due in January. Well there goes our Christmas....I guess I should tell Andy about that. ha ha a aaa ah uh.
Okay welllll until next time.

Oct 13

MockBoards were in October but I decided I wanted to blog about them.  I had one perfect patient lined up for mockboards and at the last minute I called two more potential mockboard patients because I was worried that he might not show up.  It turns out he didn't show up and the 1st backup patient decided she couldn't make it either.  Finally the 2nd backup patient came in.  He was one of my favorite people I have had in the clinic. He speaks a little english and he ended up being way to difficult for a board patient so of course I failed my mockboards but he's coming back and I think we'll both be surprised by how much better and easier the next cleaning will be.

Okay so the pictures don't give the greatest depiction of our first injections but some how I loved it.  It was fun and surprisingly easy.

So we had our first injections and I absolutely loved it.  It couldn't have gone better.

Clinic

So clinic is going pretty well so far.  I love the VA and I have had great patients at WSU so far.  They've all been very dependable.  Local anethesia labs start next week.  I am not sure what to think.  we are going to be practicing on each other?? really??  Well I watched the Malamed video but that's all...I hope that's enough.