I don't have much to complain about today. I had a 1B this morning and then an easy 2 this afternoon. Things went well! I'm getting close to finishing my Eaglesoft project! The main thing I need to remember is with patients with diabetes I need to find out and record more information. For example: last time they took their blood sugar, what the reading was, have they taken their meds, have they eaten....there's a lot of thinking that goes into it!
I NEED 4's and a board patient! Where to find them is the question....Any ideas?
Next week is my clinic simulation day. I'm interested to see how that goes. My goal is to just pace myself so I can stay on task. I'm most worried about switching over my unit. I'm see 2 kids in the morning (from different families) and then a screening. In the afternoon a 1b and the rest of my mockboard. I just want to keep a cool head and have things go smoothly!
This post is pretty much just a lot of random thoughts...nothing of importance! Sorry!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Not my day!
Today at clinic went okay. This morning I had a patient come back from earlier in the semester. Kami bumped him up to be 3 quads of a class 3! (Originally he was classified as a two). Mentally I wasn't prepared for what lied in store for me and I ended up getting discouraged after missing several spots. She also showed me how to not adapt the explorer so much and just kind of use it like the very tip of a finger to feel for the calculus. I really liked that idea. I also need to use more lateral pressure against the tooth and not just lateral pressure into thin air!
This afternoon I saw a 1B...but not a relaxing easy one by any means! I took a pano...lined the machine up wrong and had to redo it. NOT a good way to start off the afternoon! She had 3 of her wisdom teeth so Alexander recommended to use an end tuft brush to clean around them (especially because #17 was tipped lingually). The end tuft brush was also good because she had exostosis buccally of her maxillary molars...this by the way unfortunately had to be pointed out by Alexander. I only ended up missing one spot, which I knew was there, but I still didnt feel that great about the appointment. Guess it just wasn't my day!
This afternoon I saw a 1B...but not a relaxing easy one by any means! I took a pano...lined the machine up wrong and had to redo it. NOT a good way to start off the afternoon! She had 3 of her wisdom teeth so Alexander recommended to use an end tuft brush to clean around them (especially because #17 was tipped lingually). The end tuft brush was also good because she had exostosis buccally of her maxillary molars...this by the way unfortunately had to be pointed out by Alexander. I only ended up missing one spot, which I knew was there, but I still didnt feel that great about the appointment. Guess it just wasn't my day!
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