Monday again

Mondays are hard to come back from the weekend but because I only have clinic i really enjoy them. Today we got to learn how to use out explorers and go subgingivaly on pts. It was a little nerve racking but I felt like I got the hang of it. The angles are hard and I'm still struggling keeping my stack together but I'm a lot better then the first time I tried it! Marieann was a great pt and gave me a lot of direction and good info. I hope I didn't hurt her to much. Over all I felt good about it but I DO NEED TO PRACTICE! It was relaxing being a pt. Clinic was a lot of fun.

Probeing

Clinic was awesome today! I got to probe Marcy and It was the coolest PE yet. I loved it it was so fun to work inside someones mouth. It was hard to feel how deep you should go but I think on a few I could tell the difference. I think I want to go home and practice on any willing participants! I really feel like I need to tape my pinkie to my ring finger so that my "stack" will be perfect, I keep sticking my pinkie out:) I'm feeling a major bad habit coming on. I also passed off my vitals PE and totally rocked it Woot Woot! I'm so getting used to being in clinic and feel more comfortable here. I did have a moment when I realized " I'm going to be a hygienist and it was the best feeling ever!

Health History PE Done!

I finally got to pass off my health history pe and I'm so glad its done. I feel like I did well but I guess if theres something I missed I'll find out soon. We learned out to use a fulcrum and I struggled with keeping all my fingers together guess I'll have to practice. We also learned how to do an intra-oral exam and I realized that there very detailed I also need to study those. Over all today was good and fun.

How to use a mirror

Today was awesome it went by so fast we got to work in peoples mouthes and do extra-oral exams on each other. I feel like i;m getting a good routine down and we also got to practice the Health History PE.I'm feeling good about passing that off next monday. I'm getting more comfortable using the instruments and working inside of peoples mouths. I really enjoyed clinic today it flew by and we all totally rock it.

Vitals

Today we learned how to take vital signs: BP, Pulse and respiration. I thought it was cool to hear and take your first BP and I fairly sure I got it down. I also passed off PEs and feel really good about them. although Professor Costly tricked me With tooth number 27 but over all it was good. We also learned about chemical exposere it was awesome!

clock work

Today we learned how to properly sit as a hygienist I think the adjustment will be difficult to make a habit of but will profit me in the future. The clock positions were a little confusing but once I sat down in the seat and actually saw/did it things became a lot more clear. I also passed off 2 PE's successfully woot woot! I really enjoy the clinic days they are full and busy but productive and the day goes by so fast. I feel like we learn so much in such a short time. The key will be for it to acctually stay in my head instead of passing me by. The other PE we learned was maintenance and we had to clean our the suction traps yuck! Mine was full of prophy paste lol. overall it was another great day!