I was royally confused today. I thought I knew the difference between long and short and thick versus thin instruments. But... Apparently not.
I need to go back to elementary school.
Hopefully I will get used to all the instruments and be able to use them for their proper purposes.
We are getting ready to have a race to see who can set up their units first. I'm so nervous!
Who will win?!
So I won. haha. I got sweet glasses/nose/eyebrows
I'm going to go pass off my PEs now.
Thanks!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Explore a new frontier!
So today we did exploring. It was a new experience... Hence... exploring.
We learned how to adapt our instrument to the teeth and feel for calculus that we can scrape off. What fun!
Not going to lie... I fell asleep a few times again. And I would jerk away and Kailene would think that she was hurting me! haha! I love it. But so bad KaDee! Don't fall asleep!
I'm trying to pass off a bunch of my PEs because I am going to Lake Powell and want to get all the ones done that I will miss.
Hygiene is going well. I love the girls - they're my favorite.
We learned how to adapt our instrument to the teeth and feel for calculus that we can scrape off. What fun!
Not going to lie... I fell asleep a few times again. And I would jerk away and Kailene would think that she was hurting me! haha! I love it. But so bad KaDee! Don't fall asleep!
I'm trying to pass off a bunch of my PEs because I am going to Lake Powell and want to get all the ones done that I will miss.
Hygiene is going well. I love the girls - they're my favorite.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I'll Probe you!
Yeah, so today was probing.
Yikes.
I REALLY hope I get better. Poor Kailene flinched every time I stuck the probe in her mouth.
As I would move towards the anterior teeth I would start to push harder and harder because I was only get a one reading. Heaven forbid! haha.
I was happy to find out that I didn't have many deep areas. Course... It was our first day and we didn't get to all the teeth.
My teeth are messed up. They have so many problems. It kind of sucks.
I was excited today though because this is REAL stuff!
Yikes.
I REALLY hope I get better. Poor Kailene flinched every time I stuck the probe in her mouth.
As I would move towards the anterior teeth I would start to push harder and harder because I was only get a one reading. Heaven forbid! haha.
I was happy to find out that I didn't have many deep areas. Course... It was our first day and we didn't get to all the teeth.
My teeth are messed up. They have so many problems. It kind of sucks.
I was excited today though because this is REAL stuff!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Dental Hygienists Unite!
So this weekend we went to convention and I got all excited about UDHA.
They had a forum where we learned about what was going on in the dental hygiene world and I'm so happy I went because I now know that I need to work hard for my profession. It is in risk of being handed off to assistants because they are less qualified and can be paid less. I learned that there are more things we can learn to do such as fillings and extractions and was thinking that since I don't really want to work for a private dentists that this might the way I need to go. Not saying that's what I'll do for sure but I talked to lady who owned her own hygiene practice and she said it would be beneficial to be able to do your own fillings.
I really want to let other hygienists know what's going on and try to get them to rise up against these problems because together we are a bigger voice that will make changes happen, or prevent them from happening.
Today in clinic we worked in each other's mouths to do oral health screenings. It scares me because I don't quite know yet what I'm looking for but I'm sure that Jen doesn't have some kind of oral cancer....
They had a forum where we learned about what was going on in the dental hygiene world and I'm so happy I went because I now know that I need to work hard for my profession. It is in risk of being handed off to assistants because they are less qualified and can be paid less. I learned that there are more things we can learn to do such as fillings and extractions and was thinking that since I don't really want to work for a private dentists that this might the way I need to go. Not saying that's what I'll do for sure but I talked to lady who owned her own hygiene practice and she said it would be beneficial to be able to do your own fillings.
I really want to let other hygienists know what's going on and try to get them to rise up against these problems because together we are a bigger voice that will make changes happen, or prevent them from happening.
Today in clinic we worked in each other's mouths to do oral health screenings. It scares me because I don't quite know yet what I'm looking for but I'm sure that Jen doesn't have some kind of oral cancer....
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
NEED MORE SLEEP!
Today we actually got to look into each others mouths using a mouth mirror. We learned not to slip and hit them in the face with the mirror and we learned how to look at all areas of the mouth and to illuminate that which is dark... so poetic.
I totally have a confession... I fell asleep while Kailene was working on me! haha! I was just sitting there and I started thinking about when I will be doing this for patients and all of a sudden the patient was yelling at me and telling me to wake up... Julie, my supervisor at the time and Kailene had to basically shake me awake. It was great.
We also gave each other extra oral exams. I made a slip and instead of saying Abnomality, I told Kailene that I was going to check for IMMORALLITIES. We laughed about it and I swear I'll never hear the end of it. And no, she had no immoralities nor did she have abnomalities.
It was nice to get three different massages today though... I don't think we will usually give our patients massages. I need to find out if they have a tumor dangit!
I totally have a confession... I fell asleep while Kailene was working on me! haha! I was just sitting there and I started thinking about when I will be doing this for patients and all of a sudden the patient was yelling at me and telling me to wake up... Julie, my supervisor at the time and Kailene had to basically shake me awake. It was great.
We also gave each other extra oral exams. I made a slip and instead of saying Abnomality, I told Kailene that I was going to check for IMMORALLITIES. We laughed about it and I swear I'll never hear the end of it. And no, she had no immoralities nor did she have abnomalities.
It was nice to get three different massages today though... I don't think we will usually give our patients massages. I need to find out if they have a tumor dangit!
Monday, September 14, 2009
So Vital!
Today we learned how to take and record vitals on each other. For some reason I am nearly dead or something because people were having a hard time finding my blood pressure and pulse. Hey, there's nothing I can do about that!
I am glad that I have been a CNA because I have quite a bit of experience with taking vitals. Still, it's a little sketchy at times. I need to learn my 4 times tables.... I'm bad at multiplying so fast.
We also continued our adventure through the world of health history. Can I be blatantly honest?! I really don't think that I've ever seen a hygienist do everything that we are learning right now. I don't know why that is... and do I follow in their paths or continue to take up three pages of recording sheets just for health history? AH!
Hygiene school is very tiring but I hope that it will all be worth it. I hope that I can graduate, work for a year or so and then have a baby. babies!
I am glad that I have been a CNA because I have quite a bit of experience with taking vitals. Still, it's a little sketchy at times. I need to learn my 4 times tables.... I'm bad at multiplying so fast.
We also continued our adventure through the world of health history. Can I be blatantly honest?! I really don't think that I've ever seen a hygienist do everything that we are learning right now. I don't know why that is... and do I follow in their paths or continue to take up three pages of recording sheets just for health history? AH!
Hygiene school is very tiring but I hope that it will all be worth it. I hope that I can graduate, work for a year or so and then have a baby. babies!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Health History Hysterics
When the patient comes to the dentist office for the first time they are to fill out a health history. AKA this is when I get to find out all the dirty details on my patient. haha jk. But really, I had to admit to Kailene some things that I really don't want anyone to know about. :-)
So health history is important. It's also the thing that can be messed up the most! I hope I can remember everything that we will need to put on the chart as we're filling it out. It scares me to think that we might have to defend our license with just what we have written in our chart.
We have to know every slimey detail of drugs so if you're going to go to the doctor please have the type, dosage and effects of the drugs you are taking.
It took one whole page to write everything we needed to write on one person's drugs they are taking. AH! I don't know how I feel about these pill popper people!
So we are going to Park City next weekend for the ADHA meeting. I'm actually pretty excited because we will get a look at the dental hygiene world and what it has to offer outside of our little haven we call weber state. A few of us are going to stay at a condo and go both days. I'm pretty excited about that as well. We'll get to know each other (I'm sure Kim will have some great stories for us) and shop and watch movies. It will just be a grand old time.
Yesterday, on the car ride of our lives, I learned about health insurance! OMG! America is retarded when it comes to health insurance! If I am poor and don't have a job, then I can have a baby for free and be fed and feed the baby for free for a year. But if I'm paying 200 dollars a month for insurance with a job then I have to pay 18,000 just to have the baby and then all the food and supplies that goes with it. How rediculous is that? How does that motivate me to go out and get a good paying job? Why not just stay poor and ride on the backs of the rich? Of course I don't want to be that way but I'm sure many many Americans feel that way.
Sigh. Life is so stressful.
So health history is important. It's also the thing that can be messed up the most! I hope I can remember everything that we will need to put on the chart as we're filling it out. It scares me to think that we might have to defend our license with just what we have written in our chart.
We have to know every slimey detail of drugs so if you're going to go to the doctor please have the type, dosage and effects of the drugs you are taking.
It took one whole page to write everything we needed to write on one person's drugs they are taking. AH! I don't know how I feel about these pill popper people!
So we are going to Park City next weekend for the ADHA meeting. I'm actually pretty excited because we will get a look at the dental hygiene world and what it has to offer outside of our little haven we call weber state. A few of us are going to stay at a condo and go both days. I'm pretty excited about that as well. We'll get to know each other (I'm sure Kim will have some great stories for us) and shop and watch movies. It will just be a grand old time.
Yesterday, on the car ride of our lives, I learned about health insurance! OMG! America is retarded when it comes to health insurance! If I am poor and don't have a job, then I can have a baby for free and be fed and feed the baby for free for a year. But if I'm paying 200 dollars a month for insurance with a job then I have to pay 18,000 just to have the baby and then all the food and supplies that goes with it. How rediculous is that? How does that motivate me to go out and get a good paying job? Why not just stay poor and ride on the backs of the rich? Of course I don't want to be that way but I'm sure many many Americans feel that way.
Sigh. Life is so stressful.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Please don't be unhealthy!
Today we learned about health history. I think I need to know what some of these diseases are before I can tell whether or not it is a problem!
We are supposed to ask the pt. about anything that they circled yes and we don't work on them if they have high blood pressure.
Take care of your bodies people!
That's all I have to say...
Oh, and that if you want to make a donation to the students of Weber (aka me) to go to China that would be awesome. Just let me know!
-KaDee
We are supposed to ask the pt. about anything that they circled yes and we don't work on them if they have high blood pressure.
Take care of your bodies people!
That's all I have to say...
Oh, and that if you want to make a donation to the students of Weber (aka me) to go to China that would be awesome. Just let me know!
-KaDee
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