I find it funny how just a few posts behind I suddenly appear like an extrovert as if I'm actually going out all of the time and having a ball when in actuality, I'll say about 98% of the time I am either hermiting in my room or fully consumed in all that there is of school lol.
I just finished showering about half an hour ago but before that I was working on the content of a project with my roommates that is due on.. I believe this coming Tuesday? *sketchy eyes* but needed to be handed in earlier for review. We were done around 1am-ish i'll say, but there were major issues with the e-mailing file size restrictions on the program we upload our projects to send the teacher (WebCT). So long story short, after a billion attempts, I ended up sending it through good ol' hotmail.
Courtney and Cheyenne came over the house and chilled with me and the roomies while working on our projects and got sidetracked battling eachother on who can find the most badass throw back song from the 90s on Youtube as we jammed out. Then, we got completely distracted and ended up going to McDonald's for food because everyone was craving once Cheyenne walked into the house with a Micky D's combo, damn you Cheyenne! I ended up getting just a Big Mac sandwhich because I felt guilty about the calorie intake and didn't want to affect my 'healthy eating' plan I started this week BAHAHA what a fail..
In the collective stress of clinic, it seems to be going swell now. I completed a DD3 (in the most insensitively worded explanation, it is the second "hardest" level of cleaning because of the amount of deposits within the mouth) in only two appointments (usually I complete a DD3 in three appts) which was a total shocker to me and my system! My heart was beating out of my chest by the end of the appt and my mind was beyond fucked because the dental client's DD (degree of diffuculty) level was bumped up by the instructor so my eyes just widened when I saw that change made to the chart. My heart went haywire because the "harder" the client's oral status is, the more credits you get.
Each DD level is worth a certain amount of credits. By the end of this semester I need to have a minimum of 45 credits. So basically, the reason why clinic has been such a constant worrying struggle for me is because along with the fact that I have to search for my own dental clients and book their appointments myself, there's these 45 credits I MUST get by the end of the semester (April 13) -which is cray cray because everytime you start a new client, you never know what level you're going to end up with. Alongside this need, there's also "competencies" that you must complete which are a number of requirements a student in semester 4 is expected to complete such as getting prescribed 4 bitewings (a type of radiograph/ x-ray).
So through the lingo of this, my credits seem to be piling up rather quickly which is a plus however, I've hit a pot hole in today's clinic with my dental client needing a medical release so I wasn't able to do any invasive treatment.. which now puts me behind. But so far, everything is going according to plan (minus today's event which I am trying to stay positive about and can only remind myself to sharpen my instruments like crazy for this client's next appointment so I can pick up some speed in the instrumentation phase ("cleaning")).
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The other thing that's really ruined my chances of fitting other dental clients into my already tight schedule is all the clinics that have been taken from me. The school year began on a Wednesday so the other clinic group started automatically with an extra clinic. Then an unfortunate event occured related to someone in my class so a clinic was cancelled. Then, there was reading week -which even now I would have rathered my 4 clinics than having a week off. And now, two clinics are going towards an Ortho (orthodontics course) workshop which is a section of an assignment I've already done on a model at home but this time it's the same thing just on a model while sitting in a dental chair *grrr. To top it all off, the second day of the two clinics dedicated to ortho which is for this Friday doesn't even apply to me because this Friday's clinic is only for the other clinic group -__-
So, really, I have this Friday off. That's a total of 8 clinics that have been taken off of this semester - oh sorry, 9 because I just remembered April 6th is "Good Friday" so the clinic is going to be closed. In 9 clinics I could have completed four DD2 clients and have gotten 12credits (each DD2 is worth 3credits). So you see why it's such a big deal to me? It honestly makes such a big difference and would have helped make this final semester I have to endure in school so much more less stressful.
Le sigh.
I'll also point out in my mooody rant of a post this has become that next week is going to be so much fun!
Sunday: Present Assignment #3 (community health) project out of town
Monday: Present Assignment #2 (gerntology) project in town
Wednesday: ...Gerntology Assign #2 due?
Thursday: Gerntology Test & Community Health Assignment #3 due
Friday: Reflection for Gerntology Assign #2 due
Yep, the Dental Hygiene program is very demanding.. but somebody's gotta do it.
A little on the downside for a topic that should be celebrating the already 10th entry to "Letters To My Unforgotten" wohoo but Se La Vie!
The roomies and I have decided we'd start our weekend early by skipping class today hence the time I am posting this (4am) holy crap I need to get to sleep!
Ps. I commend you for reading the entirety of this post, you are amazing ♥
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