Finished my 1A's and 1B's this morning and if my afternoon patient doesn't stand me up I will complete my class 3's and my final PE. My requirements will be complete and I will be able to breathe and sleep a little better tonight. If only my WREB test scores would come and I would know for a certainty that I will graduate and be eligible for my license. I am excited to get my resume out there and hopefully someone will think I am an asset to their dental office and give me a job.

Winding Down

After today only two more clinics and one more day at the VA. It should seem like it is going so fast but every morning when my alarm goes off I wonder if I can make it another day. I think I am physically and mentally exhausted from boards and have not had the days or nights to recooperate. I am pretty bummed, I thought I was done with all my class 3's and 4's and found out today I still need one more quad. I sure hope my 3 shows up next thursday since the one I had scheduled today stood me up.

Today was the first day of clinic after boards. It was so much more relaxed knowing I was done with WREB. I passed both local anesthesia exams and national boards. Still waiting to find out about Process of Care and calculus removal. I sure hope I passed because finding another board patient and transporting them to whereever they are testing plus paying all the fees againg would be awful.
If I did pass this next month will be really nice to finish up all my projects and start getting faster with my patients.

LA Mockboard

Today was our LA mockboard, I passed the written, it wasn't so bad. I hope the real written board is like the one I took today. On the injections I failed the IA because I redirected my needle without announcing it and I passed the PSA. I am really nervous for the real thing. I wasn't very nervous today because I know the professors and I am not scared of them. But on the real day I am worried I will be shaking uncontrollably because it is the WREB examiners. I sure hope I pass.

Stressed Out!!!

Only one more clinic day before the real board. I am so nervous. I hope I don't fail. I am getting so tired of these long days of clinic and class and then to go home to all night studying, laundry, kids and a dirty house. I will be so glad when I feel like I have some control over my life and house and don't feel guilty when I am not spending every waking minute studying or stressing.

Today at the VA started out good. My first patient had extreme anxiety. I just kept talking to him about his kids and family and by the end of the appointment he said I made it pleasant for me and that I was going to be a good hygienist. That made me feel good. My afternoon patient on the other hand was a new patient and needed everything done. He had an abscess on his lower molar and because I didn't take a PA of it before the doctor came over, the doctor made me feel like I was stupid because I hadn't already taken a PA of that tooth. Oh well I made it through the day and now I am gearing up for another long day of clinic tomorrow.

Well I took Process of Care today and took National Boards last week. I sure hope I passed both of them because I really don't want to have to retake either one and pay the money. I also had my final mockboard last week and finally passed. I sure hope I can do that well on the real board day. I am really burned out I hope the remainder of this semester goes fast and I pass all my boards so I can be done with the exhausting studying.