Today we poked each other for the first time! YIKES!! We first practiced with marshmallows and candy corn. The tough part was keeping my "stack" stacked. My ring finger and middle finger did not like sticking together and my middle finger just likes to hang out and wave at everyone. After our instructor explained that the maneuvering is more in the wrist than the fingers I think I got better.
Before we saw a real patient we practiced on the typodont. I think that mine's name is going to be Lucas! Ya, like?? We had to maneuver around a bunch of calculus on the typodonts which was kind of hard. And you have to use a lot of pressure to get in the sulcus unlike a real patient. I liked practicing on the typodont... and then I got a real patient in the chair. I probed Heather today for like 10 minutes. We got cut short on time because of the Vitals PE and a presentation from the past president of UDHA. It was pretty frustrating trying to probe on a real person. Heather said I was hurting her the whole time and I couldn't tell that I was pushing too hard. I felt really bad and am really frustrated that I couldn't distiguish what was too hard. I don't know how I am going to practice it either. One thing that I can already see as a problem is going to be actually seeing!! The probe measurments are soo small! I hope that we are given more time to practice probing soon!
KARLIE!!! Get yourself some side shields for your glasses!!!
All in all, today was a bit frustrating. I feel like I don't know anything, and of what I do know I pretty much suck at it. ha ha
PRACTICE... Practice... PATIENCE... Patience... PATIENTS... Beware!!! :)
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