Charting Charts

I have come to the conclusion that I will never really be on top of things with clinic or with the whole dental hygiene program for that matter. There is just a lot of information that needs to be taught, studied, and learned and I'm convinced that you can't study enough. But that's what makes it all fun, right? Well today clinic added a little more to my workload as well as my stress levels. We learned how to chart. There is a whole lot of stuff that needs to go in these. I need to be observant of the information the patient fills out and be ready to ask them questions and write everything down. You'd rather be safe than sorry. As Professor Costley said, "When it comes to charting, you do what you can do." No one is perfect, Miley Cyrus said it perfectly, "everyone makes mistakes, everyone has those days" however, we need to try to be as perfect as possible, paying attention to all the little details. The PE we learned today involves a lot of memorizing. We have to memorize all the scenarios in which a patient would need to pre- medicate- a bit of a daunting task at the moment but it will be fine. I'll just add to it the list of all the other things I need to do. But clinic was good today. It's always a good reminder that I'm not in this alone and everyone is here to help each other out. I need to go study for my radiology test- Wish me luck! And no matter how stressed I am I have no choice but to smile :)