Sleep- Does the Body Good

I never know how to start these. It seems like everyday is a little crazy and we always learn a ton but I feel like a broken record saying that every post. But.. Today started out great! Mostly because I went to bed at 10:30 last night and woke up at 5:30 ready to work out! I need to get better at going to bed at a decent time- I've kind of struggled with that this semester but last night proved that I do a lot better with sleep. And it's a good thing I got some last night because my day started at seven o'clock this morning with an institute meeting, then I went straight to school until 4:30, and then right to work until 10:30. So I'm more grateful for those seven hours of sleep last night then I ever have been before!
Well I guess I better talk about clinic today because I guess that's kind of the point of this whole blogging thing. So here we go... We started out in radiology and we took ten x-rays. Eight PA's and two bitewings. The PA's were pretty difficult because we had to take them on Dexters #2 &#3- they have some pretty messed up mouths to say the least but I guess it's good practice for when we start seeing actual patients. My bitewings actually turned out really good! I was proud :) I have been struggling with cone-cutting lately but I had no problems with that this time. Most of my x-rays actually turned out pretty well so it boosted by x-ray confidence a bit. However, this all changed when we learned how to use Schick. I am not the biggest fan of Schick. We have used it in the office I work at and I didn't like it then either. The sensor is big and hard making it difficult to go with the curve of the arches of the mouth. We did bitewings on Dexter #2 and I did fine on the molars but I couldn't get the distal end of the canine on the pre-molars for the life of me. It was slightly frustrating but it did make me feel a little better when Instructor Vining struggled with it as well. Overall today was a good day in radiology.

Then we made our way to clinic. I was kind of nervous for clinic today because we were learning how to take vitals and I have no experience with them. I had heard from my friends who had gotten their CNA's that blood pressure is pretty tough but I actually didn't too much of a problem with it today, unless I'm doing it completely wrong. I did struggle finding the radial pulse though and being able to focus on counting that and not the seconds on the clock but hopefully I'll get that down. I took my blood pressure cuff and my stethoscope home so I can practice :) Clinic was really nice today because we had some free time where we were able to pass off some PE's. I passed off two and I'm so glad I did because I felt like they were starting to pile up. They are kind of never ending so I just need to stay on top of them. But clinic was good today I felt good about things and maybe saw a tiny bit of hope that I'm going to get all this someday :)

Well I better get off to start studying for our bazillion tests this week (we only have three but it's a lot more fun to be dramatic, of course). Wish me luck! And don't you worry, I'm still smiling :) Whether it's out of happiness or absolute bewilderment of how I'm going to figure out the time to get all I have to get done this week- I'll leave up to you!