Sunday, April 11, 2010
AP Whoopie!
I finished my AP comp and I am so relieved! I felt very apprehensive about even attempting this comp because I honestly do not feel comfortable with instrumentation. This is due to the lack of patient interaction that I have had. I feel as if knew the instruments better last semester. I was nervous about this comp though because of my lack of experience with actually performing an AP. I had always missed calculus in the past and I knew I could only have four pieces. I also had a difficult time determining the calculus from plaque and possible restoration margins. I did pass this comp on my first attempt! That is quite amazing to pass and to think this whole time I was worried most about this one than any other one. It is possible to those who haven't attempted it yet. I know alot of us are kind of worried about this one and if your like me I was saving it for last. I only left one piece of calculus on the teeth!
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Congrats on passing your comp! You're an inspiration to me that I can complete this. I just wish that I had a patient because the last four appointments, I have been without a patient. :-( It worries me that I have five competencies left. I really want to get these done because I'm getting really stressed out about them! I hope that you are able to complete the rest of your competencies before the end of the semester!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on passing your AP comp! I am really nervous about that one. I only have one more new patient coming back so I am hoping he qualifies for an AP. I have been trying to step back from all of the competency "hype" and stress that we have to finish them before the end of the semester. I have already come to grips that I will be receiving a "c" in seminar, because I still have 5 more competencies to complete. Our patient care should definately come before our competencies but it's hard not to get caught in the stress and only think about which competencies to complete on which patients. Good luck for the rest of the semester in clinic, and don't forget we will get more opportunities in summer clinic :)
ReplyDeleteWay to go Tiffany! I know how nervous you were about trying to complete this in clinic that morning. I am also worried about passing this competency. I have one patient scheduled which I have not seen yet. I hope they will present with the requirements for an AP otherwise I'm not sure what I will do. I can totally relate to you when it comes to not being very comfortable with instrumentation. I know that even though will all probably possess this feeling, I know that each of us has great potential at becoming a great hygienist. Good luck with completeing your other competencies.
ReplyDeleteI am so thrilled that you finally got that comp under you belt.I am really getting very nervous because I have one more clinic day and I have three more comps to finish. One of them is completing an AP comp. But now I feel that I can do it because look...you DID!! I am being proactive by going to the senior clinic tomorrow to hopefully complete some comps there. I agree with Tracey, that it definitely should be about patient care rather than getting all our comps done. I hope this summer when I attend summer clinic, that the faculty will allow us to complete our comps because that would be a relief to me. Keep up the great work and stay positive.
ReplyDeleteI was the same way when I started to attempt this comp. Never knew how much we have learned from this year until we finally but it to the test. The only bad thing is that in order to find these patients that qualify is not always the easiest thing. Hopefully this will improve with working out the kinks of the new systems and making adjustments as needed with the growing class sizes!
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