Written National Board

So last week was when I took the written National Board! Boy that was sure fun! I really had not study much, because I was planning on studying a lot over spring break, but due to stress that did not happen! So I studied mainly for two days, crammed would be a better term. I took the test, It took me 7 hours! It was Hell. I never want to have to take a test that long again. It just feels so good to have all the boards done and out of the way! Now I just wait for the results on three of them! Life is good!

Spring Break???? Yeah Right!

So last week was our Spring Break! Isn't that supposed to be a break? Be relaxing or something? Well it was PURE HELL!!! I don't think I have ever felt so much stress in one week! I was a nervous wreck Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday all worried about LA board. Thursday was the day, I was seriously freaked out! But I got in there, I did it, and I passed first time! I was a little shocked, but it was a great confidence booster! Once Thursday was over, I immediately started freaking out for Sunday morning! I knew this exam was by far the biggest and would be the hardest to retake if I failed. That is a lot of pressure going in. But Sunday morning came, and by far the worst part of the whole day was waiting to see if your patient qualified! Me and Kayla were both having anxiety attacks while waiting. But I have to say, I am truly grateful for our incredible instructors at WSU! They made sure each of us had a patient that would definitely qualify! Every single one of us had our first submission accepted! That is pretty incredible! Now that the day is over, we wait... nervously and second guessing every single thing we did, until we get our results. But life is still good and only one board left to go!

Board Patients

Well today I saw my board patient. Took his xrays and cleaned a quad. I was very grateful to be able to do this going into boards knowing what I am up against. I missed two areas cleaning him today, so hopefully I will do better during the real deal! I also got to clean Heather's patient for boards too. He is such a nice guy. I am hoping he will be a good quality patient for Heather. I enjoyed this day, knowing that I have a dependable board patient is a really good feeling! Life is good! :)

Mom

My mom was my patient today. That was fun for her and I to see my improvement from the last time she came in. She was my first official patient. And I was slow and not very confident. Well today she came in and I was able to do her whole OD and cleaning in around 30 minutes, which was a vast improvement from two full days of the first time. So that was fun. I was also able to pass off a few needed PE's on my mom, so I am glad she was willing to do that for me. It was a good day. And life is good!

SERIOUSLY...

All I want to do is get healthy and lose some weight... therefore I workout! Well this morning I was working out and lucky me... sprained my ankle! BAD!!! The pain was incredible... I have never felt that sort of pain ever before... and I have had TWO children!!! Lol. This was not a great way to start out the day... especially since I had my Process of Care Exam (Board #2) scheduled. So I did my best to shower and get myself ready to take the exam. Luckily my sister had the day off, so she was able to drive me to the exam and help me into the building, and then drive me home. I had no time to be nervous today for this exam... my mind was else where. I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. If I do not pass... I have a good excuse, RIGHT?? Anyway... only time will tell. Even though I can't walk and my foot hurts like HELL, life is still good! :)

MockBoard #3

Well girls.... I FINALLY PASSED a mockboard! Today was a good day! It was nice to know that I can actually pass one of these exams, now lets just hope I can do even better on the real board! I also found out that I passed my FIRST board exam! LA written! I was so worried about the results of this exam... Hardest exam I have EVER taken! But the board Gods were kind to me and I passed! Wahooo!!! Life is good and getting a bit stressful! :)

Happy Love Day

I really am not a HUGE fan of Valentine's day! Never have been. But Happy Love day to all my girls! I love you all!!! Today I did some screenings, in hopes of finding a board/mockboard patient! I did find a mockboard... but she did not qualify for real boards! But glad to have a mockboard. I am going to PASS this one! I hope anyway! I need the confidence going into the real one here in a couple weeks! This patient is a class II and NOT going to be as hard as my past 2 mockboard patients!!! This is good news! So I am happy and looking forward to next week, gonna rock this one! Life is good! :)