Back in the saddle!

So I was able to see my first patient at the VA on wednesday. I was very nervous because I was in a new clinic with new instructors and I was not familiar with any of their equipment or their computer system. There was a lot to learn in a little bit of time there in the morning. My patient was 29 and new to their clinic. I wasn't sure what I was going to get. I was pleasantly surprised because he was a 1B and the cleaning was very straight forward. I was able to get a pano and 4BWX and do a full OD and FM scaling. I was glad to see that having the summer off didn't destroy all my confidence. I'm excited to get started with two more patients on thursday. I'm more nervous about remembering how to chart everything by hand. That is one thing I really like at the VA is their electronic charting. It's easy and fast!