Thursday, December 15, 2005

Hmmmm....

I invented 3 new positions today, who's only cause is to up the radiation dosage to the patient. Really I just fucked up 3 out of my 6 views. I know none of this will make sense to anyone, but whatever. I had to do 3 views on the grader/assistant Heidi. I did a sholder view perfectly, a weight-bearing foot, lateral view perfectly; and an AP view of the foot weight bearing WRONG. I had no clue. But it wasn't a big deal, only worth 2 points. Then in the energized room I was supposed to take 3 views of the ankle, either using the phantom foot, or Annie the dummy. Somewhere along the way I screwed up, and started thinking foot instead of ankle.

I totally lost my cool because I felt utterly helpless and I had NO IDEA what to do. The program director, Stacey (who also teaches 2 of the classes) was doing this part of my exam. I started crying, after sitting there getting frustrated for a few minutes. I finally just took 2 shots, which I had no idea if they were wrong or not. Once I was done, Stacey explained what I should have done, said another student did the same thing, same mistakes, ect, and then I took a minute to feel better, then went and developed my films.

When I came out, I was feeling okay. Stacey made me feel better about my errors, so I went to finish the last part--critiquing my films and doing anatomy. I was doing okay, joking around, until Paula made a comment about it being okay, and so stressful and I started crying AGAIN. Ugh.

I didn't realize Stacey was standing behind me, and she said "Mary, it's okay. Really. My 2 best students pulled that chip and did exactly the same thing. You both had the same thought process, and got a little messed up. But it's okay." That made me feel a ton better--SHE CALLED ME ONE OF HER TWO BEST STUDENTS!

I know she could have said it just to make me feel better, but I'll pretend she meant it :)

3 comments:

mamatulip said...

I'll bet she wasn't pretending, Mary. :)

Mary said...

Thanks guys!!

And Melissa, didn't you know that x-ray techs do it in more than 400 positions? ha ha ha.

mamatulip said...

No Melissa. I thought that too.

Dirty minds UNITE!

 

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