The Road to: CA State Fair and an Employment Update!

I suppose an employment update is due! Big news! I am currently working for 2 different offices! Each office is only one day a week: I am in one office on Wednesdays, and another on Saturdays. I have...

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! Did you know you can celebrate with toothpaste?! I must say, it is a beauty hack I DON'T recommend :)  It has already been an eventful 4th of July weekend! I got diode...

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The Road to: Getting a Dental Hygiene Job! Temp Postcards

While I was waiting for my license I had a lot of time to think about how I wanted to go about my job search. I decided to make dental hygiene temp cards and drop them off at all of the offices within...

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The Road to RDH: Finally Licensed!

It's here! It's here! It's finally here! It's official! I am a real registered dental hygienist! Now I get to flood the earth with my resume and cross my fingers that someone will give this new grad a chance! It is so hard to get your first job, because most employers demand at least 2 years experience....

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The Road to RDH: Life in Limbo

I am stuck. Stuck in the stage right between graduation and looking for a job. I check the mail regularly for any sign of my dental hygiene license, even though I know it won't be there! (I just took-and passed- my jurisprudence exam today! It was the final step for licensure and it only took me about...

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The Road to RDH: Clinical Boards!!

IS THIS REAL LIFE?! I passed both anesthesia clinical and hygiene clinical first try!!! I'm ecstatic. I can't believe this is real life! Look out residents of California! I will find you, and I will...

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The Road to RDH: NBDHE Results and Advice!

Oh and did I mention that I PASSED MY NATIONAL BOARD? :) There is a light at the end of the tunnel! Graduating, though awesome, was a little anticlimactic because I'm not done yet! Bah! I still have clinicals...

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