This series of articles is designed to help you explore and develop your dental nursing practice. This article, the second in the series, helps you examine, develop and use objectives in your personal work and that of the dental practice
Reflective practice is a process which can contribute to improving patient care, directing learning, and influencing professional development. This article provides a brief introduction to reflective practice, describing what it is, and how, when and why it should be used
This series of articles is designed to help you explore and develop your dental nursing practice. Future articles in the series will examine: setting objectives, maximising feedback, publication and conferences, developing leadership and supervision. The series article explores the motivation to adv
It is often said that, ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail.’ Business planning in a dental practice is important. Without sound analysis, clear projections, and well-thought out contingencies, practices tend to become hostages to fortune. This article outlines the team's involvement in setting a bu
This article describes how preventive encounters in dental practice can be most effective if each of the characters involved play their part. It describes the attitudes, knowledge and skills that an optimally effective clinical team need to have and what patients may bring to preventive encounters
Dental nurses must be able to select and appraise literature that is relevant to their field, and understand the implications of research findings. In this article, Maggie Nash provides a brief introduction to the critical appraisal (or critical reading) of published dental information and websites
Do dental nurses really understand what it means to be on the Register of Dental Care Professionals?
This series of articles is designed to help you explore teaching and learning. It examines your own personal learning and explores how you as a dental nurse may be called upon to teach others. The fourth article in this series discusses mentoring
This series of articles is designed to help you explore teaching and learning. It examines your own personal learning and explores how you as a dental nurse may be called upon to teach others. The second article in this series discusses how you can teach clinical skills
This article is the second in a series of case studies illustrating the roles and responsibilities of the registered dental nurse. They will also describe the guidance that is available, and the steps and precautions necessary, to avoid the potential legal and ethical problems that will be discussed
This series of articles is designed to help you explore teaching and learning. It examines your own personal learning and explores how you as a dental nurse may be called upon to teach others. The first article in this series discusses how you can learn from textbooks.
Is becoming a DCP tutor the career path for you? To help you decide, Corinne Tapsell outlines her role at the London Deanery
Paul Brocklehurst explores the changes that are due to take place in dentistry and whether this will lead to dental nurses taking on more tasks
This article is the first in a series of case studies illustrating the role and responsibilities of the registered dental nurse. The articles in this series will also describe the guidance available, and the steps necessary, to avoid the legal and ethical problems that will be discussed
