How to Develop Your Career in Dental Nursing (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Brooks, Janine; Ellwood, Fiona

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Documents the challenges, benefits, and progression opportunities of a career in dental nursing How to Develop Your Career in Dental Nursing provides practical information on how to progress your career in dental nursing. Guidance is included throughout, and the reader should use the book to make informed decisions and conduct further research for the benefit of their own career. The book considers the historical context, along with reviewing the current position of dental nursing and considering the future of the field, all with the overarching theme of helping dental nurses further their career in modern dentistry. Topics covered include: * Dental Nursing from a profession and social context, as well as gender perspectives * Differences in dental nursing worldwide * Formal and informal training and education * Pros and cons for dental nurses and dentistry as the profession has developed * The impact of working in a modern environment * How dental nurses can become agents for change * Dental nursing as an academic versus vocational endeavor Written by highly qualified authors, How to Develop Your Career in Dental Nursing is an invaluable resource for Dental Nurses, as well as students beginning their professional journey.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119861720
• Artikelnr.: 68134136

Autorenporträt

The Editors Janine Brooks MBE, DMedEth, MSc, FFGDP(UK), MCDH, DDPHRCS, BDS, FAcadMEd, is CEO of Dentalia Coaching and Training Consultancy, Co-Founder of Dental Mentors UK and a Registration Assessment Panelist for the General Dental Council in the UK. Fiona Ellwood BEM, M.Ed L M, PG Cert HF/E, PG Cert PH, PG Cert DMent, BA (Hons) Ed S, (Hon) FFGDP, Former FDTF RCS (Ed), MAadMEd, NSCTS Practitioner, mental health first aider, is a Specialist Expert Advisor at Bangor University, an Education Associate and Registration panel member for the General Dental Council.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors xi

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xxi

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Early history of dental nursing 8

The nineteenth century 12

The twentieth century 20

Role of the world wars 30

Women in employment - twentieth and twenty- first centuries 32

The twenty- first century 34

Chapter 3 The rise of the profession 44

North America 46

New Zealand 48

Canada 49

United Kingdom 50

Republic of Ireland 54

Europe 55

Australia 56

Worldwide 56

Chapter 4 Training and qualifications 59

Professional registration and dental nurse qualifications 60

Dental nursing qualifications 61

Additional duties 66

Impact of registration and education 67

Continuing professional development (CPD) 70

Reflective practitioner 73

Chapter 5 Career development 77

Clear understanding of self 80

Knowledge of the dental landscape 80

Conditions of success 80

Lead roles 82

Other opportunities 89

Examples of career pathways 93

Shape of your career 96

Developing a professional portfolio 97

Curriculum vitae design 98

Promoting yourself 98

Chapter 6 The future 101

The world outside dentistry 102

The future of dentistry 107

The profession of dental nursing 109

Individual dental nurses 110

Thoughts on future training 113

The advanced dental nurse practitioner 113

Twenty- first century skills 113

Examples to build your working portfolio and progress your career 117

Chapter 7 Discussion and conclusions 121

Appendix 1 Timeline of important events in dentistry in the UK 127

Index 129