How to Develop Your Career in Dental Nursing

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

The Authors

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, and a Trustee and volunteer for Dentaid, all in the UK. She is also Founder of the Society of British Dental Nurses, and an External Examiner.