Workplace issues/your health

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What is your battery drainer?

John Fowler continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse, with a look at stress

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Are your habitual reactions harmful?

As a dental professional, there's a strong possibility that you may have experienced discomfort or pain in your back from working in a dental surgery,...

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A perfect picture

If the art of managing expectations depends on good communication, then it is the clarification of the finer details that is the master stroke, says...

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What are equality and diversity?

Shilla Talati on treating fairly and no less favourably and ways in which we can promote both in a dental arena

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Hard times?

Sean Magee considers the crisis in Scotland where there's currently a critical shortage of skilled and qualified dental nurses

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Are you under par?

Your employer should have a written procedure setting out how it will deal with issues of poor performance. Here, Sarah Buxton looks at how best to...

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Do you work with Donald Trump?

Big or small – we look at how best to harness the power of different personalities in your practice, with Anthony Asquith

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Protection when under attack

We get under the skin of work-related contact dermatitis – the most common form of skin disease in the dental team

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At a crossroads?

If you're having a hard time at work, you need to know the right avenues to pursue. Here, Sarah Buxton points you in the right direction

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Bullying in the workplace

Joan Kingsley and Dr Sue Paterson investigate bullying and fear in healthcare.

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In praise of appraisals

Considered by many of us as a necessary evil, isn't it about time we embrace the process in a bid to raise our professional standing?