Dental nurse training: key considerations

Whether you have recently embarked on your dental nurse training pathway or are a practice considering taking on a trainee dental nurse, it is worth asking the question: what makes for a successful outcome for both the individual in training and for the dental practice itself?

As with any career move or getting a new job there will always be anxieties surrounding such a decision. If you are a practice considering taking on a trainee nurse for the first time, then it is important to understand some of the feelings, experiences, and emotions that a trainee nurse will be going through for the first time. It is often easy to forget that we have all been trainees at some point in our field, and it is important to remain mindful that what comes to us as second nature now, is likely going to be quite overwhelming to those first embarking on their training.