Dental nurse Review

I set up surgery in a morning, support the dentist during treatments by aspirating and setting up getting out what they need for each treatment. I welcome the patients in to the surgery and support them during their treatment. I tidy the surgery and clean down after each patient taking dirty instruments to decon and processing them through each of the decontamination and sterilisation processes and shut down the surgery at the end of the day.

Definitely learnt new skills in a much quicker time than it would take going to uni or any other methods of getting the qualification. Such as anatomy skills I thought I had forgotten.

I do enjoy what I do however I have axial spondyloarthritis inflammatory arthritis of the spine and struggle with the physical side of the job therefore having a lot of time off unpaid which doesn’t help matters. I think extensions should be set for disabled people such as myself as they may need more time to do work set due to chronic pain and illness such as in my case.

I feel like the assessors get too many students assigned to them and whereas some people need more support and others may not and the ones who need more support are getting the same amount of time in support sessions as other people. Other than that it is a good course and I have learnt a lot in a short amount of time however I feel as though deadlines are a bit harsh especially for people with disabilities.

My employer has been really good to me allowing me time off during flare ups of pain and being there whenever I need a good cry or feel as though I’m not good enough. As you can imagine with my condition it can be hard at times so I am lucky to have the support I have.

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Looking at how far I’ve come I never thought I would get the hang of dental nursing as everything was a lot to take in at first but my assessor has really helped me to try and stay focussed through all the hard times and continue working towards my goals.

The hard work really does pay off!