Dental Nurse
Liberty Dental center
Total years of experience :11 years, 3 Months
Assisting dentists and other dental care professionals in the
practice.
● Careful sterilizing of dental instruments to ensure sterile
conditions.
● Ensuring that the dental surgery health and safety policy is
adhered to.
● Explaining to patients what their treatment entails.
● Administrative duties like maintaining a patients’ dental record.
● Taking X-rays of patients and then using these to diagnose a
patients’ dental conditions.
● Making models of patients’ teeth.
● Preparing the surgery for dental treatment.
Responsible for managing, supervising and assisting the nursing staff, providing administrative support and patient care that include directing the admission, discharge and general flow of patients, and assigning nurses and support staff to patients. To provide guidance on administering care to new patients or those with special needs and answering questions regarding protocol. As shift supervisors, document the performance of nurses, perform evaluations and counsel nurses on unsatisfactory performance.
Assessing a patient’s condition and planning and implementing patient care plans, Treating wounds and providing advanced life support, Assisting physicians in performing procedures, Observing and recording patient vital signs, Ensuring that ventilators, monitors and other types of medical equipment function properly, Administering intravenous fluids and medications, Ordering diagnostic tests, Collaborating with fellow members of the critical care team, Responding to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment Acting as patient advocate, Providing education and support to patient families.
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