One of the careers I am interested in pursuing is a dental hygienist. The details I will go over in this paper are the educational requirements‚ post-secondary programs‚ and why I am interested in pursuing the career dental hygienist. I am very interested in pursuing becoming a dental hygienist‚ however‚ in order to do that I must meet the educational requirements. Training to become a dental hygienist is available at community colleges as a two-year program and a university as three-year or four-year
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Elements of competence |HSC219.1 |Support individuals to maintain continence | |HSC219.2 |Support individuals to use equipment to manage continence | About this Unit For this Unit you need to support individuals to maintain continence and to use equipment to enable them to manage continence. Scope The scope is here to give you guidance on possible
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caught in hospitals. (www.bbc.co.uk) Unit 3 A introduces hand hygiene and how it’s vital in preventing infection. It illustrates the importance and procedures of hand hygiene and how they prevent infections from spreading to patients giving an understanding of how hands become contaminated and how easily these are passed on demonstrating that hand hygiene should be performed frequently and regularly. The five important hand hygiene moments are: * Entering patient zones to protect the patient
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Running head: HAND HYGIENE Hand Hygiene The hands are the most used body organ and are exposed to pathogens at a higher level than any other part of our body. For humans to maintain a state of good health‚ we have to reduce the transmission to these pathogens. One proven method to interrupt the transmission is by maintaining hand hygiene. Hand hygiene‚ is the simplest most effective measure for preventing nosocomial infection. Evidence to support the importance of hand hygiene in infection prevention
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paths and a variety of jobs for people to choose. Different people are suited for different jobs. The career I chose was to be a dental hygienist. Dental hygienists work as qualified members of the oral health care team to look at and help fix peoples’ teeth and gums; they also search for a cure or any disease. They help patients to improve and keep good oral hygiene. Dental hygienist must be caring and be able to take good precaution of their patients and educate them on their teeth. They must have
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In five or so years I hope to be settled into a job as a dental hygienist. Preferably a job in Rutherford county or surrounding areas. I became interested in the career field in high school after speaking to the hygienist at my dentist office. She was extremely supportive and truthful about what to expect out of this career path. I have also completed 40 hours of job shadowing that have also given me information on what to expect. While most of my activities in my youth consisted of mainly sports
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forward to working in many health care fields. I am interested in working as a dental hygienist. I have experienced a dental hygienist working environment and it is certainly an environment I will feel absolutely comfortable working at. It will be a long journey to meet the requirements to achieve my goals and it will be a pleasure and a life changing experience to finally graduate and become dental hygienist. Dental hygienists have an interesting job they earn a good amount of money every year
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through the process of hand hygiene (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert‚ & Hall‚ 2017‚ p.458). Therefore‚ to prevent and remove any microorganisms from being passed on to our patients‚ nurses and staff must understand that "Hand hygiene is not an option." (Perry‚ Potter‚ & Elkin‚ 2016‚ p. 76). Hand hygiene includes four techniques‚ including handwashing‚ antiseptic handwash‚ antiseptic hand rub‚ and surgical hand antisepsis (Perry‚ Potter‚ & Elkin‚ 2016‚ p. 76). Each hand hygiene procedure follows specific
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teeth cleanings. Now that I am 17 and graduating in the next five months‚ I have decided that the Human and Health Services field‚ Dental Hygiene in particular‚ is the career pathway that I am most interested in and would like to pursue further after graduation. In pursuing this occupation‚ I understand that there are many personality traits that I must present. Since Dental Hygienists are around people each day at work‚ a hygienist must be outgoing‚ ambitious‚ and willing to interact with several different
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1. DENTAL INSURANCE As we know that poor care of mouth and teeth can affect a person general health and well-being throughout his life. Generally‚ when this problem comes‚ there is a need to start seeing a dentist regularly…and everyone knows a hole in tooth can put a bigger hole in wallet…that costs money! Because dental disease is so common‚ being protected by dental insurance and using it wisely is essential safeguards for any individual or a family. Dental insurance provides with an effective
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