Carole Hollins - Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses

This book is dedicated to all student dental nurses past, present, and future.

The blood, sweat and tears really will be worth it in the end and once qualified,
the world is your oyster.

This edition first published 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hollins, Carole.
Questions and answers for dental nurses / Carole Hollins. 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-67090-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Dental assistantsExaminations, questions, etc. 2. DentistryExaminations, questions, etc.
I. Title.
RK60.5.H66 2012
617.60232dc23

2012005852

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I am delighted to have been invited to write the foreword for this book. Once again Carole Hollins responds to the fast-changing world of dental nursing with this new book, which will be invaluable not only to dental nurses in training but also other members of the dental team. Caroles passion and interest for dental nurse training and assessment is a very admirable quality and her speed in responding to the needs of dental nurses in training is commendable.

This book is an absolute must for those candidates sitting the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) National Diploma in Dental Nursing. The General Dental Council (GDC) states that the purpose of education and training is to produce an individual who can demonstrate, on successful completion of an assessed education or training programme, that they have met the outcomes required for registration as a dental professional with the GDC. Nurses using this book will find it an excellent companion to their training programme.

I have been fortunate to work with Carole for many years. We have spent a lot of time together developing the new diploma and spent many hours learning how to write questions for the final examination. Carole very quickly grasped the concept of the new design of questions. Sadly I was a little way behind her! I know through our work that the questions and answers in this book cover the dental nurse outcomes in the GDCs Preparing for Practice. This book will hopefully assist them in working towards a qualification that will lead them to become a safe beginner.

Caroles name is synonymous with dental nursing as a result of her many nursing textbooks. After a fairly recent trip to Germany, where she examined some of my own students, they declared that she was the queen of dental nursing, a term that makes Carole squirm but which I think is very true. I feel that this book further adds to her royal status.

This book will go straight onto my recommended dental nurse reading list for my courses. It is an asset not only for those in training but also those wishing to further their knowledge for any post-registration examinations. Knowing Carole so well both professionally and personally I can vouch that she is extremely hardworking, committed and supportive of dental nursing. This book shows all her hard work and effort and I am very proud of her contribution to the world of dental nursing.

Good luck to readers using this book for revision for an examination it is a real shame it wasnt around when I was training!

Beverley Coker MA Ed
Former Chairman National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (20082010)
Deputy Head of Dental Nursing and Training,
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This third edition of Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses has been completely rewritten to accommodate the changes made to the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) registerable qualification, the National Certificate. In line with current educational best practice, the National Certificate has been superseded by the new qualification, the NEBDN National Diploma. A new curriculum has been produced, which broadly follows the General Dental Councils expected level of knowledge for dental nurses at qualification, as set out in their document Developing the Dental Team.

The new curriculum incorporates all aspects of the old NEBDN syllabus, but is set out in four domains, which mirror the GDCs Learning Outcomes: Clinical, Professionalism, Communication, and Management and Leadership. In addition, the format of the new Diploma examination has also changed. Entry to the examination is still dependent on full completion of the Record of Experience portfolio, and candidates will then be assessed by undertaking a two-part examination: a written paper followed by a practical examination. Candidates have to pass the written paper before being allowed to enter for the practical examination, which is held several weeks later.

The new written paper consists of just two types of questions: 1 of 5 single best answer multiple choice questions (MCQs) and extended matching questions (EMQs). Full details of both question types with worked examples are given in the next section. The new practical examination has also changed, and now involves the completion of up to 15 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Again, details of these are given in the next section.

This third edition revision aid is designed to be used as a companion to the course textbook for the NEBDN National Examination, and is composed of four sections, laid out in 14 chapters and covering the whole National curriculum. Wherever possible, questions of both types are set in each chapter, but some areas of the curriculum are suitably assessed by MCQs only. Over the four domains, various MCQs can be used to cover several areas of the curriculum too, and have been repeated as necessary.