Oral healthcare education of future nursing personnel and auxiliary nurses

ConclusionAlmost all of the high schools had mandatory education in oral care in the auxiliary nurse programme. Increasing the number of lessons may improve the quality of knowledge, but the teaching programmes for a number of topics seem insufficient. There is a need to strengthen the position of oral health in the education of auxiliary nurses. To meet the future challenges in oral health, international or national expert‐developed guidelines for oral care training programmes would be useful for the education of auxiliary nurses.
Source: Gerodontology - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research