The difference between nurses and oral nurses

The difference between the two lies in the working environment, scope of responsibilities and professional skills.

Working environment: nurses work in hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions, and oral nurses work in dental clinics or dental hospitals.

2. Scope of duties: The duties of nurses include participating in the treatment of patients, carrying out some simple oral care, and assisting doctors in oral treatment and related operations.

To provide oral medical services for patients, and be responsible for the management of their dental clinic equipment, instruments, medicines and patient files.

The duties of oral nurses include preparation before and after treatment, assisting doctors in oral surgery, tooth washing and disposal, keeping the dental department clean and quiet, maintaining the order of medical treatment, doing a good job in disinfection and isolation of the dental department as required, keeping medicines in the department, and maintaining articles with instruments such as oral therapy chairs.

3, professional skills: nurses need to master a wide range of medical knowledge and nursing skills, including but not limited to basic medical knowledge, clinical nursing skills, emergency treatment, etc.

Besides the basic medical knowledge and nursing skills, oral nurses should also be familiar with the professional knowledge and skills of stomatology, such as the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases and the skills of oral surgery.