One of our popular courses, ‘Advance Impression Taking’ took place on Friday 12th of April in Leicester. Nurses attended the event to learn and practice alginate and spec silicone impressions. The workshop was run at one of Ivovlar Vivadent’s state of the art, advanced training rooms and was taught by the accomplished and brilliant Rachel Teeling.
The morning kicked off with a lecture. This covered various topics including: legal and ethical considerations when taking impressions, health and safety and
managing cross infection.By 11 o’clock delegates had already started taking alginate impressions. It was a lively atmosphere to be a part of. Delegates were Tweeting and posting hilarious photographsof some the work they’d carried out.
Following a well deserved lunch, members continued to carry on with their impression taking. They also started taking putty and wash impressions. Rachel was monitoring the whole time, acting as a guide and a support for all the delegates. The day was rounded up with a quiz and some information on how to complete the record of experience portfolio. Overall, the day covered extensive amounts of information, provided different types of learning styles and at the same time evoked a fun environment for all members to appreciate.
Rachel is an exceptional teacher. She is light-hearted, articulate and has a great sense of humour. She is incredibly easy to engage with, boosting confidence in her pupils. She is extremely passionate about scope of practice and giving nurses extra responsibilities. Rachel works as a Treatment Coordinator and once a week takes impressions for Invisalign. Her principle dentist writes prescriptions and Rachel carries out these impressions, she completes all the preparatory work. She has a great amount of experience in what she does. As well as this, Rachel also teaches the National diploma and she has an ambitious and exciting career ahead of her.
On the day, one delegate Margaret said, ‘It’s one of the best courses I’ve been on, in all my years of nursing.’
Dental Nurse Network prides itself on offering nurses the opportunity to undergo first class training in a hands on and practical environment. Mars always attends the courses, watching that everything goes smoothly, ensuring that delegates are having a good time and always looking for improvements and development.
The next courses are held in:
Manchester Friday 24th May 2013
Edinburgh Friday 7th June 2013
