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KMID : 1157520210170020031
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2021 Volume.17 No. 2 p.31 ~ p.35
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The Suggestion of the Reform of the Assistant Nurse System at Dental Field in Korea
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Hong Ok-Nyeo
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Abstract
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Assistant nurse is the one of the health workforce who work for medical or dental assistant or nurse assistant works at the medical centers, social security centers or community health centers, in order to promoting the health level for the people. The certified numbers of the assistant nurse are about 763 thousands and 28% of them have been working. Among them, 19,425 have been working in dental fields as 371 for dental hospitals and 19,054 for dental clinics. Assistant nurse can do such roles as dental assisting, assist for dental diagnosis, intra muscular or intra venous injection, assisting for prescription of medication and nurse records, at the dental fields, according to the regulation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korean government. So, the reform of the educational system and the training course for assistant nurse in dental fields should be needed in order to adjust the Korean dental environment, because it has been adapted for the medical oriented system at present in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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dental assistant, dental workforce
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