Post-Registration Qualifications Prospectus Introduction
Becoming a registered dental nurse is a Each course provider is subject to regular quality tremendous achievement, but for many assurance monitoring to ensure that NEBDN it is just the start of an exciting career in standards are maintained. dental nursing. A number of our providers offer all of our Whether you’ve qualified as a dental nurse qualifications whereas others focus on a specific through the National Examining Board for area of training. The best way to find out who Dental Nurses (NEBDN) or not, you can progress delivers the course you are interested in is to your career with one of our Post-Registration search under the qualifications section of our qualifications. website www.nebdn.org
NEBDN aims to be the awarding body of choice We aim to meet the changing oral health needs for all dental nurses through our ability to offer in the UK by providing industry specific Post- high calibre, widely renowned qualifications Registration qualifications which are included in which are recognised for their quality, value and this brochure. relevance to the ever-changing dental industry. Thank you for choosing NEBDN to further your The overall vision of NEBDN is: career in Dental Nursing.
“To be the leading provider supporting excellence Kate Kerslake in Dental Nurse education and development in CEO the UK.”
We have held a vision for over 75 years to ensure the education of Dental Nurses has been supported. We aim to not only improve education, but be at the forefront of supporting the development of qualifications for the profession.
These qualifications are provided across Ireland and the UK via a network of accredited course providers. Contents
4-7 Dental Implant Nursing
8-11 Dental Radiography
12-15 Dental Sedation Nursing
16-19 Oral Health Education
20-23 Orthodontic Dental Nursing
24-27 Special Care Dental Nursing “Dentists working in the field of implant dentistry require a high calibre dental nursing support team, capable of dealing with the many challenging aspects of implantology and patient care.”
Certificate in Dental Implant Nursing
Implant Dentistry is a highly advanced, The role of the dental implant nurse includes specialised dental skill which is now a widely surgical and restorative assistance during the available treatment across the UK and overseas. many stages of implant treatment. As such, you It combines surgical skills with restorative need to have an enhanced knowledge of dental expertise to help rebuild the dentition. Some anatomy and physiology to allow understanding examples of damage could be due to trauma, of the implant biomechanics. Having the ability caries or malignancy. These cases require to communicate effectively with patients to meticulous planning and exacting standards to explain these complex treatments will become ensure an optimum result for each patient. easier with this enhanced knowledge.
Dentists in this field require a high calibre dental We offer the certificate in Dental Implant Nursing nursing support team capable of dealing with the which sets a very high standard of education many challenging aspects of implantology and in this area of dentistry. This qualification may patient care. Dental Implant Nursing is an exciting represent opportunities for career development field of dentistry, in which qualified dental nurses and enhance skills. are rightly recognised as a major part of the care team.
“Being awarded this qualification will demonstrate to any employers that you have had significant training in all the components of implant treatment.”
4 Dental Implant Nursing
Aims What are the benefits?
NEBDN aims to provide you with: • Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • A standardised and quality assured • Our course providers are accredited learning experience with one of our against our standards, ensuring that you accredited course providers get a fully supported learning experience • An independent and objective and the best preparation for practice. assessment of knowledge • Our formal assessment and Record of • A portfolio of evidence of practical Competence are based on modern experience in the form of a detailed educational practice, giving you Record of Competence evidence of your fitness to practice. • The opportunity to gain a nationally • Practical skills are assessed on real life recognised qualification in this complex activities within the workplace using and evolving field of dentistry objective tools to ensure a standardised approach. • Our Post-Registration qualifications support Who is it for? personal development and enhance skills for career progression. This qualification is open to all registered Dental Nurses who aspire to be involved in Implant Dentistry. It is important to ensure that you will have enough exposure to implants to allow completion of the Record of Competence.
5 Entry requirements Record of Competence
You must: You will be required to complete a work-based Record of Competence (RoC). There are four • Be registered with the General Dental sections to the RoC: Council or the Irish Dental Council • Be enrolled with a course provider • Practical Competence Assessment accredited by NEBDN Sheets (PCAS) • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken • Case studies English to communicate effectively with • Directly Observed Clinical Skills (DOCS) patients, their relatives, the dental team, Assessments and other healthcare professionals in the • Supplementary outcomes UK (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) • Be able to meet the work-based clinical PCAS requirements of the RoC These logs of experience will enable you to capture vital information about the cases you are involved in. Your workplace witness will grade your general performance against a number of competencies and you will reflect on your own performance and skills.
“Implant Dentistry is a highly advanced, specialised dental skill which is now a widely available treatment across the UK and overseas.”
6 Dental Implant Nursing
Case studies Award of qualification
The case studies enable you to describe in more In order to be awarded this qualification you detail the cases you have been involved in. You must: will be required to demonstrate your role in the management of the patient. • Complete and satisfy the requirements of the RoC DOCS • Pass the examination
This section of the RoC will enable you to demonstrate your practical competence based Further information on objective assessments of real work activities.
Supplementary outcomes You will find additional information about this qualification on our website at The final section of the RoC will enable you www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus to demonstrate further evidence of your and contact details for all our accredited fitness to practice. course providers.
Examination
This is a 90-minute written examination composed of two sections:
• Part A – 50 multiple choice questions (MCQ) • Part B – 30 extended matching questions (EMQ)
Examinations are held twice a year in March and September. Examination dates can be found on our website under the qualifications section.
7 Certificate in Dental Radiography
A qualified dental nurse who is awarded the The syllabus for this qualification has been NEBDN certificate in Dental Radiography, will developed and approved by the British Society be able to act under prescription as an IR(ME)R of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology making operator, in order to safely take intra-oral and it an educationally robust and rewarding extra-oral radiographs of patients. The additional post-registration qualification. skills acquired, together with the knowledge gained, will enhance your CV and bring benefits to your employer and to patients.
This qualification permits a dental nurse to work “Being qualified in Dental autonomously whilst still under the direction of Radiography enables the the clinician and whilst working within current UK legislation regarding ionising radiation. This dental nurse to interact will enable you to interact with patients very with patients very differently differently to conventional chairside assisting. It to conventional chairside can also inspire a sense of responsibility and job satisfaction. assisting.”
8 Aims What are the benefits?
NEBDN aims to provide you with: • Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • A standardised and quality assured learning • Our course providers are accredited experience with one of our accredited course against our standards ensuring that providers you get a full supported learning
• An independent and objective assessment of experience and the best Dental Radiography theoretical and practical knowledge preparation for practice. • A portfolio of evidence of practical • Our formal assessment and Record of experience in the form of a detailed Competence are based on modern Record of Competence educational practice, giving you • A nationally recognised qualification evidence of your fitness to practice. • The knowledge and skills to safely take • Practical skills are assessed on real life intra-oral and extra-oral radiographs activities within the workplace using objective tools to ensure a standardised approach. • Our Post-Registration qualifications support Who is it for? personal development and enhance skills for career progression. Registered dental nurses who would like to be more involved with patient care and would like to support their dentists in the diagnosis and treatment planning by providing good diagnostic radiographs.
9 Entry requirements Record of Competence
You must: You will be required to complete a work-based Record of Competence (RoC). There are three • Be registered with the General Dental sections to the RoC Council or the Irish Dental Council • Be enrolled with a course provider • Practical Competence Assessment accredited by NEBDN Sheets (PCAS) • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken • Case studies English to communicate effectively with • Supplementary outcomes patients, their relatives, the dental team and other healthcare professionals in the UK (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) PCAS • Be able to meet the work-based clinical requirements of the RoC These logs of experience will enable you to capture vital information about the cases you are involved in. Your workplace witness will grade your general performance against a number of competencies and you will reflect on your own performance and skills.
“This highly regarded qualification permits a dental nurse to work autonomously, whilst working under a prescription and direction of the clinician.”
10 Case studies Award of qualification
The case studies enable you to describe in more In order to be awarded this qualification you detail the cases you have been involved in. You must: will be required to demonstrate your role in the management of the patient. • Complete and satisfy the requirements of the RoC
• Pass the examination Dental Radiography Supplementary outcomes
The final section of the RoC will enable you to demonstrate further evidence of your fitness to Further information practice. You will find additional information about this qualification on our website at www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus Examination and contact details for all our accredited course providers. This is a 90-minute written examination composed of two sections:
• Part A – 60 multiple choice questions (MCQs) • Part B – 15 extended matching questions (EMQs)
Examinations are held twice a year in March and September. Examination dates can be found on our website under the qualifications section.
11 Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing
Conscious Sedation is a vital part of modern dental nurses to meet all the requirements of this dentistry enabling a huge number of patients important document. with anxieties and phobias to access care they otherwise could not tolerate. In the UK this The role of the dental sedation nurse is to work involves the administration of sedative drugs which closely with the dentist providing the sedation. In patients may take orally, inhale or have injected. addition to their other duties the dental sedation As well as removing anxiety these drugs can have nurse will: many significant side effects which the dental team • Prepare the surgery must be able to recognise and manage in a calm • Ensure equipment is functioning correctly and effective way. and is ready to use • Ensure that any drugs are checked and ‘Standards for Sedation in the Provision of Dental prepared Care’ is the current guidance relating to the safe • Support the patient, providing reassurance practice of sedation in the UK and the training and information while performing constant requirements for those clinical team members monitoring of their health and wellbeing directly involved. NEBDN’s Dental Sedation Nursing • Be ready and competent to help manage qualifications have been designed to support any complications and emergencies
“Conscious Sedation is a vital part of modern dentistry enabling the huge number of patients with anxieties and phobias to access care they otherwise couldn’t tolerate.”
12 Options All our dental sedation qualifications will require Award in Inhalation Sedation Dental Nursing you to achieve a balanced mixture of knowledge This qualification is appropriate to nurses working and practical skills, as well as demonstrating an within a practice offering inhalation sedation. appropriate professional attitude. To ensure our dental sedation qualifications reflect the areas of Award in Intravenous Sedation Dental Nursing practice the dental nurse works in, we offer the This qualification is appropriate to nurses working following three options: within a practice offering intravenous sedation. It would also be suitable as an initial qualification for Certificate in Dental Sedation Nursing nurses who wish to undertake further training and This qualification is for nurses who are able to experience to be able to work with patients under demonstrate significant experience in all types Oral and/or Trans-mucosal Sedation. of dental sedation. It would also be suitable as an initial qualification for nurses who wish to All three qualifications are at the same level. undertake further training and experience to be The titles ‘Award’ and ‘Certificate’ indicate the able to work with patients under Oral and/or difference in the number of learning hours Trans-mucosal Sedation. required to complete each qualification.
Summary chart: Dental Sedation Nursing Summary chart:
Award in Inhalation Certificate in Dental Award in Intravenous Sedation Dental Nursing Sedation Nursing Sedation Dental Nursing
During and after formal training, candidate completes RoC relevant to current clinical practice
10 Inhalation cases (treatment) 10 Inhalation cases (treatment) 20 Intravenous cases (treatment) 10 Inhalation cases (recovery) 10 Inhalation cases (recovery) 20 Intravenous cases (recovery) 20 Intravenous cases (treatment) 1 Case study 20 Intravenous cases (recovery) 1 Case study Relevant DOCs assessments Relevant DOCs assessments Relevant supplementary outcomes 2 Case studies Relevant supplementary outcomes Relevant DOCs assessments Relevant supplementary outcomes
Candidate submits RoC to course provider for internal moderation and signing off. Course Provider meets NEBDN closing date.
Candidate sits NEBDN written examination (90 minutes, MCQs & EMQs)
Unsuccessful Successful Unsuccessful Successful Successful Unsuccessful
Resit** Resit** Resit**
Qualify with Award in Inhalation Qualify with Certificate in Dental Qualify with Award in Intravenous Sedation Dental Nursing Sedation Nursing Sedation Dental Nursing
If within five years a change in If within five years a change in practice allows remaining RoC to be Submit RoC to NEBDN practice allows remaining RoC to be completed, candidate may do so via for review completed, candidate may do so via accredited course provider. accredited course provider.
** The validity of the RoC will allow a maximum of two resits, candidates who fail a second resit will need to re-register with a course provider.
13 Aims What are the benefits?
NEBDN aims to provide you with: • Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • A standardised and quality assured • The NEBDN qualifications are the learning experience with one of our Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for accredited course providers Sedation in Dentistry (IACSD) benchmark • An independent and objective assessment of for Dental Sedation Nurses. knowledge, meeting the requirements of • Our course providers are accredited ‘Standards in Conscious Sedation in the against our standards ensuring that you Provision of Dental Care’ get a fully supported learning experience • A portfolio of evidence of practical experience and the best preparation for practice. in the form of a detailed RoC including: • Our syllabus is approved by the IACSD. - the confidence and skills to provide the • Our formal assessment and RoC are initial management of a medical emergency based on modern educational practice, - the ability to effectively monitor sedated giving you excellent evidence of your patients both clinically and fitness to practice. electromechanically • Accessibility - you can select the - to be able to interpret the results and qualification which best fits your area of communicate their findings appropriately practice reducing barriers to training. - to be able to assist during all aspects of • Practical skills are assessed on real life treatment under conscious sedation in activities within the workplace using objective dental practice tools to ensure a standardised approach. • A nationally recognised qualification • You will be supported to develop skills which other types of training may not include - for example simple audit, Who is it for? removal of cannulas, dealing with ethical dilemmas. These qualifications are for any dental nurse • Our Post-Registration qualifications support acting as the ‘second appropriate person’ during personal development and enhance skills for the treatment of patients under conscious career progression. sedation. You are required to have met the requirements laid out in the guidance ‘Standards for Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care’. The Entry requirements NEBDN qualifications are a nationally recognised route to meeting these standards. You must:
You will need to decide at the start, which of the • Be registered with the General Dental three qualifications is appropriate to your clinical Council or the Irish Dental Council practice. • Be enrolled with a course provider accredited by NEBDN • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken English to communicate effectively with patients, their relatives, the dental team and other healthcare professionals in the UK (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) • Be able to meet the work-based clinical requirements of the RoC
14 Record of Competence Examination
You will be required to complete a work-based This is a 90-minute written Record of Competence (RoC). The requirements examination composed of for this will vary depending on which two sections: qualification you are registered for. There are four sections to the RoC: • Part A – 45 multiple choice questions (MCQ) • Practical Competence Assessment Sheets • Part B – 30 extended matching questions (PCAS) (EMQ) • Case studies • Directly Observed Clinical Skills (DOCS) Examinations are held twice a year in March and Assessments September. Examination dates can be found on • Supplementary outcomes our website under the qualifications section.
PCAS Award of qualification These logs of experience will enable you to capture vital information about the cases you are In order to be awarded this qualification you involved in during both treatment and recovery. must: Dental Sedation Nursing Your workplace witness will grade your general performance against a number of competencies • Complete and satisfy the requirements of and you will reflect on your own performance the RoC and skills. • Pass the examination
Case studies Further information The case studies enable you to describe in more detail the cases you have been involved in. You You will find additional information about will be required to demonstrate your role in the this qualification on our website at management of the patient. www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus and contact details for all our accredited DOCS course providers. This section of the RoC will enable you to demonstrate your practical competence based on objective assessments of real work activities.
Supplementary outcomes
The final section of the RoC will enable you to demonstrate further evidence of your fitness to practice.
15 Certificate in Oral Health Education
An oral health educator has an important needs of the patient. Motivating and educating and valuable role within a dental practice to patients to make positive changes to their oral promote good oral health care and work with health care can be challenging, therefore this patients to help prevent oral disease. qualification also covers how to help patients change their behaviour and understand the The NEBDN Certificate in Oral Health Education causes of dental disease. is specifically designed to equip a dental nurse wishing to develop professionally to become an Undertaking this qualification will also help oral health educator, with the knowledge and to develop your communication skills, which is skills required to be able to effectively deliver essential for delivering oral health education and oral health care messages, educate various being an effective educator. patient groups and have the ability to adapt information and communication to the specific
“The main focus of the qualification is based on learning the communication skills required to educate patients about their oral health.”
16 Aims What are the benefits?
NEBDN aims to provide you with: • Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • A standardised and quality assured • Our course providers are accredited learning experience with one of our against our standards ensuring that accredited course providers you get a fully supported learning • An independent and objective experience and the best preparation assessment of knowledge for practice. • A portfolio of evidence of practical • Our formal assessment and RoC are experience in the form of a detailed RoC based on the best modern educational • A nationally recognised qualification practice giving you excellent evidence of your fitness to practice. • Practical skills are assessed on real life Who is it for? activities within the workplace using objective tools to ensure a standardised Registered dental nurses who wish to further approach. their knowledge and specialise in Oral Health • Our Post-Registration qualifications support Education, enabling them to take a more active personal development and enhance skills for role in the promotion of Oral Health. career progression.
Oral Heath Education
17 Entry requirements Record of Competence
You must: You will be required to complete a work-based Record of Competence (RoC). There are three • Be registered with the General Dental sections to the RoC. Council or the Irish Dental Council • Be enrolled with a course provider • Practical Competence Assessment Sheets accredited by NEBDN (PCAS) • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken • Case studies English to communicate effectively with • Supplementary outcomes patients, their relatives, the dental team and other healthcare professionals in the UK PCAS (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) • Be able to meet the work-based clinical These logs of experience will enable you to requirements of the RoC capture vital information about the cases you are involved in. Your workplace witness will grade your general performance against a number of competencies and you will reflect on your own performance and skills.
“An Oral Health Educator has an important role within the practice to promote good oral health care and to work with patients to help prevent oral disease.”
18 Case studies Award of qualification
The case studies enable you to describe in more In order to be awarded this qualification you detail the cases you have been involved in. must: You will be required to create and evaluate an educational display alongside demonstrating • Complete and satisfy the requirements your role in the management of the patient. of the RoC • Pass the examination Supplementary outcomes
The final section of the RoC will enable you to Further information demonstrate further evidence of your fitness to practice. You will find additional information about this qualification on our website at www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus Examination and contact details for all our accredited course providers. This is a 90-minute written examination composed of two sections:
• Part A – 45 multiple choice questions (MCQ) • Part B – 30 extended matching questions (EMQ) Oral Heath Education Examinations are held twice a year in March and September. Examination dates can be found on our website under the qualifications section.
19 Certificate in Orthodontic Dental Nursing
The NEBDN Certificate in Orthodontic Dental practice. In addition, the orthodontics nurse Nursing is one of our post-registration will learn a mixture of treatment styles using qualifications aimed at registered dental nurses removable appliances such as wire orthodontic in specialist practice, where skills and knowledge techniques which are widely used in many above general dental nursing training would be practices. advantageous in the workplace. Successful completion of this qualification will The theoretical learning covers the biological enhance your professional development and background to orthodontics and encompasses provide evidence to employers that you have the various appliances used today and how to had thorough training in this specialist area. maintain them. This qualification also emphasises the medico-legal aspects of treatment and the importance of good communication between patient and the dental team. “The course syllabus This qualification includes the use of standard supports the use of dental Edgewise systems and functional appliances photography which is an which are used in specialist practices. The course important aspect of good syllabus supports the use of dental photography which is an important aspect of good clinical clinical practice.”
20 Aims What are the benefits?
NEBDN aims to provide you with: • Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • A standardised and quality assured • Our course providers are accredited learning experience with one of our against our standards ensuring that you accredited course providers get a fully supported learning experience • An independent and objective and the best preparation for practice. assessment of knowledge • Our formal assessment and RoC are • A portfolio of evidence of practical based on modern educational experience in the form of a detailed RoC practice, giving you excellent evidence • A nationally recognised qualification of your fitness to practice. • Practical skills are assessed on real life activities within the workplace using Who is it for? objective tools to ensure a standardised approach. This qualification is suitable for any registered • Our Post-Registration qualifications support dental nurses who aspire to assist in orthodontic personal development and enhance skills for procedures. career progression. Orthodontic Dental Nursing
21 Entry requirements Record of Competence
You must: You will be required to complete a work-based Record of Competence (RoC). There are four • Be registered with the General Dental sections to the RoC: Council or the Irish Dental Council • Be enrolled with a course provider • Practical Competence Assessment Sheets accredited by NEBDN (PCAS) • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken • Case studies English to communicate effectively with • Directly Observed Clinical Skills (DOCS) patients, their relatives, the dental team Assessments and other healthcare professionals in the UK • Supplementary outcomes (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) • Be able to meet the work-based clinical PCAS requirements of the RoC These logs of experience will enable you to capture vital information about the cases you are involved in. Your workplace witness will grade your general performance against a number of competencies and you will reflect on your own performance and skills.
Case studies
The case studies enable you to describe in more detail the cases you have been involved in. You will be required to demonstrate your role in the management of the patient.
22 DOCS Award of qualification
This section of the RoC will enable you to In order to be awarded this qualification you demonstrate your practical competence based must: on objective assessments of real work activities. • Complete and satisfy the requirements of Supplementary outcomes the RoC • Pass the examination The final section of the RoC will enable you to demonstrate further evidence of your fitness to practice. Further information
You will find additional information about Examination this qualification on our website at www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus This is a 90-minute written examination and contact details for all our accredited composed of two sections: course providers.
• Part A – 45 multiple choice questions (MCQ) • Part B – 30 extended matching questions (EMQ)
Examinations are held twice a year in March and September. Examination dates can be found on our website under the qualifications section. Orthodontic Dental Nursing “This qualification emphasises the medico-legal aspects of treatment and the importance of good communication between patient and dental team.”
23 Certificate in Special Care Dental Nursing
Special Care Dentistry is about providing and You will study conditions of impairment and enabling the delivery of oral care for people with disability such as Down’s syndrome, autism additional needs. and cerebral palsy. You will study acquired disability in adults e.g. rheumatoid arthritis The NEBDN Certificate in Special Care Dental and multiple sclerosis, and study medically Nursing is a qualification suitable for dental compromising conditions e.g. bleeding disorders nurses who help to care for people whose health and cardiovascular disease. Mental health and social needs may require special oral health impairments such as schizophrenia are also provision. The syllabus is structured to ensure covered. that you receive a broad range of knowledge and understanding relevant to special care dentistry. Through this qualification you will gain This includes social and ethical issues, together knowledge and understanding of the with a working knowledge of the relevant current importance of an effective team approach legislation and guidance. to person centered oral care.
“Significant numbers of people in our communities live with disability and many have complex additional needs. Good oral health can make a difference to quality of life.”
24 Aims Entry requirements
NEBDN aims to provide you with: You must:
• A standardised and quality assured • Be registered with the General Dental learning experience with one of our Council or the Irish Dental Council course providers • Be enrolled with a course provider • An independent and objective accredited by NEBDN assessment of knowledge • Be sufficiently fluent in written and spoken • A portfolio of evidence of practical English to communicate effectively with experience in the form of a detailed RoC patients, their relatives, the dental team • A nationally recognised qualification and other healthcare professionals in the UK • The knowledge and experience to fulfil (GDC Standards for the Dental Team, 2.1.2) the role of a special care dental nurse • Be able to meet the work-based clinical with confidence and competence requirements of the RoC
Who is it for?
This qualification is suitable for registered dental nurses who help to care for people whose health and social needs may require special oral health provision.
What are the benefits?
• Our qualifications are nationally recognised by employers. • Our course providers are accredited against our standards ensuring that you get a fully supported learning experience and the best preparation for practice. • Our formal assessment and RoC are based on the best modern educational practice giving you excellent evidence of your fitness to practice. • Practical skills are assessed on real life activities within the workplace using
objective tools to ensure a Special Care Dental Nursing standardised approach. • Our Post-Registration qualifications support personal development and enhance skills for career progression.
25 Record of Competence Case studies
You will be required to complete a work-based The case study enables you to describe in more Record of Competence (RoC). There are four detail a case you have been involved in. You sections to the RoC: will be required to demonstrate your role in the management of the patient. • Practical Competence Assessment Sheets (PCAS) • Case studies DOCS • Directly Observed Clinical Skills (DOCS) Assessments This section of the RoC will enable you to • Supplementary outcomes demonstrate your practical competence based on objective assessments of real work activities.
PCAS Supplementary outcomes These logs of experience will enable you to capture vital information about the cases you are The final section of the RoC will enable you to involved in. Your workplace witness will grade demonstrate further evidence of your fitness to your general performance against a number of practice. competencies and you will reflect on your own performance and skills.
26 Examination Further information
This is a 90-minute written examination You will find additional information about composed of two sections: this qualification on our website at www.nebdn.org including the full syllabus • Part A – 45 multiple choice questions and contact details for all our accredited (MCQ) course providers. • Part B – 30 extended matching questions (EMQ)
Examinations are held twice a year in March and September. Examination dates can be found on our website under the qualifications section.
Award of qualification
In order to be awarded this qualification you must:
• Complete and satisfy the requirements of the RoC • Pass the examination Special Care Dental Nursing
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