Mouth Care and Oral Hygiene
Course Overview
This 3 hour training course will be delivered by a Clinical Nurse Educator with first hand clinical experience.
Suitable For:
This content is aimed at healthcare staff across all healthcare settings. Suitable for those new to mouth care or those looking to enhance their current skills/knowledge and review current practice.
Session Aim:
Supporting patients with regular mouth care is a fundamental part of care that has frequently been identified as neglected and needing improvement. Good mouth care contributes to good oral health. Oral health is an important part of general health and wellbeing.
This session aims to encourage healthcare staff to maintain and improve the mouth care and oral hygiene of the resident/patient in their care and understand the importance of regularly accessing dental care.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify conditions that a person could develop due to poor oral hygiene.
- Discuss the impact that oral/dental conditions could have on a person’s quality of life.
- Outline the range of equipment that is available to use to deliver mouth care.
- Demonstrate undertaking an assessment of a person’s oral hygiene and providing appropriate mouth care.
- Identify a healthy mouth.
- Be able to tailor oral health care to a patients/residents needs.
- Be aware of how to implement and update a care plan and know when to refer for additional help.