Experiences of working as a dental nurse in a prison?

[SunshineSprinkles26]

Hi all.
Has anyone ever worked as a dental nurse in a prison or knows anyone who has and would be willing to share experiences please?
Thanks so much x

Yes! It was so boring, very slow! But v easy!

Are you working in a practice atm? I hated working in practices, I loved working in hospitals, much more interesting and fun! Well as fun as dental nursing can be!

I’m kind of looking for easy tbh - Did you feel safe? What did a typical day look like?

I am - I work in a mixed with over 20 years experience and min wages.So looking into working in a local prison x

Yes really really safe. I had more abusive working in a hospital, care home and practice. The inmates were really polite and grateful for the service. It was mostly quick repairs or extractions. No rct (thank god) nothing major all very basic stuff. Good luck!

Also we only saw a handful of patients, no back to back stuff you see in practices

Thankyou so much!Did you see many patients a day what made you
leave?If you can think of anything they may ask me dental prison related that would be great Thankyou x

Ohhhhh just saw you’ve answered my question so no back to back can’t think straight type stuff then that’s good with no time to scrub your instruments inbetween and no time to wee 😂 xx

I was only on a placement there for a few weeks as part as my training. I was 19 but now I’m older it would deff be more enjoyable.. anything for a quieter life right!

Yes absolutely!Are you still in dentistry?I have to do a presentation for my interview I’ve never had to do that before x