Successful applicants are admitted to the dental hygiene program for the junior year. The first year of professional training includes dental sciences, dental hygiene sciences, and pre-clinic. Students begin patient treatment in the dental hygiene clinic spring term. The senior year includes advanced dental hygiene courses and continuing patient treatment each term. Students also choose [...]

Program Goals
• Ethics and Professionalism: Incorporate into dental hygiene practice professional laws, regulations, and policies established by the licensing state and regulatory agencies.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Model dental hygiene professional code of ethics in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Pursue lifelong professional growth and development through self-directed learning, participation in professional organizations, and [...]

A nurse practitioner is responsible for all aspects of patient care and can work independently of physicians. Nurse practitioners are in great demand in urban and rural hospitals. Read on to learn more about education for professional care.
Nurse Practitioner Job Description
The task of the nurse practitioner to perform multiple functions the same as a doctor. [...]