Dental Assisting American Journal of Infection Control

Questions: 1. What should be done to give Emily the designated breaks that she is entitled to have?2.What can you suggest to her to relieve her signs of stress?3. What should be said to the dentist about Emily not getting her breaks as she often runs late? Answers: 1. The main reason that Emily was not taking the breaks that are allocated to her was that the dentist frequently runs late and no staff is there to offer Emily a cover for her at these times. As a result of this Emily have to eat her lunch between the patients and regularly work through the time of the lunch to do the sterilizing. She used to do this because she wants to complete the cycle before the start of the session of the afternoon. So that when the dentist starts their work, they get everything ready instantly. The effective measures that should be taken to make Emily avail her designated breaks that are entitled to her are to appoint an extra staff who can assist Emily when the dentist is doing late and also entertains the patients and do the respective activity which is required for the process of sterilization. So that Emily can be provided some time so that she can have her lunch in her designated breaks. Therefore Emily does not require to work through the lunch time and can avail sometime of rest for her (Smith et al ., 2014). 2. The of stress with Emily was that she was becoming short tempered, her behavior towards the patients, when they were coming for practice, was not very pleasant, and it was deteriorating day by day. She was arriving at the work place without keeping any time for the setup preparation of the practice and subsequently the dentist were started to get annoyed of the lethargy and tardiness of her. The way that I may suggest, in which Emily can get relieve from her stress is by taking a holiday leave for a week and take quality and ample rest at her home this will make he r mind fresh and rejoiced to do the work again in an efficient way. During this leave, she can also spend some quality times with her family members who will change the mood of her and make her a little relaxed. After spending two-three days of the holiday, the annoyingness of Emily will be dissolved, and her short-tempered nature will also be diminished. After re-joining to the clinic, she may divide the whole activiti es of the work among herself and the newly appointed staff, who is there to assist her. In this way, she will get a little time to feel refreshed, and after that, due to the division of the workload she will feel stress-free, and a more efficient and effective attendance can be provided to the patients (Scholz et al., 2016). 3. Regarding Emily, the dentist must be informed that Emily is not getting her breaks for lunch and other purposes due to the dentist. The reason is that the dentist runs late very often, and so these burden of stress is hanged over Emily as in the absence of the dentist Emily is the only one person who has to attend all the patient make everything ready for the dentist. The sterilization of the equipment that is required for the dentist to work is done by Emily. This is the reason the Emily feels to be stressed and as a result of this is that Emily has short tempered nature which is increases day by day. The nature of Emily was becoming not very pleasant towards the patients especially when the patients arrived at the practice. She also started to arrive at the workplace very late with no time left for the preparation of the setup of the sterilization that is the primary requirement for the work of the dentist. Due to this reason, the dentist also started to get annoyed with the let hargy and tardiness of Emily, but the primary issue behind this is late of the dentist. The preventive measure that the dentist should actively implement is to appoint a new staff who can assist Emily in her daily work and can also divide the total workload among them so that Emily felt a little relaxed and relieved from the stress she is facing. With the time being, she will also lose her short tempered nature and her rude and unpleasant behavior towards the patients will also be diminished with the change of her mood. If there is a presence of another staff that can be a substitute of Emily, then it will be easy for Emily to manage some time for the relaxation of her and she can take her designated breaks. With a person to rely on Emily can go for a one week holiday. Reference Scholz, M., Neumann, C., Wild, K., Garreis, F., Hammer, C. M., Ropohl, A., ... Burger, P. H. (2016). Teaching to Relax: Development of a Program to Potentiate StressResults of a Feasibility Study with Medical Undergraduate Students. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 1-7. Smith, A. J., Wilson, S. L., Read, S., Welsh, J., Gammie, E., Szuster, J., ... Binnie, V. (2014). Patients perception of infection prevention in dental practice. American journal of infection control, 42(3), 337-339.