The Status of Nurses's Oral Care Practices and Dental Hygienist’s Medical Cooperation Needs for Inpatients

Objectives: The aim of this study is to serve as basic data to prove the need for dental hygienists through the cooperation of dental hygienists, who are oral care experts. Methods: A survey was conducted on nurses who perform nursing work in general hospitals and university hospital wards located in Busan, and Ulsan. Results: As a result of the oral nursing performance of the subjects with educational experience was higher on average than the subjects without educational experience, which was statistically significant(p<0.05). Conclusions: It was found that educational experience had an effect on performing oral care. In order to improve the quality of oral care the participation of dental hygienists specializing in oral care is required, and it is thought that systematic education on oral care of nursing personnel is necessary.