New Blog! "Why You Should Take A Powder On Brushing With Charcoal"
Many manufacturers claim that activated charcoal is a natural product that can be used to whiten and brighten teeth. Although social media and the beauty industry may have you believe charcoal to be a safe oral care product, there is insufficient evidence that using charcoal toothpastes and powders provide any significant tooth whitening or mouth health benefits. Further, there are more potential oral health risks to using charcoal that are supported by evidence-based research in this area.
TOSH: An Interprofessional Success for Students and Faculty
OHNEP is thrilled to announce the release of two educational videos on our annual Teaching Oral-Systemic Health (TOSH) Inteprofessional Simulation and Case Study Experience for students at NYU and Long Island University. Since 2013, OHNEP has lead this interprofessional experience with as many as 800 Nurse Practitioner, Midwifery, Dental, Medicine and Pharmacy students each year from NYU's College of Nursing, College of Dentistry and School of Medicine, along with students LIU's Pharmacy program.
OHNEP's Undergraduate Nursing Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kit
The second edition of OHNEP's Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kit is an innovative open-source, user-friendly product for faculty to use for weaving oral health and its links to overall health into their Undergraduate nursing curricula. The undergraduate tool kit is designed to guide faculty in embedding "oral health bytes" into existing undergraduate nursing courses to demonstrate the oral-systemic connection.
OHNEP's Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Program Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits
The third edition of OHNEP's Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits are open-source, user-friendly products for faculty to use for weaving oral health and its links to overall health into their Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery curricula. The latest versions of our Tool Kits align with the new AACN Essentials (2021), the NONPF Competencies (2022), ACNM Core Competencies (2020), HRSA Oral Health Competencies (2014), and IPEC Interprofessional Competencies (2016), and include up-to-date clinical practice g
eLearning Modules from the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Development Program
The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Development Program (PC-NP-PDP) at NYU's Rory Meyers College of Nursing has developed a series of eLearning Modules as part of their mission to enhance Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSA) of NP preceptors. These modules, along with several other resources from PC-NP-PDP, aim to increase the number of trained Nurse Practitioner Preceptors (Clinical Educators) to further improve the education to practice transition for students and assure that students develop "practice-ready" skills.
Oral Health Patient Facts
The OHNEP Program and the American College of Physicians (ACP) teamed up in 2015 to create four patient-related oral health literacy fact sheets for distribution to internal medicine physicians and primary care providers.
Interprofessional Oral Health Publications
OHNEP's mission is to increase oral health integration in primary care and nursing education and clinical practice. As part of this mission, we promote evidence-based research studies and literature that demonstrates the importance of the oral-systemic connection across the lifespan. We invite you to review the pivotal interprofessional oral health articles copied below, and check out the "Resources" tab of our website ohnep.org to browse through our publications, presentations and other resources.
OHNEP Celebrates the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
2020 has been declared the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Assembly, a World Health Organization (WHO) forum.
Nurses and midwives are recognized for their devotion to providing valuable and life-saving care in hospitals, homes and throughout the community. On the frontlines of health care, nurses and midwives are especially well-positioned to provide oral health education and screening to promote oral and overall health.
Dr. Hartnett Presents the Keynote for the Launch of the Australian Network for Integrating Oral Health (NIOH)
OHNEP Program Director Dr. Erin Hartnett had the honor of inaugurating the launch of the Australian Network for the Integration of Oral Health (NIOH) at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care in Melbourne, Australia on November 12, 2019. Dr. Hartnett was invited to present by the Centre for Oral Health Outcomes and Research Translation (COHORT) at Western Sydney University in Australia, where she has been appointed as an honorary Associate Professor.
OHNEP Awarded 2019 Edge Runner by the Academy!
OHNEP is excited to announce our designation as a 2019 Edge Runner from the American Academy of Nursing! This initiative recognizes those individuals and organizations who are leaders in designing models of care and interventions to improve healthcare cost and access. OHNEP is receiving the award for its leadership in “putting the mouth back in the head” in nursing education and clinical practice, improving clinical outcomes and making positive contributions to the financial health of organizations.