You know the ones I mean. The ones who gripe about everything or the ones who want everything handed to them on a silver platter. Dental hygiene can be a very lonely profession. So many hygienists are isolated from their peers. I think this is one of the big negatives, but we have to be mature enough to counteract the isolation.
Isolation can be a rapid path to burn out.
It makes a lot of sense to take a course, join an e-mail group like yours, or participate in a hygiene association activity. Dental hygiene is a great profession and a lot of hard work. We deserve to be respected and well paid, but we have to have respect for ourselves first before any one else will. I would love to see dental hygiene evolve like nursing has. I used to think that independent practice was the answer.