Two weeks left !

Our journey is about to end, only two weeks left. The autumn is coming and the weather is getting colder here, so we don’t mind to come back home and start the summertime in Finland!

The training experience has given us a lot of things that we can use in everyday life but also in nursing care. Now we understand more what multi-cultural nursing really mean and we can face patience from different culture with more courage. And we think that we also have a better change to work abroad in the future if we want to. The local attitude towards life has also given us something to think about; relax and enjoy your life more. What comes to our skills in the English language, they have improved a lot. Now we can use English with more courage and cope with even more difficult conversations. 


We have understood during the attachment that Finland is very good place to study. At the Rujeko Clinic we had an opportunity to meet two girls who were also studying to become a nurse. They were very amazed that we can do our practical placements in another side of the world. In Zimbabwe the nurses have trouble finding a job after graduation. The studying is free, but after the graduation they need to work a year for free, to cover the costs for the government. That doesn’t sound so good to us...

 Most of the nurses that we met were very nice and hard workers. They didn’t have much information about hygiene that we have. They were always washing their hands and not using anything to dry them. Also they used double cloves and the same disposable aprons for whole day, with the patience and on the tea brake, which was pretty disgusting. Speaking of brakes, the nurses had one tea brake that lasted 30 minutes and the lunch break was an hour, a little bit longer that we have used in Finland. But the nurses here have lot of responsibility and they really like they job and taking care of the patience.

 What we will miss the most, of course the weather and the super-fresh fruits, are the children. They are always so cheerful and happy. We have realized the importance of volunteer work and how you can make smile to someone’s face even by small things.