Location
Multiple Locations +2
- Kenya
- Mombasa
- Tanzania
- Arusha
Length
2 to 12 weeks
Jul 02, 2019
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About Program
Elective Africa Pre-Nursing Shadowing internships are customized placements that give real life exposure into what it means to be a nurse. You will have an opportunity to shadow nurses in a hospital setting in Africa, where nurses have more caregiver time than other healthcare professionals. This is in addition to shadowing in midwifery operations. Under mentorship and supervision, you will be able to learn how nurses and midwives work despite inadequate resources in hospitals to deliver health services. You will also learn more on their daily duties in a large, busy ,different cultural hospital setting thus gaining more insight into how the patient perspectives affect the delivery of nursing services.
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Program Highlights
- Assessment of patients and the establishment of healthcare needs.
- Shadowing the provision of essential healthcare services which include, immunisations.
- Take part in the maintenance of patients records both at the personal level and conditions they suffer from.
- Participate in nursing outreach activities such as community education and health promotion.
- Antenatal care and appropriate referral of patients for specialized treatment.
