Student Nurses' Global Experiences

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June 2010

Posted on 29 June 2010

STUDENT NURSES' GLOBAL EXPERIENCES


Current and past students at the School of Nursing and Midwifery gave
presentations on their recent international experiences to a packed
audience. Wynne Thomas, the School's International Champion, welcomed the
attendees and introduced the key speakers, including ten students who have
visited Australia, New Zealand, Tanzania and Uganda, who gave accounts of
their perspectives, highlighting the differences between health care
systems and some of the major challenges faced when nursing abroad.
Student Nurse Lotta Karlborg, University of Gothenburg, presented her
introduction to the style of nursing found in Sweden and her initial
perceptions of nursing in the UK. Staff Nurse Fiona Reale followed with an
insight into her recent Erasmus Exchange to Ankara University and how her
experiences had beneficially impacted on her nursing career.
Dr. Annette Kratz, Centre for International Exchange and Development,
talked about the collaborative projects taking place within the School of
Nursing and Midwifery in relation to their external partners in Australia,
Canada and Turkey. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Rama Thirunamachandran,
gave a presentation on the benefits that internationalisation had brought
to Keele and thanked the speakers for an interesting and thought provoking
afternoon.

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