Preparing for your Nursing/Midwifery Elective Overseas
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Introduction
Some of you reading this booklet will have entered nursing specifically with the idea of serving the Lord overseas, some of you will be looking to test the path – heading out on a short term overseas experience to see if a longer stint might be one of the opportunities for service that God has given you – others of you will have never seriously thought of heading overseas before and are tentatively exploring the idea for the first time.
More and more students are now getting the opportunity to go overseas during the course of their training – either as a specific elective opportunity or during the summer vacation. For some students it’s the first thing on their mind – they are not so concerned about their first ward placement, their first injection, their first delivery… what they really want to know is how soon they can be packing their bags for the tiny Leprosy Mission on the far side of the Andes.
Whatever stage you’re at in your thinking, however enthusiastic or uncertain you might feel about venturing into the unknown, this booklet is designed to give you some practical tips on planning your elective, so that you are well prepared and able to get the most out of your experience.
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© First Edition with appendices – August 2004
Christian Medical Fellowship, London.
Christian Student Nurses & Midwives, Leicester
Credits:
This booklet was originally written by Sally Foster, CSNM’s former Staff Worker, and has been updated and expanded by Steven Fouch, CMF’s Allied Professions Secretary.
Any corrections, suggestions or comments please forward to healthserve@cmf.org.uk
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of CMF.
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DISCLAIMER
CMF cannot be held responsible for the information contained in this booklet. Students will have to confirm the information with the individual institutions and missions agencies including the conditions for undertaking electives and the precautions advised to reduce health and transport risks.
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