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Nursing Volunteer / Internship in Ghana

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The experience

AbroadGuru World Nursing Internship project in Ghana is perfect for students and working looking for work experience before or during university. It is an awesome accompaniment to your studies and will give you a clearer idea of the work you do on a daily basis.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 30 Per day

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers contribute USD $ 30 per day. This covers their full board accommodation and meals, drinking water, towels, picking up and dropping on arrival and departure from Kotoka International Airport, Shower and Western Toilet, Certificate and recommendation letter at the end of the program.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In case your goal is a career in nursing, the skills you learn during this internship will be a valuable addition to your CV. No experience? No problem! The aim of this internship is for you to learn, and you’ll gain a lot from shadowing local nurses and doctors. We recommend taking advantage of any opportunity to ask questions and take notes.

Your medical coordinator will teach you what you need to know before you work at any outreaches, and will there to supervise you throughout. You can join our nursing internship project any time as the project runs throughout the year.

Activities & Shift

You work at a hospital, where you shadow and learn from nurses and other medical staff. During your internship, you work will focus on the following areas:

Shadow nurses as they work with patients in the hospital, observe and follow nurses as they do their rounds. This will give you an idea of what nurses do on a daily basis. At your nursing placement in Ghana, you will see for yourself how important nurses are in the smooth functioning of a hospital.

You’ll take part in medical outreach work once or twice a week. Here, you’ll assist the nurses with basic healthcare and hospitals. Here are a few of the tasks you do:

o Treat ringworm
o Check blood sugar levels
o Conduct malaria and Hepatitis B tests
o Check blood pressure levels
o Help nurses refer patients with positive test results
o Help distribute medication
o Clean wounds