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Nursing and midwifery hospital assistant.

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The experience

Join us and gain firsthand nurse and midwife experiences and insights into healthcare in low-resource settings hospitals, while immersing yourself in the rich culture of the country of Tanzania.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

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

Additional fee required

Amount: € 154 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Volunteer has to pay 154€ for accommodations, food, pick up from airport), 50€ one time for Organisation fee and 100€ one time hospital fee.

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.

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

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

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

This project is open to everyone with Nursing or midwifery care interests or nursing background and who wants to help make a difference in the lives of underprivileged people in Africa in the field of medical.
Available departments:

We have a number of departments who would appreciate your help. you can choose to combine different departments at the same time. You will be working with supervisor nurse who will give you full orientation to familiarize with given department and roles to help.

*General medical ward ( internal medicine)
*Emergency and accident department
*General surgery department (ENT,orthopedics)
*maternity and midwifery department( labor & delivery)
*ICU department
*Obstetrics and Gynecology,
*pediatric department

Activities & Shift

Your roles may include some of the following
*wound dressings under direct supervision of nursing staff
*Teaching other nursing students in hospital
*Assisting doctors in procedures such as blood collection
*Recording vital signs including blood pressure, pulse, and temperature measurements (if competent)
*Helping delivery in labor(if competent)
*Supporting patients with mobility between service points
*Providing general assistance to medical staff as needed and as expertise allows
*Performing tasks such as weighing patients and
*Assisting with infant/adult weighing
*Observing procedures,
*Helping ward activities
*taking care of patients arriving for out-patient care or on admission
*Changing bandages and monitoring recovery,