Granted, it is a USAToday article. Okay, but I will read more later when I can.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/05/07/ozy-nursing-shortage/8807937/
What I am paying attention to here is the nursing shortage abroad. Don't get me wrong - I want to also serve in the USA - probably the majority of my career. But I want to live abroad as well and am wondering if there are places in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or India that could work while raising a family.
Showing posts with label travel nursing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel nursing. Show all posts
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Daydream Exploration: Travel Nursing
Well, my research into this daydream -- working as a nurse in Spain -- is quite disappointing. Spain has an overabundance of nurses and there are not enough jobs. They are not in need and not giving out work permits or visas. Sheesh.
There are quite a few places I would like to live in Spain. I speak South American Spanish but do understand (and am understood by) Spanish speakers from Spain.
Mallorca is one, and there is an english-language agency there that provides in-home care. This is not really my area of interest, but one possibility.
Midwifery is another area in which there is a need. Again, not what I hope to specialize in, but ...
There are quite a few places I would like to live in Spain. I speak South American Spanish but do understand (and am understood by) Spanish speakers from Spain.
Mallorca is one, and there is an english-language agency there that provides in-home care. This is not really my area of interest, but one possibility.
Midwifery is another area in which there is a need. Again, not what I hope to specialize in, but ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Feelin' Flighty
I have some research to do. I have some studying to do. I could learn some more medical Spanish. I could find a journal article or current even to read and reflect upon. But, my mind is so restless tonight, so, I'm gonna go with it. What's bugging me?
Costa Rica is bugging me.
Last time this happened, it was some nonspecific European country.
While I think it is absolutely important to serve my community here, and while I feel a calling to help in poorer areas, both domestically and abroad, I also think a year or two abroad in an interesting place would not only be fun, would not only be great for the children, but would also expose me to other ways of thinking that can help me think outside the box here.
So, I'm starting to think about it. My destination would necessarily be English- or Spanish-speaking. And, I would need to be able to take my family. How would Santi come along? How would we find a place that worked for both of us?
I read this, about teachers who "life swapped," and this about the feasibility and logistics of travel nursing with a family.
Costa Rica is bugging me.
Last time this happened, it was some nonspecific European country.
While I think it is absolutely important to serve my community here, and while I feel a calling to help in poorer areas, both domestically and abroad, I also think a year or two abroad in an interesting place would not only be fun, would not only be great for the children, but would also expose me to other ways of thinking that can help me think outside the box here.
So, I'm starting to think about it. My destination would necessarily be English- or Spanish-speaking. And, I would need to be able to take my family. How would Santi come along? How would we find a place that worked for both of us?
I read this, about teachers who "life swapped," and this about the feasibility and logistics of travel nursing with a family.
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