Saludos!
I have been living in Spain, Torremolinos now about 2 months and have been doing my practical training in a private hospital in Torremolinos. I have absolutely enjoyed my time here.
We, my classmate from TAMK and I, arrived here together and rented apartment from Torremolinos. We are doing our practical training in the same hospital in medical-surgical ward and outpatients clinic. When in Finland I thought that the nursing here in Spain would be rather similar than in Finland but the reality was something quite different. I absolutely adore the way how family is part of the patients treatment here and how warm and friendly nurses are. On the other hand aseptic manners are at the same level than it was in Finland something like 20 years ago, hand disinfection is something unheard here.
We both have been warmly welcome to the hospital and we have learned a lot in here. Before arriving here, lot of people were saying that when doing practical training in Spain it might be that you can only observe the nurse and not really do things by yourself. Well, we have been able to do and see a lot here, more than we would have ever seen in Finland. The nurses trust you and let you even cannulate the patient without supervisory. Even though we are doing our training in medical-surgical ward we have also been to operation theater, dialysis and ICU. Next week we will even see an open heart surgery!
Even though we are working in the hospital from Monday to Friday, we have had time to explore the Spanish lifestyle and culture.
In Spain during the Easter there is this huge festival called Semana Santa and religious processions can be seen all over the big cities in Spain. We heard that Seville is the place to be in Semana Santa so we took the train and headed to there for couple of days. We were not disappointed!
We also went to see Ronda, historic little city few hours away from Torremolinos.
And of course in Spain is all about tapas!
And when in Spain, you cannot miss the local football game. Stadium sold out, quite an experience!
I couldn’t be happier now choosing to go abroad to study. I have learned a lot here and there is definitely more to come.
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