Hi everyone, sorry for my delay!
I came back from Finland with a bad flu, and there were two oral exams waiting for me at my University, so... only today I found the time to concentrate myself on the final post!
Sincerely, I've spent two very intense weeks in Finland, working, studying and "listening" to a language which unfortunately I didn't speak very well. But the hardest thing for me was face a way of teaching, learning and working together that I was not used to doing it in Italy.
However, all the cultural differences I've known, they have been a true enrichment for me and for my education.
In spite of the many differences about the role of the nurse between our countries, the thing that struck me was this: our job is the same job everywhere. No matter what kind of skills and what kind of autonomy a nurse has. This profession is animated by the same spirit, everywhere.
To better explain what I mean, I will link a short tale about the 'Creation of nurse' . The author should be Erma Bombeck. The original title was “When God created mothers”, then someone changed 'mothers' with 'nurses', but I think it's even more suitable than the original-one. Our nurse-teacher of Pediatrics told it us the last year. It really touched me(althoug I am an atheist). Here is the link: http://www.poofcat.com/nurse7.html , I suggest you read it!
About the work that was done over the last three years, I think it's really very valuable and it would be a shame to lose it. Our delegation will work to put in the homepage of the Faculty of Medicine (University of Florence, of course) a link to MINE wiki. Thanks to this many guys willing to do Erasmus experience will access to all these useful informations.
I wish that in the future students will be more informed by their universities about what the Erasmus Program is and on how they should organize to do that, but also, I hope that European universities will promote the possibility for a student to do Erasmus, primarily increasing the places available for Erasmus students.
I would like to thank all those who have allowed me to participate in the MINE program. Thanks to Mirja, Airi, all the Finnish staff and the Finnish students who hosted and let us around like a perfect tour guides. Thanks to the teachers, the mentors, and the students for their help and for their cheerfulness. You made this experience incredible!
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Francesca
