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NURSING STUDY ABROAD FOR FREE: NURSING IN FINLAND AND NIGERIA


I am very passionate about sharing my nursing experience with others. Having studied and practiced as a nurse in two continents, different cultural settings and nursed people in all levels of social class, age, and gender, I think a have a little wealth of knowledge to share with you.


My main aim of writing of this blog is to provide some insights about the approach and mode of nursing in Finland and Nigeria. Nursing in both countries are a lot similar in that they have and follow the core values of nursing in practice. The nursing values like human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism and social justice are held high.

Nevertheless, the University of applied science Jyväskylä, in Finland and the Rivers state school of nursing, Nigeria have some differences in terms of how culture has influenced nursing, the expression of autonomy, the institutions where nursing can be studied, the use of technology and criteria for graduation.

For a nursing student to be ready for graduation in Nigeria, he/she must have written and passed the nursing council licensing examination whereas in Finland, if the student has completed his/her thesis and have the expected number of credits (which is usually 210 ECTS) the student is ready to nurse patients.
Culture has influenced the way nursing students are trained. Finland has an equal right system for both male and female and all ages and nursing is not left out in this. Nursing students have equal rights with their lecturers and the use of first name with no title is not only ideal but also expected. This is unheard of in Nigeria. Nursing students are expected to show respect to their lecturers in school and senior colleagues after graduation. This can be in form of using titles, standing up to greet and the use extremely polite words in conversations.
In addition, nursing students are identified in the society by their sparkling white gowns and starched white caps attached to their heads in Nigeria. In comparison to Nigeria, In Finland you cannot distinguish a nursing student from a student studying accounting except in the hospital as they dress as smartly as every other person in the society.

More so, Finland is advanced technologically. Simulation labs for clinical practice are fully equipped with advanced innovations and health facility. A good amount of school work, assignments, registration, and study progress are done using the internet. In Nigeria, it is common for nurses to document their care using pen and paper. The use of paper and pen are essential tools in class, checking study progress and in clinical practice.
Interestingly, a Nigerian trained nurse is fully equipped to nurse globally because of the high attention to detail, high expectation from the curricula and the teaching approach that is globally inclined. In Finland, upon graduation, a nursing student can confidently work within and around Finland.
I have done a video about nursing in Europe (Finland) and Africa (Nigeria) where I shared more differences between these countries. Click on the link below to watch.👇👇👇

Can you relate to what I have said? Do you have a different experience? I’d love to hear from you! As always, your comment is treasure to me.




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  1. Hey, my name is Isabela. I loved your blog and your post. Could you please provide some more information about how to study nursing abroad for free? Im a nursing student from Brazil and Ive lived in USA for a couple of years. Thank you so much.

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  2. Hey, my name is Isabela. I loved your blog and your post. Could you please provide some more information about how to study nursing abroad for free? Im a nursing student from Brazil and Ive lived in USA for a couple of years. Thank you so much.

    isabela.95r@gmail.com

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