Lever R
Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
J Cult Divers. 1999 Summer;6(2):57-9.
I have volunteered for many years for a woman's organization raising money to build trade and technical schools around the world, but I had never been asked to use my education as a nurse for this purpose. When the opportunity came for me and my classmates to join a volunteer mission to Honduras we jumped at the chance. Since we were all nurses we knew how to deliver patient care. This mission gave us the opportunity to use our newly acquired nurse practitioner skills. It also gave us the opportunity to see first hand how much need there is in other countries, as well as our own, for professional volunteers to help in multicultural settings.
多年来,我一直志愿为一个女性组织服务,该组织致力于筹集资金在全球建造贸易和技术学校,但我从未被要求将自己作为护士的所学用于此目的。当我和同学们有机会参加前往洪都拉斯的志愿者任务时,我们欣然抓住了这个机会。因为我们都是护士,所以我们知道如何提供病人护理。这次任务让我们有机会运用新获得的执业护士技能。它还让我们有机会亲眼看到,在其他国家以及我们自己的国家,在多元文化环境中帮助他人的专业志愿者有多么大的需求。