Volunteering to work as a nurse abroad helps one give back to the society. Giving back makes one feel good about themselves. Giving back to society enables one to say thank you to the community for the support of their achievements in life.
A volunteer nurse has a platform of helping the needy in the society. The world is full of sick people who can hardly afford medical care and offering free services to them means so much. When one offer free care to these people you transform their lives.
In addition working as volunteer nurse gives one practical experience with real patients, unlike the theory, learnt in class. Volunteering gives nurses an chanceto get practical skills from patients who are in turmoil out there.
Social interactions are part and puzzle of a human being and this need is met when one works as a volunteer nurse. When one decides to volunteer especially outside his community or country one gets to meet different people with different culture and also gets to make new friends.
Volunteer nurses learn how to manage emotions such as control anger and manage stress and anxiety eventually leading to better relationship with family and friends. Dealing with a number of strangers from different countries and cultures you get to know several things about others and this can teach you resilience and patience; sometimes you might not even understand their language and this calls for patience and in turn improves one’s persona. Breaking the ice and creating a rapport is often the most difficult part making new friends, managing emotions such as stress anxiety and anger poses a real threat to our relationship be they marriages or friendship and once a person manages to control these then one becomes a master of their relationship.
Volunteering keeps one physically, mentally and spiritually healthy. When a nurse volunteers they become physically mentally and spiritually fit Watching other peoples suffering and the faith that patients will get better brings them closer to God.
Volunteering to work as a nurse helps one build on their career You will gain invaluable experience dealing with patients from all walks of life with a myriad of challenges and diseases. Advancing ones career require experience in dealing with real patients and a number of different diseases as well as workplace etiquette and skills like communication.