How My Overseas Placement in Ghana Influenced My Nursing Career
by Work the WorldJemma travelled to Ghana in 2010. Since then she’s worked as a cardiac nurse and pursued her passion for tropical nursing in Malawi.
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Jemma travelled to Ghana in 2010. Since then she’s worked as a cardiac nurse and pursued her passion for tropical nursing in Malawi.
Read moreWe explore the struggles faced by traditional medicine and its practitioners in Ghana, looking at what the future holds in a country whose official medical system is science-based.
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Read more"Just go for it, don’t think too hard about it. Take the opportunities while you have them because once you’re working it’s not so easy."
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