steps student Regina reports on her second internship in Rundu, Namibia
I greet all donors, supporters and team leaders of the steps students!
“I am so excited to be able to share my experiences from my second internship with you once again.”
From 10 June to 26 July 2024 I was in the city of Rundu for my internship, Namibia, placed in both the clinic and hospital setting to explore and adapt to a new learning environment, interact with patients from different cultures as a nurse, understand different communication barriers and learn more nursing skills on different wards at Rundu Intermediate Hospital – compared to my previous internship at Gobabis State Hospital.
I worked in different departments, units and wards, gained different knowledge and experienced more meaning in working as a nurse. But there is one special experience that I had during this internship and it is very interesting:
“The feeling of being fulfilled at the end of the shift.”
The best nursing experience is not one particular experience, but an overall feeling. It's just a feeling at the end of every shift - maybe not every shift, because some shifts can be really emotionally challenging and very draining - but after most shifts, I come home and feel like I made a difference today by doing one small thing for a patient that changed their life, even though it was just a small thing. It made them feel more comfortable and made their hospital stay more enjoyable.
Of course there are bigger things you do for people that are actually life-saving, but I think it's not just about saving lives. It's also just about doing the little things for the patients that make their hospital stay a little bit better and more positive than if I hadn't been there.
Knowing that you have made a difference in someone's day, month, year, or life is an incredible feeling because every day you walk into the hospital, you have control over whether or not you have a truly positive impact on some of those lives.
This is an incredible thing AND very valuable for a patient's well-being. Sometimes variety plays a big role in the health of our patients: a patient who smiles every day and has no stress recovers faster, I would say, to be honest!
Of course, I still have one year of my nursing training ahead of me, during which I can hopefully gain a lot more experience and grow even more into the qualified midwife and nurse that I want to become.
I hope this inspires all my fellow Steps for Children campaigners who choose the same career as me to set out and make someone's day better because it makes them feel so much better and it makes them feel good too.
Thank you, steps for children, for supporting me by providing transportation, accommodation, pocket money and tuition fees and for playing a major role in my school and professional life in the absence of both my parents!!! God will bless the project twice so that I will never lack for anything!!!
REGINA RUDUVINI
steps student in Kombat, Namibia
Dear Regina, we are delighted that you like the career path you have chosen so much and wish you continued success in your exams and in the second year. You are doing a great job and are a role model for future generations of guardian angel children. Thank you for the insight into your experiences!
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