doing a nursing placement in south africa?
i am a second year paedeatric nursing student and i am interested in working in a hospital in south africa. i was wandering if anyone had done this before and what hospitals they had been to. I have friends in central south africa so ideally i would stay with them but any info would be valuable many thanks x
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I would suggest you contact the Department of Health and see what vacancies are available. also if you know where you will be staying then contact hospitals close by to this regarding nursing vacancies. Your friends will be able to tell you the names of the hospitals. If you are a student perhaps it wouldn't be wise to do this now as your curriculum would be different through a South African learning institution, you may be best advised to qualify first. Nurses are in short supply in South Africa, it is not a well paid job.
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Obviously being closer to your friends is the better option for you so maybe find out which city they are in and then just search for the hospitals in the area close to there. Always a good thing maybe also to address a request to the director of the hospital then or the matron office, one never know. As another answer said, not a well paid job but then I presume you are not in this line for money. Always a need for nurses and paediatrics are quite a challenge, central South Africa maybe in Free State province, Bloemfontein [have no idea what they rename all these places to, sorry] but there are quite good hospitals around there to apply to. Best of luck!
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