top of page
Mumbai India

Discover India: Nursing Summer School Experience

From a student nurse

Home: Welcome
Search

Orientation at the Emergency department

This evening we we shown the emergency department and shown their traffic light system which prioritises patients based on the level of...

Rehabilitation clinic

This afternoon we visited the rehabilitation clinic for patients with spinal cord injuries who were learning to use a wheelchair. We had...

Hospital food

We were shown some of the documentation regarding patient catheter insertion (the overarching theme for the morning’s orientation was...

Girls just want to have fun!

One of the faculty members has invited us to her house for dinner, and one of her students drew mhendi (henna) on our hands. We all...

When in Loni….

We had the opportunity to be draped in traditional saris.

At the goat farm

We were shown a few local farms including this goat farm where the farmer appears really passionate about his work

Incense making factory

We went to one of the women empowerment enterprises where they recycle flowers that have passed their best to make incense products. The...

Visit to the sugar cane factory

Padmashri Dr. Vithalrae Vikhe Patil, the founder of the Pravara institute started as a humble farmer who created a cooperative sugar cane...

First day at the institute

Yesterday we met some of the integral people for the running of the institute. And we had a tour around the Pravara hospital, and around...

The journey to the Institute

Here is where we stopped for lunch on what was meant to be a 5 hour drive to the Pravara institute. But due to people traveling for Eid,...

Home: Blog2

I'm so happy you're here

Come in and explore with me

Hello, and welcome to my student travel blog! My name is Abi Brookes, I'm a second year nursing student about to jet off on an international placement to India! Me and a few of my fellow nursing students will soon be spending 4 weeks exploring what nursing is like in India. So buckle up as I take you along with me on this incredible journey.

Image by Naveed Ahmed
Home: About Me

Let’s Connect

I would love to keep in touch with you! Here's how you can contact me:

Thanks for submitting!

Home: Contact
bottom of page