This poster gives some statistics to support the argument that, the more literate the mother, the lower the risk of infant mortality. Sounds pretty reasonable, and I just love Soviet propaganda.
IU offers a course on comparative health systems, specifically those in the U.S. and Russia. The course involves a two-week trip to a city in southern Russia, Rostov-on-the-Don. The trip is expensive, but something like two-thirds of the students pay nothing, as there are some sweet scholarships available.
I'm studying nursing and am very interested in health policy. Given my background in law, I might someday be able to participate in making health policy. I speak Russian. It's a little rusty, but this program offers an 8-week course of specialized health policy Russian, so I would get to brush up and learn all the necessary terminology.
At first, this seems like a no-brainer. I should go, right? But the trip is immediately after graduation, and I'm likely to be busy packing for a move. (Not sure where yet---that subject will be addressed in future posts.) Will I feel like jetting off to the other side of the world for two weeks?
What should I do?
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Is this going to be fun or will it help your career. If your career, I thought you were going to be an ER nurse. If fun, is it fun there? I thought it was a hard place to live/visit.
Ummm . . . none of the above? It can be a hard place to visit . . . periods of no hot water, no electricity. Never any A/C. Stupefying bureaucracy. Cranky old babushkas with no patience for youngins.
Yes, I want to be an ER nurse. So, the trip would have no direct effect on my career.
I think the trip would be educational. I'd get to see how various health care facilities operate over there. It never hurts to get a new perspective by exploring other approaches.
I can't weigh in on whether you should go or not, but I found that poster amusing. Actually, I find all posters, brochures, etc. that talk about literacy amusing, since you have to be able to read in the first place to understand them. It puts me in mind of my very favorite of these examples. On an airplane once I ran out of reading material and resorted to actually reading the safety brochure in "the seat pocket in front of me". It actually said that if you can't read this brochure to call the flight attendant for assistance.
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