I am Alabi Jamiu Opeyemi from Nigeria. I arrived at Finland in August 2020 to study International Business at Savonia University of Applied Sciences. I completed the International Business degree at Savonia in 2022. I have once had experience in health sector while I was living in Nigeria. I used to work as a health attendant in Nigeria for about three years. My duties as health attendant are to support patient personal hygiene and daily living needs and providing comfort and transportation. Similarly, I help patient personal hygiene by giving them bedpans, back rubs, shampoos, shaves, taking patient to the bathroom by assisting patients with bathing and shower. I am motivated to have a career in Nursing by being professional, be a good team worker, honesty, and integrity, showing empathy to the patients and everyone by using a good work ethics.   

I am a type of learner who learns mostly through kinesthetics and sometimes through reading and writing. As a kinesthetics learner, I prefer to learn things by doing, I enjoy a hands-on experience. I usually prefer to be more in touch with reality and more connected to it, which is why I prefer using tactile experience to understand something better. The best way to present new information to me as a kinaesthetic learner is through personal experience, practice, examples, or simulations. For example, I can remember an experiment by recreating it themselves.

However, my first nursing practice was the Nursing assessment and intervention at Mantykampus, Mannysto, Kuopio. I received some feedback at the final evaluation such as improving my Finnish language skills, justifying theoretical knowledge, I work professionally and ethically.

Therefore, I have had different work experience as nurse after I completed my first internship. I work in old people´s home (keikka) as a practical nurse. My duties at work include communication with the patients every day, helps with feeding if needed, administering medication, monitoring vital signs, blood pressure and glucose level. Also, I work with Kuopio Rhymakoti where I assist the young people in their daily activities, administering of medication and mental health stability.