Spanish Nurse in Turku

This model can help to the bussiness to find the suitable profile for the employees overall in this global counntries that countries have presence in several countries at the same time overall in this globalized world in which companies simultaneously have prestige in several countries and seek to expand the market and adapt to the needs of their customers around the world. For this, they need to integrate the cultural needs of both clients and workers in order to offer the product that best suits their characteristics. This can be used even within any company, even if it is a small business that presents workers of different nationalities to see their cultural affinities and improve the work environment. or even within a neighborhood, especially now with the problem of immigrants and their integration into a hostile environment, this can be applied in culturally diverse areas and know affinities between countries of origin of immigrants and help cultural integration.

The Lewis Model explain us the Dimension of the Behaviour, so what is it? It is the model that are world-wide recognized.  The globalisation of world business in the last 5 decades has heralded in an era when cultural differences have become vitally important to leaders, managers and executives in the world’s international and multinational companies.  This model said that we are able to divide people in 3 categories based on behaviour, not on nationality or religion that we were used to. He divide in  Linear-active, Multi-active  and  Reactive . The reactive group we can say that is located in most countries of Asia, because they usually listen most of the time, they never confronts also they often conceals their feelings being polite and indirect. In the opposite side we have the multi-active countries are located in South of Europe, South Africa and Arabian countries, these countries are in the same group due to the fact the share the same patrons in behaviour as they are really

🌲⛄ Firstly, one issue that suprises me a lot in Finland is his flag. I really love the Finnish flag and it is interesting because the colours of my football team in Malaga are the same blue and white and I don´t know why this colours are the same in Finland flag! So I investigated and after a while I learn about the story of the Finnish Flag. The Finnish flag with “the blue of our lakes and the white snow of our winters”, as a poet described these symbolic colours in 1870, was made official in a law enacted on May 29, 1918, less than six months after Finland had achieved independence.  "The state flag is either rectangular or three-pointed. The coat of arms of Finland is inset in the square formed by the intersecting arms of the cross. The square has a yellow border, the width of which is one-fortieth of the width of the cross. State departments and establishments fly the rectangular state flag. The Defence Forces use the three-pointed version of the flag, which is one uni

First at all, everyone has listened any time that Nordic countries at the happiest countries in the world, specially Finland. How is this possible? This ranking is developed by the UN. This report is based in six issues that are key for  wellbeing. They are income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity, too, another one as corruption and so one. The first three countries are Finland, Norway and Denmark. An example of this is that Finland only have 6% of population is living without work. This are the lowest stadistics of European Union.  Also the social support is huge in Finland they pay big taxes but they receive all kind of free services like Education, health supporting for children etc.  Besides, another point is the lack of corruption in Nordic countries. For example, Finland is the country in the world with less corruption and is extremately strange to see and event of this type. Finally, in my opinion the most interesting issue compare

Firstly, I should say nowdays to find a job in my home country being a nurse is difficult for young people, you have to pass a public exam and usually health system only call you to work covering night shift or holidays from older proffesionals. So it is a great opportunity to apply for a nurse job in Finland due to the fact that they need a lot health proffesional. However, there is a big problem and that issue is that you have to be fluent in Finnish language. I haven´t finish nurse degree yet but I know a Spanish friend that has already finished and she is now working in Pori. She told me that her first idea to write the curriculum for England, like many of the classmates who had studied with me, but it was in January 2012 when her grandmother happened to tell me that she had seen on the news that in Finland they needed nurses.  She sent her curriculum, then they confirmed that She was among the 52 nurses chosen to go to the west of Finland. The Finnish company that chose them had

The best place to experience a Sauna is Finland because Finland is the country that invented it. Foreign people may believe that Sauna is a luxury activity or they have never done it before. However, for finns people is a daily experience and they used to feel relax everyday. For those who do not know what is a sauna. A sauna is a small place or room usually made by wood in which, there is steam and very high temperatures are reached, so the skin starts to sweat and all waste substances in the body are purified. After this you usually take a cold shower. Normally the Finns have the saunas in front of the lakes or in their own houses and they bathe naked there. When noticing the contrast of temperature the organism enters a state of maximum relaxation and with a great well-being.  When I tried for the first time here in Finland I felt really overwhelmed with the heat and steam because of that I only be there 5 minutes, but after that I could swin in the lake and I have to say that It

Today, I am going to write about one cultural issue that is shock to me and in my opinion is really amazing. Is unique in the world for Nordic Countries Everyone has the right to roam Finland’s forests and countryside freely, no matter who owns the land, thanks to a legal concept, it is known as Everyman’s Right. This is brilliant because you can enjoy outdoor activities like walking o swimming and noone can prohibited to you the access. By contrast, in my country for example most of the natural areas are prohibited because the owners of the land do not permit free entrance so sometimes its difficult to freely enjoy outdoors.  However, there are some rules that you must accept, for example You don’t need a permit to fish with a simple hook and line in Finnish waters, although a permit is required for other kinds of fishing. You cannot used motorized vehicles but another example of freedom is that you are enable of camping whatever you want generally. Berries, mushrooms and flo

Firstly, I  should say that in my first days here I were shocked because here all young and older people goes to recycle cans and plastic bottles to a certain machines. My surprised was capital when I see that the machine "rewarding" you with money! For every can they give you 15 cents!  In my opinion, this is a great system that encourage people to recycle more and more. In my country we don´t have this type of system and we need more effort in the authorities specially politicians who have a poor formation about climate change and recycling culture. Finnish Government say that b everage container recycling programmes work well because of a monetary deposit system. Recovery rates are near 100 percent. " For recyclable aluminium beverage cans and plastic bottles, recovery rates are 96 percent and 94 percent. Finland also leads the way on paper recycling with a recycling rate of 93 percent in 2011, which is very high by European standards". Their infrastucture

The recent history in Finland starts in 19th Century when nationalism emerged. This nationalism was go by the highly distinctive language, culture, mythology and folklore. In 1917 was declared Finland Independence. After that a civil war between two sides desvastated Finland. This two "sides" were the Read Guards and the White Guards. The first one were paramilitary units of the labour movement on the contrary, the White Guards were completely opposite to the comunism way of thinking of the Red army.  The White ones were victorious.  After the internal affairs stabilized, they build good relationship with Sweden and Britain but there were a lot of tension with Soviet Union. In the Second World War Finland defended against Soviet Union. Finally, they ended ceding karelia and other parts to Soviet Union. In the latter half of its independent history. The Country expanded the welfare state along his citizens also,  Finland joined the  European Union  in 1995, and replac

Compared to my home country, Finland has a low rate of non-working people. In   July 2018   reports the number of unemployed persons was 183,000, which was 24,000 fewer than July 2017. The unemployment rate was 6.5%, down from 7.5% in July 2017. However, it is a really big challenge to find a job for foreign people.  The biggest and most important issue for a foreigner is usually language. There are very few jobs where it is possible to work without knowing any Finnish, and for reasons of occupational safety alone it is vital to be able to communicate. Local authorities, universities and and many employers provide immigrants and their families with  language training , either free or at very low cost. The level of Finnish skills necessary for a job depends greatly on the nature of the work, but on average  six months  of intensive language training should provide enough skill in Finnish to get by at the average workplace. But, if you are able to speak English the language barrier

I realised being here in Finland that there are certaing racism underlying. This has not happened to me, however, in my stay here I have seen some uncomfortable moments seen this happen specially with people from Africa and countries out of Europe. Most of Finnish people are always ready and trying to help foreginers and really open mind but there are a little part of the population that they believe their are supeior to foreign people specially Arabian and African people.  I saw in first person last week when I was playing football with some inmigrants friends and we needed two more players to complete the match properly, so we asked two Finnish young boys that were playing football alone and they answer us that they didn´t want to play with us. It was pretty shocking!! In my opinion, this type of racism is growing in Europe specially in Northen Countries due to the fact that the refugees crisis united to certain economic crisis in Southern Countries. The best prove is the as

It is not too strange to receive this answer when you ask something in Finland. This has happened to me several times since that I am in Finland. Sometimes, when I am lost in Turku I try to ask people how to get the place that I want using my English as I am not able to speak Finnish properly yet. When this happen to me, I am very shocked because Finnish people could look like rude or impolite.  However, I have asked this situation to some Finnish colleagues also looking on the internet and I Understand that I  It is easier for them to say "no" that to look for the answer when they don't know or are not sure to understand what you really want. The language is very often an issue . But the culture also plays a role. Finns are honest people. No doubt about it. And usually lying is not in their habits. An example that happen to me: I was in a shopping centre with a Spanish friend and we ask someone if he knew how arrive to a shop call "Turku" and the man l

Finland public health has the highest satisfaction rankings in Europe and maybe in the world. The country has 5 million people so compare to countries as Spain that has a public system with 47 million people we could think that is easier to mantain. However, In Finland the health is global like Spain but they have to pay very low fees compared to Spain you don´t have to pay additional fees only in some regions to purchase some medicines, but this fees are low and limited, also lots of proffesional in Spain demand to create this "fees" in order to prevent the abuse of the system, that is systematically implanted in my country.   I realised in my practical trainings that public health in Finland is really and example for all the world because they have brilliant proffesionals and they don´t have too many waiting list. The hospital where I am doing practical trainings "Turku University Hospital" is the best example of how this system works. As they said, Finnish

In the first days that I was here me and my friends from the student village visited Naantali. Naantali is a small village located near from Turku. We chose a bad day because it had been rained a lot and this shocked to me due to the fact that is too difficult to get wet where I live because climate in Málaga is really good. Here in Turku there is always wind so the umbrella doesn´t work!. So we got so wet!💦 However, it was a great experience because we were in a really beautiful small port. By the way here in Finland is usual going out fishing or just going out with your boat around this lovely lakes for that this country is called "the country of thousands of lakes".   Besides, we found in forest a lovely dwarf village like for kids and we enjoyed a lot. Also we took amazing photos with my friend´s camara. I have learned in my stay here that every nook and every village is deserved to be visited in Finland!

Education system in Finland is very particular. Children start education at Early childhood education and care (ECEC) but this is voluntary don´t have to go to school until they are seven years old at least if they don´t want to go. Parents usually leave their children in kindergardens while they are working. After that, they are obligated to go to pre-primary education that is only 1 year, followed By Basic education, in which, they are 9 years. Upper secondary education usually takes 3-4 years, students at the age of 16 may choose to continue their secondary education in either an academic track ( lukio ) or a vocational track ( ammattikoulu ), both of which usually take three years and give a qualification to continue to tertiary education. Then it is suppose that you are able to go to higher education in universities and universities of applied sciences. Those things shocked to me a lot, because in Spain children usually start school when they are 3 years old! Also Finish sy

Two weeks ago, me and my friends went to Tallin to spend all the weekend.We took a bus to Helsinki that took us two hours to arrive there. The bus is cheaper, only cost 8 euros approximately, however we had a problem due to the fact that the bus arrived to Helsinki with a big delay. So it was a trouble because when we arrived at the bus station, we had to take a taxi to the port, owing to the ferry was being to departure without us. Luckely we arrived on time and I have to say that the taxi driver was really empathic and help us so much. I´ve never been in a ferry so It was very shocking for me and I felt a little bit sick because of the movement but despite of that it was amazing to see all the islands that are sorrounding Turku and its skyline. In Finland is very common to take a ferry to go to Sweden, Norway, Tallin or Russia. All the things there are much cheaper than Finland for example, the Hostel only cost us 24 euros, and we were able to bought cheap food and drinks al

First at all, Food in Finland is mix of traditional dishes with European Food. Finnish people love to eat sausages and to organise barbacues. The most popular meats in Finland are pork, beef , chicken and duck .Approximately one third of this is eaten as sausage, which is mostly made from pork but often mixes in other meats as well. Finnish summer is not complete without grillimakkara. These big, fat sausages made for grilling are eaten with mustard and washed down with beer. Finns love them. Children grow up eating this snack food at the summer cottage but also during winter around a campfire. Another famous food is Ruislepä  meaning “bread with a hole”. It is dense and flat and and very heavy but Finns will have it sent through the post when they are living abroad.   Also, Poronkäristys is made for Reindeer are found in Finland’s northern province of Lapland and their meat is one of the healthiest foods you can put on your plate according to recent studies. Poronkäristys

Firstly, today I have visited Ruissalo due to the fact that we predicted that it was going to be a really good weather. Ruissalo is a famous island located sorrounding Turku stuary  the island is easily accesible by land or sea. There are amazing landmarks with lovely views. Also, it is famous for Finnish people to spent day in the Ruissalo beach where you can sunbathing easily in summer.  Besides, there are big old incredibly houses which are colorful painted and it surprised to me a lot that all the houses has its own sauna, where you can swin in the lake after received the sauna´s heat. Also, near the beach there were a lot of families and young people doing barbacues taking adventage of the sun time. However, in my opinion it should be more places to buy things because we want to buy some food and drinks other stuffs. Also, I think that it is neccesary to adding more buses to arrive there. Finally, in my opinion, Ruissalo is the best place to walk around there and see

To begin with I have to say that there are big differences from my home country.  If what we are looking is clothing I can say that here there are for sure preferences for winter clothes which are really prepared for the cold and extreme temperatures but you have to pay de prize that usually are too high for an exchange student. In my case, for example, I never have had to wear boots because the weather in Málaga is comfortable in the hole year and it's too strange to have to wear a lot of winter clothes. Now, I have to buy boots and there are so expensive only for wear it two months.  I realised that here the shopping centre are different than Spain because they are designed for less people and bad weather. In my city the majority of the shopping center are outdoors and there are a lot of shops, cinemas and restaurants. Here, are smaller and there isn't too much to choose in comparation to Spain.  Moreover, in Spain there are a clothing brand called Inditex with a

First at all, It is important to say that I haven´t got used to the time to eat due to the fact that is so different in Mediterranean countries, in particular Spain where I was born in which the difference is even bigger. We usually eat at 15.00 pm, however, here is normal to start eating at 11 approximately so it's easy to imagine the shock for me when my charge nurse said to me to have lunch at that time instead of my usually time to eat. Nurses in hospital always was laughing in hospital because I said that here all the people is taller and bigger than Mediterranean people and they eat too many times in a day. In addition, I realised that in my country people when are having lunch expend a lot of time after eating talking and drinking coffe or some drinks but here in Finland at work or house they eat faster and they don´t have after-eating as Spain, we called there to this thing as "sobremesa". Another big difference is that they drink milk in the lunch and for us t

I took the flight from Málaga, which is situated in the south of Spain, near the sea. The normal temperature is around 25-30 degrees, and when I arrived here, in Finland, feels a lot of difference with the weather, that is a negative point. Now I get use to with the routine. At morning I´ve to go to the hospital, because I´ve 3 clinical rotatorion there, and in the afternoon I take advantage of going to the gym, doing some stuff of the university or going out with my friends. My English has improved a lot, because I´ve the oportunity to talk with other people in different languages. In addition, now I´m learning Finnish, but is too diffícult for us. One of my thoughts before arrive here was that I thought most of the people speaks English. However, when I took the bus and I asked something to the driver, they couldn´t answer me because they don´t know the language. At the moment, I live in the Student Village, with my friends from Spain. I arrived ther