Changing Lives by Even the Smallest Things
Third-Year BSN Student Volunteers Nursing Services to Rural Dominican Republic Villages
Posted 7/28/10
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Eduardo Locci with a clinic staffer |
Eduardo Locci with colleagues and patients in the Dominican Republic |
Although Eduardo Locci one day plans to take to the skies as a flight nurse and care for trauma patients, this summer he spent two unforgettable weeks as a volunteer nurse/medical assistant for a clinic called A Mother’s Wish in the Dominican Republic town of Los Pajones, which is a 30-minute drive from Santiago.
Locci spent much of his time either at the clinic, where he welcomed patients and performed routine vital signs and check ups, or accompanying a nurse throughout the countryside to deliver health care services to various towns and villages.
“When going through the community, we just took a blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, thermometer and medications that we knew we needed or basic medications that helped with a lot of the community problems,” he says.
The experience, while brief, helped Locci realize how fortunate he is to have the opportunities to make a difference. “I have definitely learned that the smallest things can change someone’s life,” he says.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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