Peace Corps

[bethin]

I have wanted to join the Peace Corps since I was a kid. I've looked into it but I would love to hear some stories of nurses, OR techs, etc who have worked with the Peace Corps. My biggest worry is the language barrier. Also, what did your family think and how did you stay close to your family even though you were thousands of miles away with no internet or phone?

[Dinsey]

I was told by a PC recruiter at a career fair a few years ago that they didn't want nurses. He said that they were not set up to utilize our skills and did not want us to lose them while we were in PC.

I was about to start my nursing program and ******. Maybe it's not accurate...

[RNNPICU, BSN, RN]

I am a RPCV (return peace corps volunteer, the title you get when you complete your service). I was in Nicaragua for 2 1/2 years teaching health education topics, helping with vaccination campaigns and helping out in the clinic in the town. I wa in a small village with no running water so I bathed in a river. I was there 95-97. It was the most rewarding experience for me. I wa not a nurse at the time but was did have an impact for me to study nursing later. I lived in a village of about 200 people