American system of nurse education versus German training

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Hi guys,

my name is Karsten Hartdegen and I´m writing to you because I´m looking for contact to German interested students from the United States of America who want to exchange ideas, thoughts and more of their country and culture.

I´m 40 years old, married and have two kids (2 and 4 years). I´m head of a school training nurses (tied to a hospital) and hope to get a lot of informations of the American school and education system, ecspecially in terms of nurse education.

So, can you help me?

Of course too I want to make my (American) English better on this way, maybe someone want to learn a bit German!

Thank you a lot for your interest.

With kind regards

Karsten

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Hello Karsten and welcome to allnurses. So, you are an instuctor of a nursing program which is affiliated (tied to) a hospital? We have all different types of nursing programs in the U.S. I am an LPN which is a nurse who goes to training school for 1 1/2 years and gets a diploma and license to prqactice nursing. The first half of my program was classroom study, the second half was hands on clinical training. We did that at various hospitals/nursing homes in my area. Do you have LPNs in Germany? I'm sure some of the other would be happy to explain their nursing programs to you.

I have been to Germany many times as my husband was stationed there in the USAF. It is a beautiful country with tons of friendly people. Again, welcome!

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Karsten... I pm'd you. (in case you're not familiar with the bulletin board yet, that means I sent you a private message.)

Again, Welcome ! :cool:

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Originally posted by HerEyes73

Hello Karsten and welcome to allnurses. So, you are an instuctor of a nursing program which is affiliated (tied to) a hospital? We have all different types of nursing programs in the U.S. I am an LPN which is a nurse who goes to training school for 1 1/2 years and gets a diploma and license to prqactice nursing. The first half of my program was classroom study, the second half was hands on clinical training. We did that at various hospitals/nursing homes in my area. Do you have LPNs in Germany? I'm sure some of the other would be happy to explain their nursing programs to you.

I have been to Germany many times as my husband was stationed there in the USAF. It is a beautiful country with tons of friendly people. Again, welcome!

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Thanks a lot and I will answer your nice mail soon. And in detail, of course!

So I have to go to bed now, it´s too latze (23.00 Uhr).

Bye

Karsten

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ya well my grandmother still lives in Germany, speaks no english, my mother speaks english and german, So when we went back to visit family the only nifty things I could say were: spoon, fork, refrigerator , and thanks to my grandmother "the water tastes like sleeping feet" :) . So I am now trying to learn German for when we go back in a few years...

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I don't speak German even tho my Grandmother did fluently ...I hate she never taught me or even used it.

I do speak Spanish fluently tho...

welcome to all nurses, Kirsten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi to you all,

both English and Germann spoken people( Nurse students,etc.)

I´m member of this forum and I was always watching in the international forum to look other nurses who are interested in multicutural Enviroment, especially German. At this Time I have applied to different hospitals to work there as a OR Tech, and after a while (6 to 12 month) to sit(?) for the NCLEX and probably the TOEFL.

Carsten with C :)

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Hi Carsten with C,

are you German? Working at the States in this moment?

Maybe (or surely) you will be able to tell me lots ofg things I want to know......

Greetings

Karsten

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Hi Shannon,

your German is really godd. How did you get that?

Karsten

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Thanks a lot!

German is a bit difficulty to learn I have to say. But it´s worthwhile! The same language as Fichte, Goethe, Hegel, Nietsche, Freud, Kant and many more thinkers.

Maybe it´ll get a small course on languages....

Greetings

Karsten

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Hi guy (or where name to you prefer?),

what is LPN?

Is it the system like here in Germany?

The becoming nurse have to go to school and work at a hospital for 3 years. They have to get 2300 hours in theory (and instructing) and the rest in practise.

I´m the head of one school and habve to organise the thoery and practise with suitable tasks.

I´m employed at this hospital. That´s unique in Germany because all other trainings are located to a work and to a state´s school (called: dual system, Duales System), but not for nurses.

That´s a bit different as you see.

Did you understand what I wrote?

LG (= Liebe Grüße = lovely greetings)

Karsten

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My paternal grandmother immigrated to the US from Germany as a child. i would like to visit your beautiful country someday!

Your 3 year RN program sounds like the one I graduated from many years ago...hospital based. We still have some hospital based programs here but most nurses now are trained at colleges and universities, with a clinical component in local hospitals. There is a big push here now to go to degrees (2 yr or 4 yr...many desire 4 yr entry level) only and it creates quite a bit of controversy!!:eek:

I hope to see you posting often and again, welcome! :D

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