Our day started off nice and early as we headed off to the University of Panama. We arrived and were greeted by one of the administrators from their nursing program. We were blessed by her ability to speak English as she served as our interpreter throughout the day. The dean from their college of nursing then came and spoke to us. We meet in a lecture hall and were joined by fellow nursing students from the University of Panama. It was wonderful to feel so loved and welcomed. They were so excited to show us all of their facilities within the college of nursing. We saw some similarities between their facility and ours and of course we saw some differences. I think its wonderful to get another culture's perspective of health care and observe their way of learning and teaching. One fun fact we found out was the average cost for one semester at the University of Panama was only $50.00!!! WOW! A lot cheaper than in the States! We've all learned so much about the Panamanian culture already and we are eager to continue to learn more!!! After experiencing the University of Panama's nursing college, and their cafeteria food (which was only 50 cents per plate!), we headed off to the Latina University. The Latina University is a private college. Their college was quite different from the University of Panama. A lot smaller amount of nursing students and their technology was more advanced. It's $14,000 for the whole program at their college. Once again we were greeted by their dean and treated with so much respect and care. We were blessed again by some students who spoke English and were able to answer a lot of our questions. They were so nice we're going to be going out with them one night for dinner! Overall, it was an amazing day of experiencing another culture and their nursing programs. I believe all learned and are looking forward to the days to come!!!
PS- I love and miss all you guys back home! ( especially you mom and dad!!!)
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