Vuong Thi Nhat Le（2014年2月）

I came to Japan with two colleagues of mine, who had experience of visiting this country before. For me it was the first time. Everything I could learn about Japan and Japanese from newspapers, television and friends was true. The infrastructure and transportation are very modern. People are always agile according to the style of the highly industrial society.

My favorite thing about Japanese people is their very strong community spirit. They have such habits as lining up in public places, making concessions and being silent. They are always careful in communication; especially in the manner they greet others. They're always very polite in greetings, even if they have never met each other before. We can hear them saying hello to each other all over Japan. I think they have special education for such good manners.

When I arrived to Tsukuba, I was really surprised to see such a large campus with beautiful and moderns buildings of the University of Tsukuba Hospital. When I entered the building, I did not think it is a hospital. There were no patients and relatives crowded at the waiting hall or the hospital corridors, as in the hospitals in Vietnam. Here everything is very well organized. Everything is as clean as in the hotel.

We visited Office for the Promotion of the International Medical Affairs (OPIMA) and the Nursing Department. I felt very comfortable and the atmosphere was very pleasant. I was warmly welcomed, and my Japanese colleagues were very careful even in smallest things, like following their "extreme caution" style. The visit, skills exchange and learning were carefully planned by Ms. Yoko Shirakawa, the chief nurse and the vice-director of the hospital, so my trip was very fruitful and efficient.

After learning at Tsukuba during my visit I realized that I need to improve the nursing management system in my hospital, because the system of chief nurses management at the University of Tsukuba Hospital is quite good. With the rotation of chief nurses to manage all departments, other nursing staff can be sent to work at any department if necessary.

In the future, with the cooperation and help of the University of Tsukuba Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital will establish a short-time exchange program for nurses to come and learn in Tsukuba to prepare the human resources for Cho Ray Hospital №2.

I would like to thank the director of the University of Tsukuba Hospital, as well as Professor Minoru Akiyama, Ms. Yoko Shirakawa, and the members of OPIMA and the Nursing Department for their help and support during my stay in Tsukuba. I hope to come to Tsukuba again in the future.

See you again!