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Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Secret of a Good Professional Curriculum Vitae and other fallacies
please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012 Curriculum Vitae Was toying with how to describe this summer’s project in my CV, and the spectrum of descriptors extends to the horizon in both directions….. it can be anything from … Continue reading
Posted in scholarly work, The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged academic publishing, cover letter tips, critical care nursing, curriculum vitae, CV, first nursing job, how to write a CV, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nurse credentialling, nurses professional resume, nursing career advice, nursing job search, publish or perish, tenure, tenure-track
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the last seventyfive students July 29
(Thursday evening Got back from dinner with a friend to see that th Koreans were back – about twenty eating kim chee in the kitchen – nodding politely and smiling. Twelve women are in the annexe with me; the men … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged ACLS, critical care, critical thinking, Kathmandu, Nepal, Patan Hospital;
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Presenting the certificates, tying it up with a red ribbon
The Final Exam Yesterday was the final exam for the big Wednesday class, I made 75 copies of the exam but didn’t really expect everyone to attend. 73 showed up. There was load shedding when we arrived and the classroom … Continue reading
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree…. I don’t particularly listen to country music, but the old chestnut from Tony Orlando and Dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBL2kzKg4nY has been going through my head to day, and I were in Honolulu I would … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged ACLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, adventure travel, asian travel, Boudhanath, critical care nursing, global nursing, ICU, Joe Niemczura, Kathmandu, Marco Polo, medical misson, Nepal, nursing education, simulation learning, Three Cups of Tea, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree, Tony Orlando
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Joe puts on his matador’s hat and Suit of Lights
“A Man Without a Cross” Each cohort of students this summer is a book on my shelf. A handsome cover beckons to us – nice words on the back – The first line of the first page draws us in … Continue reading
Joe is just as pretty as he always was, and wins a beauty contest to prove it
Time Travels back and forth The dilemma is always whether to use this as a chronology or not. Yesterday was a get-your-chores-done kind of day, picking up photocopying for my last cohort, meeting with people to plan events, grocery shopping, … Continue reading
Posted in nursing education, The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged ACLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, critical care nursing, functional nursing, global nursing, ICU, Joe Niemczura, Kathmandu, Laerdal, Nepal, nursing education, Patan Hospital;, resusci-Anne, Sim-Man, simulation learning, Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital, Ugly American
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The purpose of a Final Exam and other pedagogical mysteries
please take a look at my current blog, and consider subscribing The Party’s Over….. The Big Class finished the eighth of our weekly teaching sessions Wednesday, July 20. Sixty two nurses in attendance despite the heavy rain. The rain did … Continue reading
Three Cups of Tea in Kathmandu Nepal
please consider subscribing to my current blog Daybreak sounds of urban Nepal In the sleepy mornings of Jawalekhel, somebody about a block away meditates each day using a base drum and another instrument that chips away rhythmically with a hollow almost-Cuban … Continue reading
Posted in nursing education
Tagged ACLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Bir Hospital, CPR mannikins, critical care nursing, global nursing, ICU, Kathmandu, Kathmandu earthquake, Laerdal, Nepal, Nepal earthquake, nursing education, Pashmina, Sim-Man, simulation learning, Three Cups of Tea, Tribuwhan University Teaching Hospital
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“The Wise Men Say There’s a Thousand Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground”
Nancy Harless was right when she said “Joe! Stop and smell the incense!” The title of today’s blog comes from The Gathering of Spirits, a wonderful song by Carrie Newcomer, one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Birthdays and Anniversaries A year … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged ACLS, Appalachian Trail, Carrie Newcomer, critical care nursing, karma, Kathmandu, Long Trail, monsoon, Nancy Harless, Nepal, nursing education, Patan Hospital;, Peter Niemczura, Shenandoah National park, simulation learning, singing bowl, Thangka, The Gathering of Spirits, Urban hiking, volunteer nursing in Nepal
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Excerpt from The Hospital at the End of the World which details the comparison between USA hospitals and Nepal hospitals
July 28 2011 udate: This entry was originally titled Today I performed an emergency appendectomy but I am having a relaxing day to recover from a recent cold and fever and decided to re-tag my blog so as to help people … Continue reading
Posted in nursing education
Tagged emergency appendectomy, functional nursing, global nursing, green hospital, hand hygiene, hindu cremation, hospitals in low income countries, Joe Niemczura, lower income countries health care, medication safety in low income countries, Missionary Hospitals, Nepal, nurse volunteering in low income countries, nursing, nursing education, nursing school, Tansen Nepal, The Hospital at the End of the World, third world, transcultural nursing, United Missions to nepal
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The Light at the End of the 2011 Tunnel for Kathmandu Critical Care
Pani 6 It’s raining as I write this, cool and delightful weather. The fridge at the Guest House was repaired while I was gone, I cooked spaghetti and meat for myself last evening. I am sharing the Guest House with … Continue reading
listening to a Nepali Lullabye
Today, Day three, it’s raining. So Day Two In Bharatpur began with another rickshaw ride, I have to admit I pay the rickshaw drivers more than the going rate, but it won’t stop me from another ride today. The heat … Continue reading
not sleeping alone in Bharatpur
Let’s start a nursing school Okay, so one missing piece of the economic puzzle is why there are so many B Sc nursing schools being started in Nepal. There is a rush of new programs on the books in Nepal. … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged ACLS, Charles Marlow, chitwan, christian missionaries, Congo Brazzaville, critical care nursing, gekko, honey hunters of Nepal, ICU, Kathmandu, Nepal, nursing education, nursing school accreditation, nursing school loans, nursing student, one-horned rhinoceros, The Heart of Darkness
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Where Do You Park an Elephant *During Monsoon?*
So I was up early to take taxi to Kanti Path near Thamel. It’s the point from which nice Tourist Buses depart for Chitwan and Pokhara. Aarju Niraula met me there and we were joined by Rajani the in-charge of … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged Brass Band, bus travel, chitwan, elephant, ICU, Mission Hospital, Nepal, nursing education, Samaritan's Purse, Terai
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Nurse wages in Nepal and the outmigration of Nepali nurses
UPDATE June 2019 even after eight years this is one of the most-read entries on this blog. If you are serious about going abroad, here are some tips to improve English language that you can try: https://wp.me/p1Kwij-rB 7836 views as … Continue reading
Posted in medical care in low income countries, nursing education
Tagged ACLS, arranged marriage, bonded labor, caste, CGFNS, culture shock, dowry, educational consultancy, functional nursing, further study, global nursing, human trafficking, international nurse migration, Kathmandu, Nepalese going abroad to work, Nepali workers abroad, New York Times best seller list, nurse wages in Nepal, nursing education, outmigration of nurses from Nepal, reentry shock, remittance, The Hospital at the End of the World, USA visa for Nepali nurses
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At Times Like These, I want My Mommy….
please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012 Floating in space and time – You can think of a blog as a diary from one day to the next in which case there will be an ongoing stream of … Continue reading
Posted in nursing education
Tagged blogging, critical care nursing, diarrhea, food poisoning, Jason Waechter, Joe Niemczura, Kathmandu, Lalitpur Nursing Campus, linear time, mega-code, Nepal, Oprah Winfrey, papparazzi, People Magazine, teachingmedicine.com, The Hospital t the End of the World
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Male Nurses in Nepal – The Topic of Which We Dare Not Speak.
please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012 Caveat: In this blog I am about to divulge something I generally refuse to discuss. Nowadays the youth of today have a term they call a “rant” – meaning, a diatribe … Continue reading
Posted in nepali culture, nursing education
Tagged American Assembly of Men in Nursing, assertiveness, critical care nursing, Deb Tannen, doctor-nurse game, feminism, gender roles, ICU, male nurse, male nurses, male nurses in Nepal, men in nursing, MinorityNurse, Nepal, Peggy Chinn, role socialization, role theory, sexism, sexual harassment, social etiquette, the doctor-nurse game, You Just Don't Understand
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How to Measure Health Progress (when we are all going to die)
Getting out of the Silo Something I liked about the medical community of Mission Hospital at Tansen was the accessibility of doctors and nurses to each other, something not common in Nepal, but for that matter, not common in most … Continue reading
Posted in The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged brucellosis, church planting, critical care nursing, culture shock, global nursing, Kathmandu, lief expectancy, Loaves and fishes, lost nations, medical mission, missionary zeal, Nepal, nursing education, re-entry shock, Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Rick Warren, Samaritan's Purse, Skowhegan, Tansen Mission Hospital, The Troubles, Thomas Hale, transcultural nursing, Tropical medicine, United Missions to nepal
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Matthew 5:45 is the Order of the Day
Rain. “Pani ho!” “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, nepali culture, The Hospital at the End of the World
Tagged Christian apologetics, christian missionaries, converting the heathens, floods in asia, Fundamentalism, golden idols, Gregorian Chant, John 3:16, Kathmandu, Liberation theology, lost nations, Matthew 5:45, Milarepa Tsok, monsoon, Nepal Monsoon, pagan idols, Patan, Rick Warren, Saint Francis, The Great Commandment, Tibetan chanting
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