Monthly Archives: June 2014

My trip to Manthali, June 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

2018 Update Here is a three-minute video from an NGO that donated equipment to Tamakoshi Hospital. Nice scenes showing what the place looks like. 2014 short version several months ago I got contacted out of the blue by an American … Continue reading →

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list of upcoming sessions as of June 16, 2014

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

UPDATED JULY 1st to register for August sessions at LNC campus, go to the LNC Library. there are still seats available for some of the sessions. schedule-as-you-go for CCNEPal I don’t start filling up the calendar until I arrive here. It’s easier … Continue reading →

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How to register for summer sessions of Critical care Nursing 3-day course in Kathmandu, August 2014

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

UPDATED JULY 21st 2014 We have completed arrangements to offer the 3-day Critical Care Nurses Training session in Kathmandu in August. This is the same session that was offered in 2013, when 534 people took this training. to learn about … Continue reading →

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Schedule for 2-day version of Cardiac Life Support course

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

MBBS? Medical Officers? CCNEPal will be available to train MBBS students in Cardiac Life Support, and is working to schedule this with some hospitals (I will announce more when dates are confirmed). for nurses When we teach this to nurses, … Continue reading →

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part 5: finally, the “Pearls” of teaching ACLS in Low Resource Setting

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Muraho to my readers from Rwanda! My blog stats tell me I am getting a lot of hits from that country. Please make a comment below and tell me who you are. I am very curious. Welcome to this page. … Continue reading →

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part 4: teaching ACLS in Low Resource setting “give me a sharpened stick and a bare patch of earth”

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

So – you think you are a critical care cowboy and you are cool because you learned all kinds of derivative cardiopulmonary values and numerical formulae? hah. None of it is much use in a Low Resource Setting. True story: … Continue reading →

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part 3: teaching critical care. take the quiz about cultural differences in education

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

People are the product of their environment. I’m still on the meandering path to describing my inside secrets of how and why I teach critical care nursing the way I do. I am not a person who stands behind a … Continue reading →

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Link to May 2014 interview on Himali Swoharu e-radio.

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

this is a short blog entry. I recorded an interview with Mr. Sahadev Paudel, of Manhattan New York USA who has produced an ongoing podcast for many years. It was a pleasure to meet him in person – He’d interviewed … Continue reading →

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part 2: teaching critical care nursing in Low Income Countries. “Is there a problem, Officer?”

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

first – buy my second book. It’s a novel, but it will give you a realistic picture of what it’s like to be in a hospital in a Low Income Country. “Whether the events happened or not, it’s truth with … Continue reading →

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part 1: tips on how to teach ACLS in a Low Resource Setting June 1 2014 – “notes from the field”

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

First in a multipart series (before we start. Buy my latest book. click here to find it on Amazon.) UPDATE: this is a five-part series. click here to skip to installment five). the style of teaching matters just as much … Continue reading →

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