Tag Archives: Nursing education in Nepal

CCNEPal 2020 summer plans

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

This will be brief. CCNEPal teaches a version of Advanced Cardiac Life Support to nurses and doctors in Nepal. Since inception in 2011 we have trained 4,500 nurses and doctors. ( yes, it’s a large number, hard to believe). We … Continue reading →

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Should Every Nursing College in Nepal build their very own hospital? Of course not!

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Swasthya Khabar needs to stop attacking and start helping So there has been a series of newspaper articles in Swasthya Khabar that investigate issues within the nursing profession of Nepal. These have been written in Nepali language, and I start … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2019 Stop and Smell the Incense in Kathmandu

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal completed session number eleven yesterday with 38 students from the BNS and BMS program at Bir Nursing Campus. This was the third time I have worked with that school and I appreciate the people there. Since the earthquake they … Continue reading →

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Team of Quebec Nurse educators to visit Nepal in spring 2019 – want to meet them?

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I got a unusual email that led to a phone call. Hello Joe, I’m a Canadian nurse and educator, planning a trip to Nepal in the spring.  I have been to Nepal twice before (about 30 years ago) with my … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal Summer 2017 How to arrange hosting a session of the ICU training

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

It starts May 12th and ends July 14th May 16th update: I leave for Terai in the morning. My Nepal phone chip has been activated. The number is 98010 96822 To call me from USA: 011 977 98010 96822 I … Continue reading →

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The Three-legged Stool of Global Health Nursing – for October 15th in Boston!

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving Health Systems’ Resilience above is the title of the Oct 14th and 15th 2016 meeting of Boston’s Global Health Nursing Caucus (in Boston of course!) and the event can be found at:http://seedglobalhealth.org/nursing-conference/#.V96VLIf2Zjo It’s co-sponsored … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal begins planning for 2017 in Nepal – taking it up a notch?

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal began a special project to upgrade critical care skills of nurses in 2011. Since that time we have trained 2,885 nurses and doctors to perform cardiac life support skills using scenario-based teaching, which in itself is new to Nepal. … Continue reading →

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Janakpur summer 2016 part 2 (of 3) – JMC Teaching Hospital

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

There will be a part 3 to describe Janaki Health Care and Research Center – JHCRC. This one is about Janaki Medical College Teaching Hospital – city branch.  JMC TH. When I go to Nepal I always start with a … Continue reading →

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The Overall Schedule for CCNEPal summer 2016 is taking shape

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

The Theme of Summer 2016 In past years, I don’t worry too much about what the schedule will be when I get to Nepal. As long as the first few days are scheduled, I know I will get many eager … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal planning for summer 2016

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal is an ongoing educational project since 2011. We have trained 2,170 nurses and doctors in Nepal to use a particular set of critical care skills. May 1st Update I bought my ticket and I arrive May 16th to TIA.  … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal goes to CUGH 2016 in San Francisco, April 8th to 11th

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

CCNEPal will be at the meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2016 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA April 8th through 11th. Click here for the conference program. Poster Presentation Final Poster Number on Poster Board: 2.037_HRW … Continue reading →

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July 18, 2015 an MBBS doc writes about ACLS for interns

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Editor’s note: I was privileged to work with Chitwan Medical College (CMC) in 2015 to train 120 MBBS interns with the 2-day course of Cardiac Life Support from CCNEPal. CMC was a terrific partner and they are now teaching this … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal Preliminary report for 2015, late May, part one, just the facts…..

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

note: I will depart Nepal for 2015 on May 30th. It’s a slow day and I thought I’d start this. The calendar year 2014 was summarized in a previous blog. Considerable detailed notes have been published here on a frequent basis. … Continue reading →

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April 6 2015 New Critical Care Book at LNC Library in Sanepa #Nepal

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Every nurse in #Nepal is invited to learn about this new resource. It’s perfect if you are doing a research project on ICU care. Or if you wish to learn about mechanical ventilators, for example. This book costs $125 USD … Continue reading →

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Nepal Nurse going to USA – steps needed Sept 18th 2014

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

UPDATE June 2019 click here to learn an interesting and fun way to improve your English comprehension especially with medical words and concepts  https://wp.me/p1Kwij-rB UPDATE May 2019 Today I found a series of videos from Ilha Panti. These are about … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of My Atttitude toward megacode scenarios in Nepal

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

quick advert: My second book is a novel, but the medical details represent real situations and of course, the intent is to convey the feeling of being in a small medical community in a remote area of Nepal. You can … 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 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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Guest Blog by Gaynor Sheahan, RN regarding nursing education in Nepal

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Blog editor’s note: Ms. Gaynor Sheahan is a nurse from Australia who has spent time working and teaching in Nepal. She wrote this paper as a graduate school assignment for Monash University. There are people within Nepal writing about nursing … Continue reading →

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