Tag Archives: nursing education

“The Dream Trap” is required reading for Nepali nurses thinking of going to the UK

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I usually share information about the process of getting a nurse’s license in USA, and I don’t pretend to know about the UK system. The other day somebody shared a link with me that brings you to a paper written … Continue reading →

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The Future of PCL nursing education route in Nepal

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

May 20, 2015 update: I reposted this on Nurses of Nepal and I expect a lot of hits today. Evidently, there is a new exam for the second-years of PCL throughout the country. The vast majority of students, nationwide, failed … 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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Nursing Education system in Nepal as of April 2013

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Updated Aug 29, 2015 by adding photos.  Also, be sure to click on the hypertext. Sept 8th update:  In May I wrote a companion piece, be sure to read that one too! Click here   What are the titles given to … Continue reading →

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Update About Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training component

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

We will focus on critical care nursing skills, but not do an “official” ACLS class. As described in previous blogs, a lot of what I teach is based on materials from the American Heart Association (AHA) and my own background … Continue reading →

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CCNEPal 2013 – gearing up for summer 2013

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

We now have an official name for this project. Previously I have just called it Kathmandu Critical Care Nursing Education summer 2013. It will now be called CCNEPal – Critical Care Nursing Education Project Nepal which will be more “catchy” Summary: Until … Continue reading →

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Link to the Professionally-edited YouTube Video

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012 A late entry to this blog. One day a professional photojournalist came to class. She took footage of the mega-code drills, including small teams working on resuscitation protocols. She also interviewed me. She … Continue reading →

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my License as an R.N. in Nepal, making videos of nursing education

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Jan 2012 – please consider subscribing to my current blog. This Kathmandu blog is not active anymore, now that the 2011 trip to Nepal is history. August 2, 2011 Today’s program was not very ambitious. I still have a dry cough … Continue reading →

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Presenting the certificates, tying it up with a red ribbon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Joe puts on his matador’s hat and Suit of Lights

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

“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 →

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Joe is just as pretty as he always was, and wins a beauty contest to prove it

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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The purpose of a Final Exam and other pedagogical mysteries

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Three Cups of Tea in Kathmandu Nepal

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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“The Wise Men Say There’s a Thousand Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground”

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Excerpt from The Hospital at the End of the World which details the comparison between USA hospitals and Nepal hospitals

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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The Light at the End of the 2011 Tunnel for Kathmandu Critical Care

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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listening to a Nepali Lullabye

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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not sleeping alone in Bharatpur

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Where Do You Park an Elephant *During Monsoon?*

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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Nurse wages in Nepal and the outmigration of Nepali nurses

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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How to Measure Health Progress (when we are all going to die)

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

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 →

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“Joe! Stop and Smell the Incense!”

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

High Water Update Today the Bagmati River receded about a foot, but the rains continue intermittently, so the hundreds of squatters living in bamboo and blue tarp shacks on the river bank at Thapathali are still living a tenuous existence. … Continue reading →

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Becoming a TV celebrity in Kathmandu

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

X-ing off days on the calendar. In 2007 I bought a brown leather diary in which to write every day for my first adventure to Nepal, and I filled 198 pages of it by the end of the time, single … Continue reading →

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Smart Phones rule the world

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Day Three in Bhairawa –  If you haven’t been to the YouTube channel, check it out – I uploaded a nearly-six-minute Mega-code video last evening. Go to youtube and type in “Joe Niemczura” – it’s the Joe Niemczura channel!  And … Continue reading →

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Bhairawa side-trip day two – not on the weather channel

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Rickshaw part one Didn’t actually leave the Guest House until 0700, left my A/C room and stepped out into the hazy languid mugginess that is the Terai. Immediate bath of sweat. A beautiful flutelike sound of a bird I could … Continue reading →

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The Pirates of Kathmandu

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 20110-2012. click on the link and then click on the “sign me up” box on the right. it’s easy! Being a Tourist now and again Nice day Friday the 17th, enjoyed Swayambu … Continue reading →

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definition of a “slum”

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Further Adventures in documents Thursday I got my visa renewed. On arrival I only had the cash for a one-month visa due to my book-shipping problem, and now I am legally here til I leave Aug 2nd. The visa cost … Continue reading →

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Is ACLS ever “Warm and Fuzzy?”

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Bandhs as a fact of life Tuesday late afternoon before Wednesday’s daylong class, I was eating with a friend who casually mentioned there would be a three-day bandh. Oh no. My plans for the once-a-week class do not allow for … Continue reading →

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and other public spectacles

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

In previous blogs I have teased you a few times by saying someday I would tell the tale of a particular death at Mission Hospital; now is a good time to share. Oh, I had already been teaching certain specific … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Butterflies. duuno why I did this, but – I did.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

So I just posted the blog about yesterday’s class, this morning but feel energized right now so I am jotting down today’s while it is still fresh. As we ended the class Friday, the students had wheedled about dispensing with … Continue reading →

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The first group of little birds will now leave my nest

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

One more day and then the first cohort, fifteen BN students will be “done” with the training. These guys stuck with it, and still had some panache left at the end. Four more such groups will join them over the … Continue reading →

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I once was lost and now I’m found

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

After six straight days of teaching, the idea was to “get out of dodge” for Saturday and get some exercise. Two years ago I did the hike from Changu Narayan to Bhaktapur and it was excellent. So – – – … Continue reading →

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Bi-Lingual Nursing Education – English and Nepali

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

why not subscribe to my current blog?  Tuesday marked three days with the fifteen BN students, they will now have a day off while I do class #2 with the larger group. My goal was to maximize time spent teaching … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile back in Honolulu

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Followup of the other day:check this out. My sublettee tells me the ’97 Civic has electrical problems. Last year the mechanic told me it was unlikely to pass inspection again; and I’ve had various things happen to it – 180,000 … Continue reading →

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Do you ever have a “Theme Song” for an event in your life?

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I am a musical guy. For each previous trip to Nepal I have had a piece of music that somehow becomes ubiquitous – a theme song. What’s the role of music in your life? In 2007 the theme song turned … Continue reading →

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Initiation into the tribe of Critical Care Nurses starts – now…..

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Hey, check out the Joe Niemczura channel on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/Joeniemczura Thursday I made just a small entry into the blog, a sort of tease I suppose – brief. What’s the ideal length of these posts anyway? My former clinical students … Continue reading →

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First Day of Critical Care class – the “Main Event” of this particular three-ring circus

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

I will revise this in the next day or two unless of course I just add another one altogether – – – June 1st was the first class meeting of “the main event“. I will be doing other adapted versions … Continue reading →

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Of Documents, paperwork and certificates with a capital “C”

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Catch-Up Catches Up please do check out my book on Amazon Thursday was catching up on administrative things, stultifying but necessary. Hardly the stuff of which riveting blog-o-pulchritude is woven. In today’s installment of the serial we do boring things…. … Continue reading →

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Impact of Facebook. Meeting my Students

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

please consider subscribing to my current blog, Honolulu 2011-2012. when you get there, click on the little box to the right that says sign me up. Used to be: You’d have an overseas experience and return home. When you were … Continue reading →

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And another big step in planning May 23rd

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

So today was a bit anticlimactic in a way. The bandh was cancelled, which I discovered through overhearing some workmen joke about it in Nepali as they were starting their day fixing the driveway of annexe 2. Yippy! Higher Ground … Continue reading →

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Air cargo building in Kathmandu

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Cargo Arrival Late last night I got an email to say that my five boxes were in Thai Air Cargo and I could get them. My plan was to go there myself and see if I could independently navigate the … Continue reading →

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Paulo Freire and my project

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

Just a quick note about the issues of colonialism, neo-colonialism, etc.  Nepal was never conquered in the colonialist sense, a fact of which the Nepalese are justly proud.But they still depend on foreign aid. If you have not read the … Continue reading →

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