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Any USA acute care pediatric nurses out there? plan now for summer 2018 in Nepal!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

You are now reading the blog to accompany a project that trains Nepali nurses and doctors in critical care skills using a 2- or 3-day course based on the American Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course. ( let me be … 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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Biratnagar 2016 excursion part 2 – the sessions

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

In summer 2016 I spent two weeks teaching in Biratnagar, Nepal. Though it’s the second-largest city in the Himalayan country, it’s not on tourist path. In the first part of this series I described a few things about the town. … 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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Link to Aloha Medical Mission video August 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

The Aloha Medical Mission also goes to Nepal. Brad Wong, MD is a retired surgeon from Honolulu who does a lot of international surgery volunteer work. In 2008 he spent time in Tansen, he and I overlapped there for a … Continue reading →

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