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Summary of Summer 2018 CCNEPal activities

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Joe Niemczura, RN, MS

This is “late” seeing as how I returned to USA six weeks ago. My job in USA – my “real job” keeps me busy. Locations and hosts CCNEPal taught 19 sessions in Nepal in summer 2018, and distributed 593 certificates … 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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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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Bringing 115 kg of books to Kathmandu and other travails

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

Arranging and re-arranging boxes of books in my office Monday the 16th of May I got to the office early and did my last minute re-arranging of items and boxes. As you know, I collect donated nursing textbooks. At one … Continue reading →

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Reprint of Interview with Joe Niemczura published in “Imprint” regarding volunteer nursing in Nepal

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

Editor’s note: Joe Niemczura, RN, MS teaches nursing at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. He has also taught nursing in a rural area of the Himalayan country of Nepal. Joe was the keynote speaker at NSNA’s 2010 mid-year convention. … Continue reading →

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