September 2009 - Posts

What Joe the Nurse Saw in Nepal
September 18, 2009 12:14 PM by Valerie Newitt

"I spent 15 years of my career doing critical care," said Joe Niemczura, MSN, RN. "Sure, I can run hemodynamic monitoring ... But, if you have a high-tech background in nursing, just throw that out the window. In Nepal, they don't have hemodynamic monitoring, Read More...

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'Shameless Plug' for RNs Who Deserve Your Attention
September 16, 2009 9:09 AM by Valerie Newitt

This is not the next "official" installment of this globetrotting blog. Next up in just a few days, as promised, will be more of the adventures of Joe "the Snake Man" Niemczura, MS, RN, in Nepal. Instead, this is just a shameless plug for a story that Read More...

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How Joe the Nurse Became the Snake Man of Nepal
September 3, 2009 6:27 PM by Valerie Newitt

On his first nursing mission to Nepal in 2007, Joe Niemczura, MS, RN, wondered how he would make his mark on the indigenous people. "I wasn't there to do the nursing, I was there to teach the locals what they need to do," he explains. But as he arrived Read More...

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