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Joe the Nurse Helps RNs Deal with Heart-Rending Experiences in Haiti
March 9, 2010 4:34 PM by Valerie Newitt
"Joe the Nurse" Niemczura, MS, RN, instructor at the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii, Manoa, offers useable advice for RNs suffering emotional turmoil from volunteer stints in Haiti. In Joe's words: I still wonder about that Read More...
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Nursing School in Haiti Will Need Support to Continue Vital Work
January 27, 2010 12:47 PM by Valerie Newitt
Haiti Nursing Foundation ( HNF ) uses a French phrase on their opening Web page: "Nous Sommes La Difference." It means, literally, "We are the difference." And what a difference the young nursing students at HNF's FSIL School of Nursing in Leogane, Haiti, Read More...
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Zig-Zag, Part 2: African Nurses, Global Challenges and India's Clatter
January 18, 2010 12:07 PM by Valerie Newitt
We're heading back to India, through the eyes of our guest blogger Malene Nielsen Flagga, an information specialist and science journalist at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She shares her recent experience with international nurses, many from Read More...
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Put Haiti on Your Gift List: A Little Bit Can Mean So Much to Student Nurses
December 4, 2009 2:05 PM by Valerie Newitt
Holidays inspire charitable spirits and giving hearts. Instead of placing one more package under the tree, or splurging on yet another holiday cocktail, consider what the underlying funds could mean to young people struggling to become nurses in Haiti. Read More...
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Joe the Nurse Makes East Coast Tour
October 1, 2009 10:12 AM by Valerie Newitt
If you live on the East coast and would like to meet Joe Niemczura, MS, RN, known affectionately on this blog as "Joe the Nurse," the time is almost at hand. This affable nursing instructor at the University of Hawaii - Manoa/Nepal nursing instructor/author Read More...
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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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Miracles Happen! Haiti Graduates First BSN-Prepared Nursing Class
July 21, 2009 12:36 PM by Valerie Newitt
"Some people thought this would be a dinky little school," laughs Ruth Barnard, PhD, RN, former University of Michigan professor who, upon "retirement," accepted the challenge of helping to establish a BSN-granting nursing school on the island of Haiti. Read More...
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Nursing a Dream: RN Takes Can-Do Attitude to Haiti
July 1, 2009 5:27 PM by Valerie Newitt
Ruth Barnard, PhD, RN, was about as far away from Haiti as a person could get in her cold, blustery hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Newly retired from her professorship at the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 2000, she was ripe for a new challenge. Read More...
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