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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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