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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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Joe the Nurse Explores RNs' Haiti Disaster Fatigue, While Waiting for Tsunami
March 1, 2010 11:56 AM by Valerie Newitt
"Joe the Nurse" Niemczura, MS, RN, captured attention from worldwide readers of this blog when he shared his volunteer nursing adventures in Nepal earlier this year. I heard from the instructor at the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Read More...
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Poll Identifies Global Obesity Issues and Solutions
February 15, 2010 10:30 AM by Valerie Newitt
For those interested in health issues around the world, Reader's Digest offers a fascinating look at global obesity in its February 2010 issue. Based on the magazine's own worldwide poll, the information presented by writer Joe Kita compares dietary and 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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Zig-Zag: Danish Guide Takes us to India to Meet Nurses from Ghana
January 4, 2010 9:35 AM by Valerie Newitt
Grab your passport! We're traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to pick up our guide -- guest blogger Malene Steen Nielsen Flagga of Copenhagen, Denmark. She will take us on an adventure to Vellore, India, to meet some nurses, many from the African nation Read More...
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Holy Land Experience: Israel Opens Doors to Hadassah's Nurses' Mission
December 21, 2009 12:45 PM by Valerie Newitt
The Holy Land comes to the fore during this splendid season replete with Biblical references. Many people visit to better understand their religious roots and the belief systems that are the basis of their faith. For Beverly Goldsmith, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, 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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Boiling the World Down to Just 100 Patients
November 24, 2009 1:55 PM by Valerie Newitt
If you were given the privilege to provide care to the entire world, what would it be like? What microcosm of the world population (which stands at exactly 6,962,449,235 people as I write this) would be representative of the entire world in a single hospital Read More...
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Bermuda Triangle: Rock Fever, Hospital Refurb and Nursing Opportunity
November 12, 2009 3:38 PM by Valerie Newitt
Dorothy had a rough passage, on the winds of a ferocious tornado, to get to her Technicolor land of Oz. I visited a destination similarly colorful last week -- coral-blushed Bermuda. My voyage was a little easier -- Royal Caribbean Line's Grandeur of Read More...
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Holland America nurse explains the scope of clinical practice at sea
October 29, 2009 9:55 AM by Valerie Newitt
Nursing takes on new "heights" for those who choose to practice the profession at sea. Imagine climbing into a basket lowered from a helicopter hovering over a ship in mid-ocean. Up and away, and you're in the copter. The basket is lowered again, this Read More...
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Laura the Holland America Cruise Nurse Ties the (Nautical Marital) Knot
October 14, 2009 5:14 PM by Valerie Newitt
Last time we saw Laura Vlaadingerbroek, MSN, RN, she was serving as chief medical officer aboard Holland America Lines' luxurious ms Zaandam . All the while she was living -- and loving --the good life, while traveling to exotic ports-of-call. Then she Read More...
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Nurse at Sea: How One RN Found Career and Love on Holland America Cruise Ship
October 2, 2009 9:28 AM by Valerie Newitt
It started out as a career shift, but ended up as The Love Boat for Laura Vlaardingerbroek, MSN, RN, lead medical officer aboard the ms Zaandam. From that mouthful of a last name you may have guessed: This American RN from Wisconsin married a Dutch officer 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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