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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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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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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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I Want to Do More Traveling
June 1, 2009 9:44 AM by Valerie Newitt
Have you ever caught yourself saying, "I want to do more traveling"? I say it all the time. But recently, when I was researching conditions on the once-idyllic "Pearl of the Antilles," I realized that maybe what I actually mean is: "I want to do more Read More...
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