CCNEPal 2013 - Bringing Critical Care Nursing Education to the Himalayas

I know that many of you will not read his immediately, but I am thinking of all my friends there and sending good thoughts to you. I subscribe to the New York times online, and my subscription allows me to send "gift articles" so you can read them free of charge beyond the paywall. Here is what was in today's news:

Nepali Troops Move to Restore Order as Death Toll Rises to 22 (Gift Article) Protesters defied a curfew to set fire to government buildings and the homes of politicians as unrest over censorship and economic issues continued.

A very interesting update as to maternal-child care in Nepal Feb 16 2025

The push to reduce maternal mortality in the remote regions of Nepal The government of Nepal's Safe Motherhood Program has introduced several initiatives to decrease maternal deaths by improving access to care in the country's remotest regions.

I frequently think about Nepal and my time there, mostly to send good karma to all the wonderful and dedicated colleagues from there. Today for some reason I came across a documentary on the new climbing regulations for 2024. I highly recommend it, because it strips away the overly-romanticized vision of summiting.

How 2024 Changed Mt Everest Climbing FOREVER 2024 has changed climbing on Mount Everest forever. Here’s what’s happened on the world’s tallest mountain. From drones to p**p to global warming, the Everes...

Update: Yesterday the University of Maine at Orono, flagship campus of the U of Maine system, held their "Culturefest" event, celebrating student groups, and the Nepalese Student Group waas there. Forty people are in it and they served momo at the food court. It was a pleasure to meet them all though my Nepali is very rusty.

My Youtube Channel has a subsection where all the videos from my time in Nepal can be found. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFPFBoIIKkWo3WBBk816Pxw

and I have a Wordpress blog where I wrote about the health care system of Nepal and my experiences: https://wp.me/p1pDBL-1Mo

Reflecting on Ten Years of CCNEPal CCNEPal – 2011 to 2019 Greetings. you have found the blog of CCNEPal, a sort of pseudonym I used when I travelled to Nepal to teach. Over the course of years I chronicled my trips and wrote a…

Reading about the floods in Nepal and thinking of all the hardworking & dedicated health care providers I know from there. I hope the country can get through this. Wishing you the best!

I am still planning to be in USA this summer. sending best wishes to all colleagues in Nepal. Here is a blog entry to describe my latest project: https://wp.me/p2mf8z-ds please feel free to comment

Buying a Fixer-Upper in rural Maine, March 2022 So I have been living in Florida. Tampa is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the US of A, and Hillsborough County has about 1.4 million people, making it bigger than about ten states ( incl…

This is the best article on the conditions in ICUs in USA since the pandemic. It focuses on "Traveling Nurses" I recommend it highly and I hope it will be widely shared:

‘Nurses Have Finally Learned What They’re Worth’ As the coronavirus spread, demand for nurses came from every corner. Some jobs for travelers paid more than $10,000 a week. Will the boom last?

In USA, patients and their relatives formerly showed respect and deference to the advice of doctors and nurses. Similar to Nepal. As many of you are aware, in Nepal there has been a trend toward disrespect which culminates in threats of violence if not outright thrashing. During this period when ignorant people think that covid is a hoax, it is now impacting USA. So when I saw this parody of a know-it-all patient on Twitter I knew I needed to re-post it here. Please feel free to comment and share.

DocSchmidt on Twitter “If pilots were treated the ways docs are treated these days https://t.co/gNWcDjQpcH”