CZECH NURSE COMMITS TO PROFESSION DESPITE UNDERSTAFFING

BY MARTINA MARE?KOVÁ V?RA Klime?ová, 33, a registered nurse at the University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, in eastern Bohemia, the Czech Republic, offers an insightful look at her country's nursing profession. Her hospital has a pleasant environment and even if it does not suffer from the same nursing shortages like many other hospitals in the country, its staff admits that the Czech healthcare system has serious flaws. A promise of change proposed by the country's ministry of health is expected to ease some problems, including the nursing ...


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