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Healthcare as such has the most beautiful humanistic mission - to serve people, to maintain their health as the highest value of life and to help the sick and suffering with the highest professionalism, dedication and human approach. It is not for nothing that we often hear that the nursing profession is one of those that is a mission. On the other hand, if a nurse loves her job, it certainly brings her a strong sense of self-fulfilment that most people need to live a fulfilling life.
"I personally consider this day very important for me and the entire management of Hořovice Hospital, because without the hard, demanding and responsible work of our nurses, our hospital would not be able to provide such quality services. And this day is an opportunity to remember the importance of this medical profession and to thank our nurses for their work and dedication," said the director of Hořovice Hospital MUDr. Luděk Pelikán. "In total, almost 300 nurses and midwives work in our hospital and practically this day is a form of recognition for their difficult but important work, which is unfortunately often not appreciated by patients," said the director of the Hořovice hospital.
International Nurses' Day was created in honour of the birth of Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820), a woman who, despite initial family resistance, began to care for the sick and wounded and was the first to create the foundations of the nursing model still used today during the Crimean War (1853-56). She was responsible for the first education of nurses, with the main emphasis on hygiene and kindness and empathy towards the sick. The time when Florence Nigtingal was a kind of merciful angel is long gone. But even today, modern women nurses sometimes hear and appreciate the term. They have just helped someone, soothed them in their pain, said a kind word and smiled in their momentary troubles. And it is not said in vain that a smile and a kind word heal...
