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The hospital management presented flowers and thank you notes to nurses in all wards and outpatient clinics. These are nurses who started working a few months ago, but also nurses who have been working in Hořovice for decades. "I personally consider this day very important because without the hard, demanding and responsible work of our nurses, our hospital would not be able to provide such quality services. And on this day it is possible to thank our nurses for their work and commitment," said Blanka Červenková. "In total, more than 300 nurses and midwives work in our hospital and practically this day is a form of recognition for their difficult but important work, which unfortunately is often not appreciated by patients," said the head nurse of the hospital in Hořovice.
International Nurses' Day was established 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 lay 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.
