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Vendula Dolenská has been working as a nurse in the anaesthesiology department of Hořovice Hospital for 12 years. "I graduated from an apprenticeship. After my maternity leave I changed several jobs, for example I worked for Czech Railways. I started working at the hospital as an orderly. However, as I worked, I became more and more aware that I wanted to care for patients in a broader spectrum. I gradually worked my way up to a practical nurse and then, with the help of my employer, graduated from university. Within a decade I had worked my way up from being an ambulance attendant to a BSc nurse. The work is nice, fulfilling, sometimes tiring, but meaningful. It's not just about taking care of people, there's a mission in being able to help them," says the general nurse describing her working career. "Being a nurse is a job that has a future. It may have lost some prestige in recent years, but it is still a job that is economically viable. I don't just have great colleagues in the workplace, I have friends there too. I am now attracted to the palliative care field because it is something that is very natural in life, and it is a little overlooked in healthcare. I believe that my knowledge of intensive care from the ARO department could be helpful," says Ms Dolenská, adding: "I am glad that my daughter is also practicing healthcare. She is a nurse in the day clinic at Hořovice Hospital and I hope that next year she will also have completed her bachelor's degree."
Petr Štuksa has been working as an orderly in the internal ward of Hořovice Hospital for 4 years. He graduated from the Secondary Medical School in Prague in the field of sports and reconditioning masseur. "I work as an orderly in the Hořovice hospital. I provide all nursing care to patients. I like to work with people, because in the hospital you see some progress, when you are pleased with any improvement in the patient's health condition. Of course, there are some who grow on you, so to speak, and they never fail to stop by when they are discharged to tell us how they are doing. Every person is different, that's the diversity of the job," says the young paramedic, adding: "The hospital facilitated my studies at university. I am in my third year and I hope to finish my studies and stay at the Hořovice Hospital as a general nurse. I am a bit afraid of the work that awaits me, but I have support from the hospital management and we have a good working team. We spend some of our time outside of work with some of my colleagues, so I believe I can do it. In the future I would be tempted to work in the ambulance service."
