Dear ETNA Members,

I cordially invite you to read the monograph:

Medical professions in international perspective. Nurse.

This book was created thanks to the involvement of many people and presents the history and current situation of nursing in 14 countries around the world.

The access to the book:

https://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/bitstream/handle/item/7643/e-book_Medical%20professions_NURSE.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

I would like to take this opportunity to thank once again all the Authors who prepared the individual chapters.  A special thank you goes to Prof. Irena Papadopoulos, President of ETNA both for her contribution to the preparation of the book and for the opportunity to post this information here on the ETNA website.

I would be very pleased if you would like to spread the book among your colleagues and students.

Enjoy reading!
Małgorzata Nagórska

CONTENTS

Notes about the authors ............................................................................................................ 7
List of abbreviations ................................................................................................................13
Preface .................................................................................................................................... 17
Valerie Tothova
Nursing in Czech Republic ................................................................................................. 19
Katalin Papp
Nursing in Hungary ............................................................................................................. 33
Ilya Kagan, Sara Nissim, Karin Lee Ovadia
Nursing in Israel .................................................................................................................. 49
Isuzu Nakamoto, Sachiko Horita, Sawako Sasai, Sayaka Uiji, Tomoko Wakamura
Nursing in Japan .................................................................................................................. 58
Linda Alondere, Jelena Kuznecova
Nursing in Latvia ................................................................................................................. 79
Birutė Gostevičienė, Simona Paulikienė
Nursing in Lithuania ........................................................................................................... 94
Małgorzata Nagórska, Małgorzata Lesińska-Sawicka
Nursing in Poland ................................................................................................................ 107
Raul Alberto Carrilho Cordeiro, José Carlos Carvalho
Nursing in Portugal ............................................................................................................. 120
Mircea Timofte, Roxana Hainagiu
Nursing in Romania ............................................................................................................. 133
Dragana Simin, Dragana Milutinović
Nursing in Serbia ................................................................................................................. 151
Dana Zrubcová, Andrea Solgajová
Nursing in Slovakia .............................................................................................................. 169
Manca Pajnič, Renata Vettorazzi, Tina Levec, Ljubiša Pađen
Nursing in Slovenia .............................................................................................................. 191
Neziha Karabulut
Nursing in Turkey ................................................................................................................ 209
Irena Papadopoulos
Nursing in United Kingdom ................................................................................................ 225