Abou Aldan D, Franković S. AN OPPORTUNITY LOST IN TIME – THE FIRST GENERATION OF STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF NURSING: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ZAGREB, 1953/1954 Acta Med Hist Adriat 2022; 20(1); 83-99 https://doi.org/10.
The aim of this paper is to present the course of the transformation of the Nursing high school into the College of Nursing and its accession to the School of Medicine in Zagreb. The task of the paper is to present the organisation of schooling for the first generation of nursing students. The reconstruction of the data was based on the archival material stored in the files of the School of Nursing Mlinarska in Zagreb and the Society for Nursing History of the Croatian Nurses Association (CNA).
Franković S. Čuljak M. NURSING JOURNAL: JOURNAL OF THE GRADUATE NURSES ASSOCIATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA, 1942-1945. Acta Med Hist Adriat 2022.;20(2): 215-36 https://doi.org/10.
The founding of the School for Nursing in Zagreb in 1921 marked the beginning of the profes-sionalization of nursing in Croatia. Nurses founded an association and started a professional newsletter. The Sestrinski vjesnik (Nursing Journal) was preceded by the Sestrinska riječ (Nursing Word). The journal articles were analyzed regarding the permanent and occasional sections to which they belonged or regarding the topics they covered. The regular columns were: Nurses write to us, From the Association and From the editorial board, Changes in the service of the nurses of the General Directorate of Health, We read, Grains, Home visits, and the occasional column was What others write. Other contributions are grouped according to the following topics: The position of nurses in the country, Nursing, Nursing as a promoter of social medicine and work in institutions, Nursing work in the countryside, Protection of women (mothers) and children, Diseases and injuries, and Stories from nursing practice. The authors of most of the articles were nurses, while in the thematic section, Diseases and injuries, the authors were doctors. The journal had several functions: informative, educational, and promotion of professional solidarity. Together with minutes of the Association of Graduate Nurses from 1940 to 1945, it makes exceptionally valuable material for analysis of the nursing work of that time.
Trgovec D. Franković S. Jelka pl. Labaš Blaškovečka – First superintendent of the School for Nurses in Zagreb. Nursing journal. 2021;26(3):166-74 https://doi.
School for nurses in Zagreb since its founding in 1921, alongside the school principal, also had a nursing superintendent. The paper tried to reconstruct the schooling and work of Jelka Labaš Blaškovečka, the first superintendent at the School for Nurses in Zagreb. A brief review shows her work in the Daughters of Divine Charity (international congregation of Roman Catholic religious sisters), which she joined upon finishing school. The insight into the archives and examination of publications was used to describe the schooling of Jelka pl. Labaš Blaškovečki at the Girls’ High School in Karlovac, as well as a continuation of her education and work in Red Cross Hospital at the Rudolfinerhaus in Vienna. Terms of appointment for the first superintendent of the School for Nurses in Zagreb and her work then is described. Her workplaces and job positions in the Daughters of Divine Charity are listed. Conclusion: Jelka pl. Labaš applied her education and experience that she acquired while working at the Rudolfinerhaus in Vienna in training nurses at the School for Nurses in Zagreb. With her work, she contributed to the organization of the school in the first years of its operation.