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A nurse's personal story of the Croatian earthquake "An ordinary Tuesday turned into a day that my family, as well as the towns of Petrinja, Sisak and Glina, will remember forever. It was 12.19 on 29 December 2020 in the area of Sisacko-moslavacka County when we were hit by a devastating earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, with it's epicentre 5 km southwest of Petrinja. The earthquake happened while I was in my house, cleaning. At first I heard a horrible sound, l

News headlines in 2020 have been dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on health systems and economies. Lesser known news is the fact that the World Health Organisation has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. This important designation recognises that, in order to contribute further to health systems, healthcare professionals, including peri-operative nurses working in operating rooms, need support to overcome these cha

There are many lessons to be learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic. Providing nurses with more and better training about microbiology and hygiene is a key lesson. Another is that nurses should be given proper working conditions, including the right personal protective equipment, so that their lives are not recklessly put at risk. It is also crucial to ensure that specialist nurses are recognised across the EU, that they can move to and work in other EU countries more easily and t