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Irena wanted to be a nurse since she was a little girl. "I wanted to help people and take care of them," she recalls. So she chose the medical school in Chrudim and right after graduation she started working in the post-operative department in surgery.
To broaden her qualifications, she specialised in ARO/ICU and started working in the surgical ICU at Pardubice Hospital. "This is where I first met the cancer patients we operated on, and I was interested in what happened to them next. That is why, after almost twenty years, I moved to the Multiscan Cancer Centre, where I have been working for over nine years, six of them as a station nurse," she says.
What brings me joy?
Our centre has a family-like atmosphere and patients return to us in different cycles. It's lovely to see long-lasting friendships being formed and patients going to the spa together. I am also happy for every cured patient who comes to us just for check-ups, and I can see that their hair is growing back.
How do the patients perceive our centre?
We try to make our patients feel good, and hopefully we are succeeding. It's not often that I get a patient who says to me, "Nurse, it's weird, but I always look forward to seeing you."
How do I relax after work?
Twice a week I do yoga, and on weekends I go to a cottage we have not far from Veselý Kopec in the Highlands. My husband and I have a policy that we don't talk about work at home.
What's a station nurse's day like?
