Sestrinski glasnik, Vol. 26. No. 3., 2021.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.11608/sgnj.26.3.5
Historical review of the work of Marija Brozović (1914. – 1987.)
Marija Križić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-4402
; Srednja škola Koprivnica, Trg slobode 7, 48 000 Koprivnica, Hrvatska
Abstract
Introduction: In its beginnings, care for the sick in Koprivnica is closely connected with the work of nuns from the Society of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vinko Paulski. The first educated nurses came to the Koprivnica area after the opening of the School Polyclinic in 1928. Thus, in the period from 1928 to 1937, Zlata Baldić, Štefanija Holjevac, Sofija Pavleković Stipetić and Marija Pavlović worked in Koprivnica, mostly for a short time. Marija Brozović came to Koprivnica in 1937. The review of the found documentation was intended to provide an insight into the work and contribution of Marija Brozović in the development of the nursing profession in Koprivnica.
Methods: The reconstruction of the data is based on the funds and collections of the Croatian State Archives (HDA), articles published in Glas Podravine, oral testimony of Marija Brozović's family, and documents preserved in private possession. In addition to these sources, we used published papers on the topic.
The results: Marija Brozović was born on September 13, 1914 in Slovenia, where she finished elementary school and high school. She enrolled in the school for assistant nurses in Zagreb in 1934. She graduated in 1936. After finishing school, she started working at the Red Cross of the Banovina Sava in Zagreb, and a year later, she came to the School Polyclinic of the city of Koprivnica. In 1945, she moved to work at the Public Health Center, where she worked until 1958 when she became the head nurse of the Health Center and the director of the School for Nurses. She served as a head nurse until 1962, after which she worked at the Antituberculosis Dispensary until her retirement in 1972. She died on October 28, 1987 in Koprivnica.
Conclusion: Although Marija Brozović is not the first nurse to come to work in Koprivnica, her contribution to the development of preventive medical activities and nursing in the area of Koprivnica is evident. She recognized the lack of professional staff in the hospital and was one of the initiators of the establishment of the School for Nurses with the idea of providing trained staff as soon as possible as a prerequisite for providing better care for patients. She recognized the needs and problems of the nursing services organization in the area of Koprivnica. She was aware of the potential of nurses, and visually, with her activities and example, she developed nursing in the area of Koprivnica throughout her working life.
Keywords
Marija Brozović; Koprivnica; history of nursing; School polyclinic of the city of Koprivnica; Health center; School for nurses
Hrčak ID:
267925
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Publication date:
22.12.2021.
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