Review article

https://doi.org/10.11608/sgnj.29.2.4

ZORKA LASIĆ (Lička Jesenica, June 5, 1930 - Karlovac, June 19, 2023) Work, order and education

Snježana Mirilović ; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Andrije Štampara 3, 47 000 Karlovac, Hrvatska *
Sanda Franković ; Škola za medicinske sestre Mlinarska, Mlinarska 34, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Introduction: Following the conclusion of the Second World War, the country underwent a severe economic downturn, resulting in the compromised epidemiological status of the population. The Red Cross plays a major role in educating the population about health, raising hygiene standards and providing first aid, despite the limited availability of medical staff in healthcare institutions. With the establishment of schools for paramedics, childcare workers and nurses, there is a notable increase in the number of educated health personnel within health and social institutions.
Methods: This study is based on the analysis and synthesis of documents found in various resources, including the State Archives of Karlovac, archives of the General Hospital Karlovac, archives of the Nursing School, privately held documents and existing published literature. To complement the study, data collected through a semi-structured interview with Zorka Lasić was used.
Results: Zorka Lasić completed three grades at the folk school in Osijek and fourth grade at the lower partisan high school in Slunj. She attended the II Women's High School in Karlovac for four years. She graduated from nursing school in Split. She attended postgraduate studies at the School of Public Health in Zagreb. She graduated from the High Industrial-Pedagogical School in Rijeka and earned the title of professor-industrial pedagogue. She worked at the Karlovac City Polyclinic and the Karlovac General Hospital as the head nurse of the hospital and was acting director of the School for Childcare Workers and the School for Paramedics. She was also director of the Nursing School in Karlovac since its foundation. When she went to Zagreb, she got a job at the Advanced School for Nurses and Health Technicians, and after that, she worked at the Republic Red Cross until her retirement.
Conclusion: By reconstructing the life, education and professional work of Zorka Lasić, we can shed additional light on the conditions in which nurses studied and worked from the forties to the eighties of the last century. At the same time, we get valuable information about the activities of nurses within the Red Cross.

Keywords

history of nursing; Zorka Lasić; General Hospital Karlovac; School for childcare workers; School for paramedics; Red Cross

Hrčak ID:

320096

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/320096

Publication date:

16.8.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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