Thanks to the students of VŠPJ for their help in the fight against coronavirus

The current pandemic of COVID-19 represents a major challenge for the Czech health care system;hard, hospitals and  gave&scaroná medicalá facilitiesá so appreciateí every helping hand. Therefore, the firsté line of the fight against coronavirus was joined last fall by theé medicalý students of V&Scaron& PJ, whoé became inístaff of the Jihlava Hospital, the Havlíchkův Brod Hospital, the Nové Město na Moravě Hospital and other&scaron& ích medical& facilities.

Veronika Šidláková and Aneta Raušová, students of Všeobecná nurse, photo: archive of Aneta Raušové

„The help of Vašich students was very important for nás and helped to overcome&nán&crisis&condition&caused&byáillness COVID 19,“ appreciates the help of VšPJ students Mr. Mgr. David Rezničenko, MHA, Director of Havlíchkův Brod Hospital in officialálníletter to the Rector of VŠPJ prof. MUDr. Václav Bách, Ph.D. „We do not appreciate their help and we would like to tell Vám that without their hard work, dedication and sacrifice we would not have been able to handle the whole situation with any help;great difficulty,“ saidá&dí in officialá&lní thanksá&ní to the students of VŠPJ collective of managers´ of the staff of the Hospital Nové Město na Moravě. „Please allow me to thank, through the Vás, for the excellent work done by the students;VŠPJ to Aneta Hrubcové, Simona Dvoré, Mirka Ludové, Sár Staňkové and Tereza Neubauerové. It's unbelievable how they approached the case, joins the thanks of Jana Lenghardová, a nurse from the infectious diseases ward of the Jihlava Hospital.

MostšinašPJšstudentsá&há iná medicalé operation since Octoberélastéyear, whenšthe Czeché republic has severaléé deteriorationšení of&the&epidemiologicalé situation. „In the hospital Havlíčkův Brod háhám from the beginning ofáyr until now. We were allowed to go to the hospital in October, but then we were given a práci as a voluntary charge. We were told that if we didnát want to help or didnát make the situation right, we could quit, but that they were very rádi,“ uvádí Katerina Ivanická, a student of Vše generalá nursing.„Very nás you&scaron& í that there is aá among the students o involvedí in helping overá womený medicalý facilities. Therefore, we try to make their work as easy as possible,“ appreciates the voluntary efforts of students Vlasta Dvořáková, PhD., Head of the Department of Healthcare Studies at the VŠPJ. The dedication of the teachers is confirmed by thethe students themselves. „Šrounds nám enteredác twice. First, the nám excused her absence from the veákeré online výuce and now, as most of the nás stále working in hospitals, the nám has been extended the examá period. We are very grateful for this,“ said Aneta Raušová, a secondésemester student of Vše generalá nursing.

Karolína Veselá, student of Obstetricsá assistant, photo: archive of Karolína Veselá

Students attendází helpáhat to hospitals severalát tádays and often work 12-hour shifts. They have to cope with difficult conditions and a variety of new situations. „In the beginningát for me was help spáše physically náyeará, especially in terms of táif prá But shift by shift, I began to realize that the mostá&yearly&scaroní is to come to terms with loveým contact with patients and with the ú&scaroný ú&deadness´ compared to other, now´ non-covidý separated,“ uvá&dí Aneta Rau&scaron&scaroná. An important support in theádáná náyearly situationsá became for the students especiallyána experienceáený medicalý personál. „Collaboration with the nurses from the surgicalé department is greatá, there is a very goodý team, I am rá da that I was assigned prá there,“ uvádí Veronika Šidláková, whoá together with Aneta Raušova, is working in the surgicalé departmentá of the havlí havlé hospital. „The nurses were kindé and helpfulé, if I did not know anything, they explained and gave me the necessary information,“ confirms Karolína Veselá, a third-semester student in the field of Obstetrics, whoá walksá helpá hat at the intermediá wardá for newborns of the Hospital Havlá Brod.

Adéla Štěpánková, student majoring in Vše generalá nursing, photo: archive of Adéla Štěpánková

Helping out at hospitals is not only an opportunity for students to benefit in this easily time; society, but also a unique opportunity to learn newýskills and put into practice the knowledgeíscané during the studies. „The„experienceé Ié haveé learned from this periodé is unpaidé. Iím thinking that none of the students expected to encounter something like this during theirépractice,“ describes Aneta Raušová. „Dý iný iný in the hospital, I improvedši in communicating with patients and with otherímedicalí“ complements Adéla Štepánková, whoá is in her firstá semester at VšPJ studying Vše generalá nursing.