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2022 Queen Silvia Nursing Award Winners Engage with Dementia Experts in Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden - September 15, 2023. This week, winners of the 2022 Queen Silvia Nursing Award from Sweden and Finland visited...
An interview with Sweden's Sara Rosenberg
Sara Rosenberg is the 2022 winner of the Queen Silvia Nursing Award nurse and nursing student category in Sweden. Here is a short...
An interview with Sweden's first healthcare assistant winner, Marie Svensson
Marie Svensson is the first healthcare assistant to win the Queen Silvia Nursing Award in Sweden. This is her first interview with the...
An interview with Germany's Sonja Meyers
What sparked your interest in nursing studies? The realization of being able to help other people and at the same time my own family,...
An interview with Finland's Mia Kuusisto
Tell us about yourself, Mia! I am a 52-year-old mother of two adult children. I was born in Sweden and lived there until I was 20. I have...
An Interview with Finland's Karoliina Tiura
Karoliina is the first practical nurse to win the QSNA in Finland. We asked Karoliina a few questions to get to know her better. Please...
An Interview with Juana Gallegos of the University of Washington School of Nursing
What sparked your interest in nursing studies? I love working with people and growing up, I was always helping my grandma at her medical...
An interview with Giedrė Balčiūnienė of Lithuania
What sparked your interest in nursing studies? I have been working as a nurse for 25 years. I knew I would be a nurse since my childhood....
An interview with 2022 Polish winner, Dominika Rachwał
1. What sparked your interest in nursing studies? I have always had the desire to work with other people. My parents were also a kind of...
An introduction to Brazil’s Jussara Otaviano
Brazil’s second Queen Silvia Nursing Award laureate, Jussara Otaviano, shares her nursing journey in this interview arranged by Main...
An introduction to Silvija Sutkutė, Lithuania’s second Queen Silvia Nursing Award scholar
I chose to become a nurse with utmost responsibility. I analyzed my inner desires, abilities and possibilities. I realized that I wanted...
An interview with Jean Singh, Brazil’s inaugural Queen Silvia Nursing Award scholar
1. What sparked your interest in nursing studies? I started my nursing studies by observing the way my mother always took care and still...
An interview with Stephan Wengel, Germany’s 5th Queen Silvia Nursing Award winner
What sparked your interest in nursing studies? After my technical training, I really wanted to do something with people. After pursuing...
An introduction to Michael Drake, the University of Washington School of Nursing’s second QSNA winne
Michael is an entrepreneur and a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing student in his last semester at the University of Washington School of...
An introduction to Caroline Bjarnevi, Sweden’s 9th Queen Silvia Nursing Award winner
After having her first child and experiencing the beauty of caring for a newborn, Caroline was drawn to nursing. Her initial passion was...
An introduction to Markus Suominen, Finland’s 8th Queen Silvia Nursing Award winner
As a joint nursing & advanced level paramedic student at Turku University of Applied Sciences (www.tuas.fi), Markus Suominen is currently...
An interview with Julia Osiecka, Poland’s sixth QSNA laureate
Special thanks to Medicover Foundation, the Main Partner of the Queen Silvia Nursing Award in Poland, for the original version of this...
Queen Silvia Nursing Award 2021 Winners are Announced
Jean Marcos Singh of Brazil, Michael Drake of USA, Silvija Sutkutė of Lithuania, Stephan Wengel of Germany, Julia Osiecka of Poland,...
Community nursing care for convalescents of COVID-19
Fighting COVID-19 or being infected asymptomatically does not mean that there will no longer be any problems for patients. People who...
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