Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2025, 16(4):2285-2286 | DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2025.16.0026

Nursing professionalism: a key to sustainable and quality health care

Katarína Žiaková
Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, University Bratislava, Slovakia

Received: October 10, 2025; Accepted: November 3, 2025; Published: December 6, 2025  Show citation

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Žiaková K. Nursing professionalism: a key to sustainable and quality health care. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2025;16(4):2285-2286. doi: 10.15452/cejnm.2025.16.0026.
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