Nurses demand career progression

On the sidelines of the event, Júlio Azevedo, director of nursing at ULSTMAD, told VTM that the main demand of the profession at the moment is career progression. “Money isn’t everything. It’s true that if you ask any nurse, they’ll all say that we earn little. The truth is that, at the moment, what we need is for there to be some speed in terms of career progression, that is, in internal competitions for promotion and progression.”

Throughout the day, several topics were discussed in the auditorium of the Vila Real hospital, one of which was related to the mental health of these professionals. When asked about the subject, Júlio Azevedo admitted that “where nurses are well cared for, the care is better,

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