An exclusive interview: How nursing has changed in Israel since the outbreak of COVID-19

Other professions, physicians and the rest of them went in and out but the nurses were there, holding the patients lots of times. Just the nurse and the patient who is dying.

So I think, it made us so powerful and nurses felt a lot of responsibility together with the burnout of course.”

Eti Rosenberg is the first-ever nurse in Israel awarded the Top 100 Outstanding Nurses and Women 2020 title by WHO, WIGH, and the United Nations.

Eti has been a nurse for over 30 years. She was the head nurse of one of the largest hospitals in Israel and executive of the biggest district in the Tel Aviv area.

She is currently heading the Department of Policy at Clalit Health Organization, established in 1911, the most significant health organization in Israel with 14,000 nurses in 14 hospitals and 25K clinics throughout the country.

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