Katarina Žitnjak Glavač, mag.med.techn.
Edumed team
Head nurse of the polyclinic, part of the Edumed team since 2008
EDUCATION:
2018-2021. Croatian Catholic University – graduate university study of nursing
2015 - 2018 Croatian Catholic University - undergraduate university study of nursing
2000 – 2004 Vrapče Nursing High School - high school
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:
2024 – 13th HUMS congress with international participation "Nursing without borders", Opatija (member of the expert and organizational committee of the 26th Symposium of the Surgical Society of HUMS; lecture at the symposium "Perioperative nursing care of patients with primary breast reconstruction with implants")
2023 - 14th HUMS Quality Society Symposium and 2nd Patient Safety Symposium
2023 – 12th HUMS congress with international participation "Nursing without borders", Opatija (lecture at the 25th Symposium of the Surgical Society "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical treatment of breast cancer")
2022 – 24th Symposium of the Surgical Society HUMSa, Zagreb (lecture "Problems and challenges of nurses in hospitals and in the private healthcare system")
2022 – 11th HUMS congress with international participation "Nursing without borders", Opatija (lecture at the 23rd HUMS Surgical Society Symposium "Patient satisfaction with the results of dermal filler application"
2022 - HUMS Quality Society Symposium "Challenges of Online Teaching"
2022 – 12th Congress of the Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and expert gathering of operating nurses and ward nurses of plastic surgery, senological congress, Dubrovnik (presentation of the paper "The influence of the type of surgical procedure on the quality of life of patients with breast cancer"
2021 – Education for palliative care volunteers of the La Verna association
2021 – 10th HUMS congress with international participation "Nursing without borders" - online
2021 – 9 HUMS congress with international participation "Sisterhood without borders", Opatija
2021 - 6th expert meeting of the HUMS Quality Society "Care of chronic wounds in a psychiatric hospital"
2021 – Cochrane Education Croatia "Systematic literature review"
2020 – Education for palliative care volunteers of the La Verna association
2019 - Scientific symposium with international participation "Melanocytic skin changes of unclear malignant potential - dilemmas in diagnosis and therapy, Zagreb
2019- 7th HUMS Congress "Sisterhood without Borders III", Opatija, member of the organizing committee
2018 - Congress of the Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and expert gathering of operating nurses and ward nurses of plastic surgery, Zadar
2018 - passed the course "Basic life support measures using an automatic external defibrillator"
2015 - Congress of the Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and expert gathering of operating nurses and ward nurses of plastic surgery, Dubrovnik
SCIENTIFIC AND TEACHING ACTIVITY
Head assistant at the Department of Nursing at the Croatian Catholic University
MEMBERSHIPS AND FUNCTIONS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Member of the Surgical Society of the Croatian Association of Nurses
Member of the Quality Society of the Croatian Association of Nurses
Member of the Croatian Society of Operating Nurses
Member of the founding assembly and member of the organizational committee in HDMSPREK (Croatian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Nurses)
Member of ISPAN (International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses)
