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Editor ’s notę

Dear Rcadcrs.

This issuc of our pcriodical has bccn publishcd w hen so many of you arc undertaking new scientific and cducalional actions - you havc jusl lakcn specializcd courscs. post-gradualc trainings and profcssional workshops have jusl bccn opened. Il was our awareness of your cducalional needs and acthity in this area which to a ccrtain dcgrcc determined tlić fonn and eonienls of prcscnl issuc. w hich is of pailiailar inlcrcst for nurses.

Our authors prcscntcd an original aniele on evaluation of job picpamlion of liospital nurses including prepanuion lo carc for patients addicicd lo alcohol. Fuithermore. we are especially glad to see tlial sludcnls of nursing and mid-wifety publish tlicir first papers in our pcriodical so we honor litem b\ placing them in tlić inain pan of this \ olumc. We arc also plcascd that the we rcccńc aniclcs w hich arc casc studics. Beata Bajuma and Iwona Nowakowska havc show n nurses' role in caring for cataract patients operated by way of pliacocmulsification. We cncouragc our writers to send us tliis type of papers bccausc they cnrich w riters' profcssional cxpcricncc.

As usual. aniclcs dcvotcd to hcalth carc managcincnt rcmain our joumal's strength so we panicularly cncour-age you to rcad the aniele on the imponancc of Ouality

Management System in a health care institution on the cxainplc of Non-public Health Care Entity in Puszczykowo. This is an cxcellcnt study. which makcs it possiblc to comparc practical Solutions of raising qualit> in health carc insłitutions. We would like to pay attention to Eliza Dąbrowska's paper on intemal audit of quality manage-incnt system in a health care institution as a proccss of e\ aluating the quality of the system system and quality of sen ices. In attachmcnt you w ill find infonnation about Polish Society of Health Sciences, its confcrcnccs. train-ings and Postgraduate school of Health Care Management. We cncouragc our readers to send us papers and to keep in touch with the Editorial Staff. You can ask us questions not only about scicntific problcms but also we can provide you with expert legał advice. We wish you fruitful rcading and iroitc you to participatc in conferences organized by Poznan Unwersity of Medical Sciences.

Maria Danuta Głowacka. PhD Editor in Chief Ewa Mojs. PhD Scientific Secretary