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rankica Rimac did her PhD in Sociology at the Croatian
Catholic University in Zagreb; Values, Identity and so-
Bcial changes in Croatian society with the topic: Spirit-
uality and life satisfaction of patients with chronic diseases.
She worked at KBC Zagreb in the Clinic for rheumatic dis-
eases and rehabilitation. She was a head nurse - assistant
director for nursing KBC Zagreb and was also a manager
for the service for joint medical and nonmedical affairs. She
has held a number of positions in civil society in the Repub-
lic of Croatia: president of HUMS for two terms, exter-
nal member of the Gender Equality Committee of the Par-
liament of the Republic of Croatia. Vice-president of EFN
for two terms. She received awards; Honorary Fellowship,
Royal College of Nursing, United Kingdom, International
Human Rights and Nursing Award, University of Surrey,
Great Britain, and the honourable member of the Nurses and Midwives Association
of Slovenia, Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia, Slovenia. She teaches at Lib-
ertas International University, for physiotherapists and at the School of Medicine, Uni-
versity of Zagreb, as part of the nursing degree programme. She publishes profession-
al and scientific articles, book chapters and gives numerous lectures at national and
international nursing events.
Brankica Rimac je doktorirala je iz študijskega programa Sociologija: Vrednote,
identiteta in socialne spremembe v hrvaški družbi na Hrvatskem katoliškem sveučiliš-
tu v Zagrebu, z disertacijo z naslovom: Duhovnost i zadovoljstvo životom bolesnika s vabljeni predavatelji | invited lecturers
kroničnim bolestimaje. Delala je v KBC Zagreb na Kliniki za revmatske bolezni in re-
habilitacijo, kjer je bila glavna medicinska sestra - pomočnica direktorja za zdravst-
veno. Poleg tega je bila tudi vodja službe za skupne medicinske in nemedicinske za-
deve. Zasedala je številne funkcije v civilni družbi Republike Hrvaške, med drugim je
bila predsednica Hrvatskog udruženja medicinskih sestara (HUMS) v dveh manda-
tih ter zunanja članica Odbora za enakost spolov pri Saboru Republike Hrvaške. Prav
tako je bila podpredsednica Evropske federacije medicinskih sester (EFN) v dveh man-
datih. Za svoje delo je prejela številne nagrade, med njimi: naziv Honorary Fellowship,
podeljen s strani Royal College of Nursing v Združenem kraljestvu, Mednarodno na-
grado za človekove pravice in medicinsko nego, podeljeno na Univerzi v Surreyju, Ve-
lika Britanija ter naziv častne članice Zbornice zdravstvene in babiške nege slovenije –
Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije.
Brankica Rimac poučuje fizioterapevte na Libertas International University ter zdra-
vstveno nego na dodiplomskem študiju Medicinske fakultete Univerze v Zagrebu. Ak-
tivno objavlja strokovne in znanstvene članke ter poglavja v knjigah, poleg tega pa red-
no predava na nacionalnih in mednarodnih dogodkih s področja zdravstvene nege.

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