Onur ATEŞ

I graduated in 2017 and have been working in active clinical settings ever since — across four very different areas of healthcare. Psychiatric Care (1 year) — I cared for 92 patients, most of them diagnosed with schizophrenia. If you want to understand what psychiatric nursing actually looks like day-to-day, I have stories that no textbook will ever give you. Elderly Care (1 year) — I witnessed a lot of death. End-of-life care, dignity in dying, and what it does to a nurse over time. A deeply human experience. Coronary ICU / Cardiac Intensive Care (1 year) — Heart attack patients. The environment where minutes decide everything. Therapeutic Apheresis Nurse (6 years, certified) — A specialized and still relatively rare field. I can explain what it is, how it works, and what it's like to work in it long-term. Across two institutions, I also managed the Quality Management System and worked as an internal auditor — meaning I understand not just the clinical side, but how healthcare institu

I'm a hospital nurse and the Deputy Chairman for Legal Affairs, Legislation & Collective Bargaining at a healthcare workers' union branch in Turkey. In this session, we can talk about real experiences from inside hospitals — worker rights, healthcare bureaucracy, workplace pressure, burnout, and how healthcare professionals actually survive difficult environments (not the textbook version). You can also ask me about: How unions and worker organizations work in practice How collective bargaining plays out in public healthcare systems How healthcare legislation shapes everyday working conditions How workplace grievances and disciplinary cases are handled How healthcare staff navigate institutional hierarchies and systemic pressure I'm also involved in building digital tools for union organizations — currently developing a modular internal communication and task management system for healthcare worker branches. This isn't legal representation — it's real-world insight from someone insid