Contemporary health care is facing deep personal crisis appearing mainly in nurses. It particularly involves departments characterized by mentally and physically demanding workload especially departments of internal medicine, that are immediately endangered by the lack of the nursing staff. The importance and capability of motivation come to fore among other factors. Enough motivation could decrease the decline of nursing staff and lead to the increase of interest in work at departments of internal medicine. The article summarizes basic principles of motivation that is possible to employ.
Keywords: department of internal medicine; incentive; nurse; treatment indications.