Petra Hajekova

In Asheville, North Carolina, Petra Hajekova, RN, works as a freelance writer contributing pieces on respiratory illness to Biology Insights. A former bedside nurse who cared for patients in hospital pulmonary units, she also lives with a chronic lung diagnosis herself. Hajekova graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and addresses practical topics surrounding supplemental oxygen and long-term pulmonary conditions.