Vocational education of nurses and technicians in the Republic of Croatia begins at the secondary school level. Quality education should enable nurses and technicians to effectively respond to the challenges of the modern healthcare system, improve practice, and ensure a high standard of healthcare and patient safety. Through this work, an insight into the historical development of the secondary education of nurses and technicians in the Republic of Croatia will be provided, from the establishment of the first schools for nurses to the present day, highlighting key changes in the educational system over time, from adaptation to the needs of the labor market to harmonization with standards of European Union. The overview of the current situation describes the current system of education for nurses and general care technicians in the Republic of Croatia, highlighting certain segments that are later questioned during the research itself. The focus is on the professional curriculum for obtaining the qualification nurse/general care technician, the conditions for enrollment in the mentioned profession, the duration of education, the structure and organization of the curriculum, the preparation and defense of the final thesis, the question of the need for an internship, the student's output competencies, but also the role teacher of vocational subjects in the field of health care. To provide a broader context, the education of nurses and general care technicians in the Republic of Croatia was compared with the educational systems of other European Union countries. The educational systems in Slovenia, Germany, Sweden, and United Kingdom are briefly described and the differences and similarities in the approach to education are highlighted. The research part of the work defines the objectives and problems of the research, sets hypotheses, and describes the respondents and the methods used in the research. The graphically presented research results provide an insight into the current challenges and opportunities to improve the education system, and the analysis of the collected research results provides an interesting insight into the opinions and attitudes of teachers of vocational subjects in the field of health care about the current way of educating nurses and general care technicians. The focus of the discussion itself is on the analysis of the obtained results, along with proposing concrete measures to improve the quality of education.