She made her first vows on 30 January 1937 while assuming the religious name Zdenka. She began to work at the hospital at Humenné from 1937 near modern Ukraine and then relocated to the hospital at Bratislava in 1942 where she worked in the radiological department.
In 1937, she took her vows as Sister Zdenka and started working at a hospital in Humenné, near present-day Ukraine. She later relocated to Bratislava's hospital in 1942, where she worked in the radiology department.