Lucyna Tomaszek has completed a post-doctoral degree in medical sciences, holds a Doctor of medical sciences, a Master's degree in nursing, and has undergone specialist training in anaesthetic and intensive care nursing. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Health Sciences (Master’s degree) and the Faculty of Medicine (doctoral studies) at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and the School of Banking and Management in Krakow (postgraduate studies in health care management). Since 2013, she has been the Head Nurse at the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój Branch, Poland. Since 2017, she has been the Head of the Department of Specialist Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland.