Registered Nurse at the Pediatric Hospital of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra and Invited Assistant Professor at the Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra and Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria, Portugal. Mental health and psychiatric specialist nurse. Master in Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto University. Ph.D. student in Nursing at the University of Lisbon/Lisbon Nursing School. Researcher in the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Coimbra and the Center for Health Technology and Services Research/NursID: Innovation & Development in Nursing (CINTESIS/NursID), Porto, Portugal. Member of Phi Xi Chapter - Sigma Theta Tau International.