I am a nurse specialist in the field of anaesthesia and intensive care nursing; I have a PhD degree in medical sciences obtained in 2011 at the Medical University of K. Marcinkowski in Poznań and the professional title of MSc in Nursing. Since 2003, I have been holding a full-time research and teaching position at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. I am an academic teacher carrying out theoretical and practical education at first and second degree studies in the field of nursing. Since 2012, I have been a representative of the Polish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses (PTPAiIO) to the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations (EfCCNa). I am a member of the board of the Polish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses (PTPAiIO) and a member of the Polish Society for Pain Research.