Professor, Departament of nursing, Catholic University of the Maule, Curicó, Chile. Registered Nurse, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (degree received in 1994), Master of Nursing in care management (degree received in 2017) and PhD student in Nursing Science (since 2022). With experience in surgical patients. Research areas quality of life, health, and patient safety. Director(s) of the Master's program in nursing, professor of the specialty of critical care nursing. Member of the CIC-UCM care research center and of the international network of occupational health nursing.