Luís Furtado is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nursing, Mental Health and Gerontology at the School of Evidence-Based Nursing, and a PhD student in Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Universidade Católica Portuguesa He also holds the Pro-Rector position for the Angra do Heroísmo University Campus of the University of the Azores. His main research area is evidence-based practice, namely the study of nurses' professional competence in evidence-based practice. In addition to this area, he has researched the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. He is the author of various articles, conferences and communications.