Ana is a Nurse Specialist in Public Health and Community Nursing, working at the Local Health Unit of Aveiro Region, areas of work: Outpatient Clinic: Risk Factors & Prevention, Pediatrics, and Nursing Training. She is a collaborating researcher at the Clinical Academic Center - Egas Moniz Health Alliance, in the CVD Group. Member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, as a PhD Student in Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, on Self-care in HF Patients. She holds an MSc in Management and Health Economics in Health Financing. And an MSc in Educational Sciences, with specialization in University Pedagogy, on Educational tools for Nursing skill development.
Personal interests: Nursing, Cardiovascular Nursing, Self-care, Healthcare management, Patient Safety, Heart Failure, Public Health & Environment, Prevention - Health promotion.