Maria ıs working in the Nursing Department of TEPAK as Special Scientific Staff in the Nursing Department since 2010. Teaching focuses on the subject of the Fundamentals of Nursing and Nursing administration in the Undergraduate Program. She is involved in both theoretical and laboratory teaching as well as clınıcal supervısıon and teaching. She holds a first degree in nursing from South Bank University, UK, a postgraduate degree from the Open University of Cyprus in Health Unit Management and a PhD on Nursing Students’ perceptions about Patient Safety in undergraduate nursing education. She worked as a nursing officer in various clinical environments, mainly in the pediatric departments and since 2000 she has worked exclusively in nursing education.

Her research interests focus on undergraduate nursing education, patient safety and the problem of omissions of nursing activities. In addition, she participated in funded European programs, such as COST CA15208 – RANCARE and Erasmus + programs: Tender4Life, ACTION project and PROMOCON. She has publications in scientific journals and many presentations at local and international conferences. Her publications mainly concern nurses’ undergraduate education in both theoretical and clinical settings