Maria Rui Sousa

Maria Rui Sousa serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Porto School of Nursing within the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, specializing in nursing education with emphasis on practical care delivery during public health crises.

Her research focuses on critical nursing domains requiring immediate clinical application:

• Nursing practice in emergency contexts
• Home-based patient care systems
• Pandemic management protocols
• Community public health interventions
• Vulnerable population support frameworks
• Infection control in domestic settings

She developed the archived course 'Ser Cuidador na Pandemic por COVID-19: Cuidados em Contexto Domiciliário' addressing urgent caregiver training needs during the pandemic, offered free to healthcare professionals seeking to implement safe home-care practices.