My vision is to enable the next generation of nurses to excel in clinical practice and research. We need a well-prepared, interprofessional workforce that collaborates to transform health and health care in partnership with patients, families, and communities. Excellent research that is relevant and meaningful to those it serves is needed to achieve system change and to make a true impact on the quality of life and well-being of persons and families living with health challenges..
Rahel Naef is a professor of implementation science in nursing at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich and heads the Implementation Science in Nursing Research Group at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Rahel has taken a leadership role in generating scientific knowledge around family engagement and support in acute and critical care services. Her research focuses on family health, quality of life and caregiving-receiving processes, families support needs and the ability of acute and critical care services to address these needs, with a particular emphasis on families of critically ill persons, later life families, and bereaved family members. She leads a programme of clinical and implementation science research that investigates effective delivery of family nursing support interventions and successful uptake of family-centered practice guidelines in acute and critical care. Rahel holds a master's degree in nursing from the University of Toronto , Canada, a Ph.D. in nursing science from the University of Manchester, England, and a Venia Legendi from the University of Zurich