Prof. Dr. Véronique de Goumoëns, RN, CNS, PhD, is an Associate Professor UAS at the School of Nursing La Source in Lausanne, member of the network of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES-SO). She is leading the Teaching and Research Laboratory “Child and Family Health”. Her research focuses on family nursing for patients with acquired brain injuries, from the early phase of hospitalization. In partnership with families and healthcare professionals, she developed an intervention based on Family Systems Nursing theory, The SAFIR© intervention. SAFIR© was tested in clinical neurosciences department of a University Hospital and seems to be feasible in a well-prepared context; further research will test its efficacy and the implementation strategies for its sustainability. She is contributing to the development of the curriculum in family nursing for pre-graduate and graduate nursing students. She is the Director of the BEST (Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins) JBI Center of Excellence and the Vice-President of the Swiss Association for Nursing Sciences (VFP-APSI). She is also committed to promoting the profession at the national level, particularly with regard to advanced nursing practice and to defending the interests of nurse at the political level.