Prof. Dr. Ayla Gürsoy graduated from Ege University School of Nursing in 1989. She completed her postgraduate education at Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences, in the Department of Surgical Nursing. After working for two years as an operating room nurse following her undergraduate graduation, Gürsoy served as a faculty member at Karadeniz Technical University for 28 years. She retired in 2017 and between 2017 and 2020, she served as the Head of the Nursing Department at the School of Health Sciences, International Cyprus University. She is currently working at Antalya Bilim University as the Chair of the Department of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Vice Rector. Gürsoy’s professional field is surgical nursing, and she conducts studies particularly in the areas of breast cancer nursing and perioperative nursing.