Dr Debout is a nurse anesthetist. He has successively held positions in clinical practice, management, education and research in France and abroad. He is currently Head of nursing graduate programs at IFITS and nurse scientist in the health chair at Sciences-Po/IDS UMR Inserm 1145. He is deputy editor of the Revue Francophone Internationale de Recherche Infirmière and is series editor of "Advanced practice in nursing". He is a member of the European Academy of Nursing Science, Vice-President of the Academy of Nursing Sciences and Vice-President of the European Association of Nursing Educators. He is a former President of the French National Nurses Association (ANFIIDE)