Selma Bouarioua is an Education Program Specialist within the nursing sciences team at the 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Luxembourg. She coordinates the Bachelor in pediatric nursing and is involved in various projects in health and nursing sciences. Through her extensive professional clinical experience as a pediatric nurse, she contributes to the excellence of the curriculum.

Her professional focus centers on pediatric palliative care, with particular expertise in the development of home-based pathways for children with life threatening conditions and their families. She has been actively involved in national plans on cancer end-of-life and palliative care, with a direct impact on pediatric health policies in Luxembourg.

She contributes to teaching at the 8xav¸£Àûµ¼º½ of Luxembourg, delivering theoretical and practical courses within the Bachelor in Pediatric Nursing. She is also involved in student supervision during clinical placements and in several lab skills.

Ms. Bouarioua has been involved in the development of a national and transdisciplinary organisation of Specialised Pediatric Palliative Care (SPPC) in Luxembourg, collaborating with all stakeholders in the field to build a child-centred care model within the home-care setting. She has also been participating in the working group focused on the reform of healthcare professions, specifically regarding the legislative framework for pediatric nurses.

From 2020 to 2026, she worked as a pediatric nurse at Stëfftung Hellef Doheem (ESSAD), specialising in palliative home care. From 2019 to 2020, she served as a pediatric nurse at the SAUP unit of CHR Metz-Thionville (Hopital Bel Air). Between 2014 and 2017, she was Deputy Manager of life units at An de Wisen by Sodexo. From 2010 to 2014, she worked as a nurse at Servior CIPA Grand-Duc Jean.

Ms. Bouarioua holds a State Diploma in Nursing (ICA Libramont, Belgium, 2010), a specialisation in Diabetology Nursing (Henallux-Namur, Belgium, 2013), a Diploma in Paediatric Nursing – Diplôme d’Etat d’Infirmière Puéricultrice (IFIP-Metz, 2017–2018), and a training in Team Management (Sodexo-Bettembourg, 2017). She is trained in palliative care and completed the programme “Continuing and Palliative Care from Birth to Adolescence” at the Haute Ecole Leonard de Vinci, Brussels, Belgium.