Shared on behalf of Dawna Perry, Director Nursing, Academics & Practice Excellence

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I am pleased to announce that Andrea Raynak has accepted the position of Director, Nursing Practice beginning January 3, 2023. Reporting to the Director Nursing, Academics & Practice Excellence, Andrea’s primary responsibility will be the development and maintenance of programs and practices that support, promote and evaluate nursing practice and facilitate the integration of research into practice.

Andrea began working at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in 2008 in the staff nurse role first on 1A then in the Emergency Department. In 2014 Andrea completed her Masters of Public Health with Nursing Specialization and took on the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist, Medicine. In the CNS, Medicine role Andrea identified vascular access practices as an area of concern. She complete a literature search, assessed best/leading practices and tracked our hospital data resulting in a proposal to our Senior Leadership Team to create a new position to support vascular access practices at the Hospital. Her proposal was accepted and she transitioned to the CNS, Vascular Access position.

Andrea has a passion for research and knowledge translation. She has published a number of research articles, contributes as a reviewer of journals and has served as a member of the Research Ethics Board at the Hospital.

Andrea is in the second year of a PhD in Health Sciences focusing on identifying knowledge/health system gaps and proposing sustainable solutions to enhance the nursing profession and further, guide organizational and academic policy.

Please join me in welcoming Andrea to her new role!