Andrea Raynak is the Director of Nursing Practice at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Within her role, she advances the practice of nursing organizationally and creates and maintains programs and practices that support, promote, and evaluate nursing practice. She facilitates the integration of research into practice and further progresses a learning culture. Her research interests include identifying knowledge and health system gaps and proposing sustainable solutions to enhance the nursing profession and further guide organizational and academic policy.She also works as a Contract Lecturer for Lakehead University.