Dr Andrea Simek started her nursing journey as an Associate Degree nurse in 2002. Since then, she has worked as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in inpatient and outpatient settings across the lifespan of rural community settings. As a lifelong learner, Dr Simek has always had a deep appreciation for higher education and found that as a nurse educator, she could make a meaningful impact on the nursing workforce. She has served as a professor in associate degree, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate nursing programs and as an administrator while serving as the Dean of Nursing at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College from 2019-2023. The primary focus of her professional nursing career has been addressing and educating about health disparities in underserved and marginalized communities. Dr Simek has led successful initial and continuing accreditation efforts and developed a nursing curriculum with a focus on social justice, health equity, and cultural safety. In this work she has found a dual purpose in addressing inequities both in health care and health education.<\/p>\n
Dr Simek is currently a Nurse Practitioner for the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa at the Nett Lake and Vermillion clinics in rural northern Minnesota. Throughout her work, Dr. Simek aims to develop inclusive teams that intentionally and collaboratively serve the community and develop the healthcare leaders of tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Biannual Conference, Bemidji State University<\/span><\/p>\n Podium Presentation: Cultural Safety<\/span><\/p>\n Annual Conference, Rochester, Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n Podium Presentation: Increasing Nursing Workforce Diversity: An Upstream Approach<\/span><\/p>\n Annual Institute,\u00a0 New Orleans, LA<\/span><\/p>\n Podium Presentation: Community Clinical Engagement Model<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Andrea Simek started her nursing journey as an Associate Degree nurse in 2002. Since then, she has worked as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in inpatient and outpatient settings across the lifespan of rural community settings. As a lifelong learner, Dr Simek has always had a deep appreciation for higher education and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":49509,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49470","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49470"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49510,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49470\/revisions\/49510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Health Educators Conference – Spring 2023<\/h3>\n
Association of Community Nurse Educators – Summer 2018<\/h3>\n
Current Certifications<\/h2>\n
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