Interests include women's health, obstetric nursing, community nursing, including rural and underserved population health. Recent Achievments: Andrea Simek is currenlty enrolled as a DNP student at The College of St Scholastica. Andrea's research in the DNP program has combined her interest in rural health and faith based nursing. Andrea is currently studying the potential effects of a rural faith based health promotion program on cardiovascular risk. Anticipated graduation of DNP program spring semester 2017.