Biography

Andrea Thomson is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse. Andrea has psychiatric nursing experience in a variety of areas including an acute care psychiatric nursing, nurse educator, and mental health counsellor. Andrea is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Studies, Brandon University.

Education

Master of Psychiatric Nursing, Brandon University
Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing, Brandon University

Research Interests

Andrea typically subscribes to qualitative research methods such as phenomenology, narrative inquiry, and interpretative description. Andrea is currently building a research program focused on accessibility and accommodation practices in nursing practice and education. Areas of research interest also include acute care psychiatric nursing practices, recovery-oriented mental health care provision, professional boundaries in psychiatric nursing, and sexual violence in rural areas.

Selected Publications

Thomson, A.E., Baxter, C., Brassier, N., Magnusson, M., & Dyck, S. (2025). Overcoming obstacles: The stories of nursing and psychiatric nursing students who experience disabilities. Journal of Nursing Education, 64(2), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20241030-01

Thomson, A.E., Karpa, J., & Smith, N. (2024). Psychiatric nurse and educator perspectives on professional boundaries in nursing education: An interpretive description study. Journal of Professional Nursing, 52(2024), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.03.011

Thomson, A.E., & Mullins, S. (2024). Environments that promote recovery in acute care mental health: Nursing perspectives explored through interpretive description. Contemporary Nurse, 60(2), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2319849

Thomson, A.E. & Winsor Murray, J. (2023). Mental health nurses who experience disabilities: Adapting to workplace barriers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 4(12), 1179-1187. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2266849

Thomson, A.E., Waddell-Henowitch, C., Herron, R., Epp, D., Rauch, K., Ryan, K., & Mullins, S. (2023). Rural perspectives on suicide prevention in Canada. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 42(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2023-003