Andrea Machnacki, FNP-C is a board-certified Advanced Practice Nurse with nearly a decade of experience and education in nursing and is licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in the states of Illinois, Colorado, and Michigan. She also teaches as a Clinical Professor of Nursing in the BSN program at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. As a provider, Andrea has worked in telemedicine as well as a variety of in- and out-patient settings, including in-patient psychiatry. She embodies a shared value with Cerebral: that all people deserve access to safe, high-quality healthcare.
Her experience with providing care to complex patients has invigorated her passion for providing mental health care to people of all ages and her goal is always to help them feel their best, so they can get back to doing the things they love. When not providing care to her patients, Andrea enjoys snowboarding and yoga, spending time with her husband and two children, and cheering on Detroit and University of Michigan sports teams.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. — John Green
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