About Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Canada
Established in Montreal in 1925, Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada is a bilingual, short-term, acute care hospital, providing ultra-specialized orthopaedic care to children from across Canada and around the world. The mission of the hospital is to provide treatment and rehabilitation to infants, children and young adults with orthopaedic and neuromuscular problems such as scoliosis, osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), clubfeet, hip dysplasia, leg length discrepancies and cerebral palsy, among others. The hospital is committed to excellence and innovation in clinical practice, research and education. Affiliated with McGill University, the hospital provides clinical experience and teaching for residents and allied professionals within its outstanding new facility on the Glen site. The hospital is present in communities across Canada, thanks to telemedicine, outreach clinics, and satellite clinics.
Kelly Thorstad, MSc(A)N, PHCNP, Acting Hospital Administrator
Kelly has been the Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive at Shriners Hospitals for Children®- Canada in Montreal since 2017. Ms. Thorstad obtained her MSc(A) in Nursing from McGill University in 2001, and later continued her education at the University of Ottawa to obtain her Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner license in 2008.
She has been a part of the Shriners Hospital team since 2002 and has adopted many roles over the years in clinical and management positions. She is currently the Acting Hospital Administrator. Ms. Thorstad has led nursing education and research initiatives, implemented clinical process changes, facilitated the transition to a new hospital facility, and has led with her colleagues to establish best practices in care delivery.
Ms. Thorstad played a key role in the implementation of the FOCUSED™ professional practice model across the 22-site Shriners Hospitals for Children system, which ensures that patients and families remain at the center of clinical care delivery. She is also a key Senior Management Leader simulating the Person-Centered Care Approach with the organization's Planetree journey.
As a Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Thorstad has been involved in the clinical care of children with orthopedic needs and has had a research focus on the transition of young adults, and optimization of pain, anxiety, and coping management.
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