Amanda Kurowski

Admit patients to surgery center, assess patient symptoms, monitor vital signs, IV starts, confirm and witness patient consents with physician and anesthesia, assist anesthesia with nerve blocks when necessary.

Circulate operating room, perform safety timeouts, assess fire risk, monitor and maintain sterile field, responsible for prepping patient with appropriate sterilizing solutions, documentation of operating room times and surgery times, documentation of implantation record.

Assess and recover patients in the post anesthesia care unit, monitor vital signs, report abnormal finings to appropriate care teams, pain assessments, medication administration, educate patients and patient families regarding discharge instructions.

• Bedside RN caring for patients of multiple different specialties
• Worked as resource RN for permanent staff and traveling RNs
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

• Worked as a travel RN to staff COVID ICU, proficient in vent management, ARDS, paralytics, train of four, vasopressor titration, and manual pronation of patients
• Ability to adapt well in a fast-paced environment and to become proficient in new charting systems and hospital policies
• Staffed a 10-bed trauma ICU caring for patients with EVDs, Multiple complex crush injuries, Intrabdominal pressure monitoring, and end of life care.

• Primarily staff COVID-19 Units
• Proficient in vent management, neuromuscular blockade drip titration, Train of Four, manually pronning patients
• Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
• Facilitated smooth patient transitions from the ICU to other units by providing detailed reports and recommendations for ongoing care.

• Assess and care for patients of the surgical, transplant, and multi-trauma critical care populations
• Cross trained to care for patients requiring CRRT, Swan-Ganz catheters, intra-abdominal pressures, and EVD monitors
• Responsible for precepting experienced staff, new graduate RNs, and nurses in the Critical Care Rotational Program
• Charge responsibilities on a regular basis and serves as a unit resource to staff RNs.

• Worked as a travel RN in a newly built 20 bed ICU/PCU
• Cared for patients with Sepsis, DKA, GI bleed, NSTEMI, PE/DVT, PNA, and ARDS
• Advocate for patient safety and works well on a team through effective communication and collaboration.
• Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.

• Monitor patients on mechanical ventilators and titrate high risk medications for hemodynamic stability
• Actively care for patients requiring balloon pumps, Rotoprone beds, CRRT, and post MI patients requiring hypothermia
• Care for patients with MODS, Sepsis, Shock, DKA, STEMI/NSTEMI, ARDS, and Stroke
• Continual use of critical thinking skills in assessing patient symptoms and trends in vital signs

• Assess and monitors day zero post-op patients on a busy surgical unit
• Responsible for caring for patients with complicated fractures requiring traction & external fixation devices
• Provide necessary education and guidance on health maintenance and disease prevention to patients and their families
• Responsible for precepting new staff members to ensure a seamless transition into the medical surgical unit.