Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline
Generic

Andrew Weatherington

Huntington,USA

Summary

Professional anesthesia provider with strong background in delivering safe and effective anesthesia care. Skilled in advanced airway management, patient assessment, and pain management techniques. Emphasis on collaborative teamwork and adaptable to changing clinical environments. Reliable, results-driven, and focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CRNA

CCI
02.2024 - Current
  • Ensured optimal pain management by providing timely and accurate administration of analgesics and sedatives.
  • Educated patients on postoperative pain management strategies to facilitate faster recovery times and improved overall satisfaction with their surgical experience.
  • Achieved excellence in regional anesthesia techniques including spinal blocks, epidurals, and nerve blocks for targeted pain relief during surgery or labor/delivery processes.
  • Current Practice is a mix of ortho, adult & pediatric ENT, robotic general surgery, and OB/GYN.

CRNA

USAP Anesthesia Group at Lutheran Hospital
10.2022 - 02.2024
  • The primary site of training is Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN, a 396-bed level II trauma center that utilizes a supervised practice model. As an anesthetist at Lutheran working in a collaborative practice, we cover the Main OR, EP/Cath Lab, IR, Endoscopy, labor and delivery as well as The Orthopedic Hospital.
  • Heaviest Case Profiles:
  • TKA and THA
  • Lumbar and Thoracic fusion (GETA and TIVA)
  • Robotic Hysterectomy and hemicolectomy
  • Spinal Cord and sacral nerve stimulator

Trauma OR Nurse

IU Health Methodist
08.2012 - 06.2018
  • IU Health Methodist is a level 1 Trauma Center with the highest volumes of trauma patients rolling through their doors. The main OR is a 35-bed operating room with a trauma room, emergency craniotomy room, and emergency vascular room ready to operate within 5 minutes.
  • It was my responsibility in the evening/night to set up and staff these rooms. During these surgeries I was one of several responsible for operating the rapid infuser, cell saver, argon beam, and code cart. One of my primary responsibilities were assisting anesthesia with rapid sequence intubation and central line placement.
  • Coordination of the operating room is critical to my responsibility.

Trauma OR/SICU Nurse

Eskenazi Hospital
06.2015 - 09.2016
  • Eskenazi Hospital is a Trauma 1 hospital and a leader in trauma in Indiana. As a resource nurse I covered both the main OR and SICU.
  • My responsibilities in the OR were covering trauma when it was my rotation and providing lunches.
  • Assisting anesthesia residents with intubation and emergence.
  • Positioning, prepping, and draping of the anesthetized patient and ensuring their safety while they were unable to.
  • In SICU receiving fresh trauma patients with open abdomens and the rapid infuser still attached as well as post-craniotomy patients.
  • Managing art lines, CVP's, multiple vasoactive infusions, CRRT, ICP drains and monitors.

Staff Nurse

St. Vincent Seton Hospital
08.2007 - 10.2015
  • St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital is a 74-bed short- and long-term acute care hospital for patients with multiple organ dysfunction (MODS), extensive wounds, and respiratory failure. St. Vincent Seton also has a 6-bed ICU for intubated and hemodynamically unstable patients.
  • As a nurse at Seton, we were all required to extensively know and understand wound management from stages I-unstageable wounds.
  • We were also required to intimately understand ventilator management and troubleshooting.
  • Frequent use of vasopressors for the patients with septic shock.
  • Being a calming presence for the patients and families enduring terminal weans.

Education

Doctorate of Nurse Practice - Nurse Anesthesia

University of Saint Francis
Fort Wayne, IN
01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University of Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
01.2018

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College
Albany, New York
01.2009

Skills

  • Preoperative evaluation
  • Pediatric anesthesia
  • Regional anesthesia techniques
  • Obstetrical anesthesia experience

Certification

  • CRNA License #138987 Expires October 2026
  • ACLS Expires October 2026
  • PALS Expires October 2026
  • TCRN Trauma Certified Registered Nurse Board of Certification of Emergency Nursing
  • FCCS Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Society of Critical Care Medicine

Affiliations

  • American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
  • Indiana Association of Nurse Anesthetists (IANA)

Timeline

CRNA

CCI
02.2024 - Current

CRNA

USAP Anesthesia Group at Lutheran Hospital
10.2022 - 02.2024

Trauma OR/SICU Nurse

Eskenazi Hospital
06.2015 - 09.2016

Trauma OR Nurse

IU Health Methodist
08.2012 - 06.2018

Staff Nurse

St. Vincent Seton Hospital
08.2007 - 10.2015

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University of Kokomo

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College

Doctorate of Nurse Practice - Nurse Anesthesia

University of Saint Francis

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE