Katarina Ruchert BSN RN CCRN CNRN CMC SCRN

Providing care to patients and families in a critical care environment.

Provided care for patients in the Asante health system. My main designation was ICU. I floated through out the hospital to provided care and support during Covid surging.

• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
• Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients

• Providing direct patient care to post-surgical patients
• Assessing for complications and intervening according to protocol
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary team to assess and intervene
• Awarded Spark grant to improve care of post-surgical pediatric patients

• Providing post-operative to care at ambulatory surgical center
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies
• Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
• Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment

• Assessed student knowledge levels and abilities with detailed assessments
• Educated nursing students on successful methods for performing physical assessment and documentation
• Oversaw laboratory and clinical environments to help students advance knowledge and abilities
• Oversaw 10-12 students in various units per clinical day

• Worked in various units included but not limited to Advanced Cardiac Unit/Intensive Care Unit, STAT Nurse, Administrative Nurse Supervisor, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Peri-operative, and Cardio-Vascular-Thoracic Unit
• Member of nurse practice committee for several years
• Provided education in form of skill fair, classroom setting, and bedside mentoring
• Reviewed and revised nursing policy and procedure
• Mentored and precepted nursing students and staff
• Collaborated with health-care team
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
• Cared for patient post cardiac surgery, IABP, Impella, advanced neurosurgery patients, sepsis, aquaphoresis

• Cared for critically-ill patients in medical Intensive care unit
• Cared for septic, acute respiratory distress, severe gastrointestinal bleed patients. Patients requiring advanced ventilation interventions including proning. Patients requiring Minnesota tubes and TIPS
• Worked with Neuroscience patients. Patients suffering from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries