Katelyn Kovski BSN, RN, CCRN
Austin,Texas
Summary
Compassionate transformational leader focused on enhancing patient outcomes through innovative workflows and strategic care delivery advancements. Expertise in developing high-performance teams and fostering mentorship to achieve excellence in clinical services. Proven track record in adapting care strategies to meet the needs of diverse patient populations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
7
7
Certificates
Work History
Patient Care Manager
Texas Children's Hospital
Austin, Texas
01.2024 - 01.2026
- Leadership Excellence: Directed clinical operations and nursing performance for a high-acuity PICU.CICU while managing the hospital-wide Flex Team supporting multiple inpatient units.
- Staff Development: Supported PICU and Flex Team nurses through bedside coaching, competency development, and structured guidance that enabled staff to confidently transition into expanded roles across multiple clinical areas.
- Operational Excellence: Strategic scheduling, staff allocation, and surge planning in collaboration with house supervisors and unit leaders to improve coverage across fluctuating patient volumes.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Acted as the vital link between physicians, families, and ancillary departments to coordinate complex care and resolve conflict.
- Workflow and Process Improvement: Effectively identified gaps and collaborated with multiple teams to implement functional solutions for improved patient outcomes.
- Culture Building: Nurtured psychological safety and empowered nurses through support of shared governance, staff recognition, and growth opportunities for learning and mentorship of staff.
- Clinical Quality: Monitoring patient throughput and ensuring the delivery of safe, developmentally appropriate care for pediatric patients. This includes completing quality rounding, educating staff, and compliance monitoring in addition to participating in simulation and patient care planning.
- Patient and Family Advocacy: Performed routine leader rounding to support families and patients.
- Evidence Based Leadership: Maintained knowledge about emerging trends in healthcare delivery systems.
CRNA School
UTHealth School of Nursing
Houston, TEXAS
05.2021 - 12.2023
Critical Care ICU Nurse
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
09.2015 - 04.2021
- Critical Care Excellence: Direct patient care of diverse patient populations (neonatal through adult) with complex congenital diseases, particularly congenital heart disease.
- Technical Proficiency: Operated and monitored life-sustaining equipment including ECMO, CRRT, and VADs in unstable, high-acuity patients.
- Advanced Hemodynamics: Utilized invasive monitoring tools such as PiCCO, NIRS, and lines to drive data-driven clinical interventions and patient outcomes.
- Surgical Support: Facilitated emergency bedside procedures and managed "open chest" patients in the immediate postoperative period.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Collaborated with a diverse team of surgeons, intensivists, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists to manage complex patient care.
- Clinical Mentorship: Partnered with nurses to provide education on high-acuity equipment ensuring unit-wide competency and safety.
- Patient and Family Advocacy: Developed positive relationships with patients and families through compassionate care.
- End-of-Life Care: Provided compassionate end-of-life care for terminally ill patients and their families.
- Cross Functional Clinical Expert: Proven ability to effectively integrate into diverse high-acuity environments including CICU, NICU, PICU, and TICU to provide excellent patient-centered care.
Oncology Staff Nurse
MD Anderson Cancer Hospital
Houston, TX
02.2013 - 10.2015
- Oncology Care Experience: Direct care experience in managing the administration of novel chemotherapies, biotherapies, and blood products.
- High-Stakes Resuscitation: Crisis management and clinical escalation while skillfully navigating the ethical and emotional complexities of end-of-life care and multidisciplinary decision-making.
- Research & Innovation: Followed research protocols and assisted in data collection to improve outcomes in high-acuity oncology settings.
- Technical Proficiency: Competency in central line and drain management, supporting complex physiological needs in research-driven clinical environments.
- Quality & Compliance: Audit Committee Unit Leader responsible for driving accountability in practice amongst nursing staff.
- Strategic EHR Implementation: EPIC Committee Unit Leader responsible for orchestrating workflow transitions and ensuring system-wide clinical alignment during a critical technological transformation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX12-2012
Skills
- Critical care experience
- Leadership and management
- Clinical operations
- Staff leadership and mentorship
- Performance improvement
- Resource management
- Regulatory compliance
- Quality improvement
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Patient support and conflict resolution
Accomplishments
Caught You Leading - HEART Value: Respect, 2025
Timeline
Patient Care Manager
Texas Children's Hospital
01.2024 - 01.2026
CRNA School
UTHealth School of Nursing
05.2021 - 12.2023
Critical Care ICU Nurse
Texas Children's Hospital
09.2015 - 04.2021
Oncology Staff Nurse
MD Anderson Cancer Hospital
02.2013 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Health Science Center
Quote
"Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses...we must be learning all of our lives."
Florence Nightingale
Certification
Registered Nurse License #831218 Exp: November 2026