Kathleen Piotrowski DNP, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA

Seasoned CRNA leader, expert clinician, & innovative professor with 30 years of experience.

• Initial RN licensure September 1987 Ohio & Arizona (2007) CURRENT in both OH and AZ
• Initial CRNA State License January 1995 CRNA Ohio & Arizona (2007) CURRENT in both OH and AZ
• Initial CRNA certification January 1995 NBCRNA (formerly called the CCNA) CURRENT
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator 2018-Present

• Burns, S., Wojnakowski, M., Piotrowski, K., & Caraffa, G. (2009). Unintentional Hypothermia: Implications for Perianesthesia Nurses. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 24 (3), 167-176.
• Burns, S., Wojnakowski, M., Piotrowski, K., & Caraffa, G. (2010). Incidence of Postoperative Hypothermia and the Relationship to Clinical Variables. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing, 5(4), 286-289.
• Piotrowski, K. (2012). Guest Editor. Reducing the Barriers to Electronic Documentation in Anesthesia Practice Settings. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 16 (3), Available at http://ojni.org/issues/?p=2003
• MacDonald,K.,Brie,H.,Vancayzeele,S., Lee,C.,Bowles,J., Piotrowski,K., Hermans,C., Abraham,I. (2013). Modelling of blood pressure outcomes in patients with and without established cardiovascular or renal disease following treatment with valsartan (the PREVIEW study). Archives of Cardiovascular Disease, 106 (3):124-134.
• Paik, G., Henker, R., Alexander, S., Henker, H,. Sereika, S, & Piotrowski, K.(2019). Accuracy of Temporal Artery Thermometry as an Indicator of Core Body Temperature in Patients Receiving General Anesthesia. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 34(2):330-337.
• Piotrowski,K.,DeSilva,C.,Dominick, M., Henker, R., Kinsey, L. & Dunn, J. (2020). Perceptions of parents/legal guardians of children with Down syndrome requiring anesthesia: Concerns and sources of information. AANA Journal, 89(6), 501-508.

• October 2023 The James Quality & Operational Excellence Poster Session; The James CCC Columbus OH
• Spetember 2023 14th Annual OSU Advanced Practice Provider Conference The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus OH
• March 2023 Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Conference; Royal Oak, MI
• December 2021 APPex Administration & Leadership Conference The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus OH
• September 2021 12th Annual OSU Advanced Practice Provider Virtual Conference The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH
• April 2021 AzANA Sun N Fun Phoenix, AZ VIRTUAL
• August 2020 AANA Annual Congress VIRTUAL
• April 2020 Western Institute of Nursing, Portland OR Postponed
• March 2018 Invited speaker University of Pittsburgh SON
• February 2018 Coordinated Twin Oaks Ultrasound Conference
• August 2013 Poster Presentation AANA Annual Meeting
• April 2013 Selected with University of Arizona Faculty for Poster Presentation at WIN (Western Institute of Nursing)
• August 2012 MWU Anesthesia Review course August
• 2011 MWU Anesthesia Review Course
• March 2011 AzANA Sun N Fun 2011 Pediatric Anesthesia Update Mitochondrial Disease
• March 2011 Sun City Nurses’ Club CRNAs: The Past, Present & Future March
• 2009 AzANA Sun N Fun 2009 Technological Advances in Nurse Anesthesia Education

• June 2018 HRSA NAT Grant Writer/ Awardee $37, 907.00 Project Director purpose was to address opioid addiction in Nurse Anesthesia training
• June 2017 HRSA NAT Grant Writer/awardee $16,283.00 Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students and promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• July 2016 HRSA NAT Grant Writer/Awardee $8353 Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students and promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• February 2016 Marshall Foundation Simulation Grant $200 K over 5 years. Foundation grant to finance simulation center for new nurse anesthesia progam
• October 2015 Arnold P. Gold Foundation/AACN White Coat Grant $1000 National foundation awarded money to help offset White Coat Ceremony
• July 2015 HRSA NAT Grant Awardee $4901 Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students and promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• April 2015 HRSA ANE Grant National Reviewer Committee
• July 2013 HRSA NAT Grant Writer/Awardee Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students and promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• April 2013 HRSA ANE Grant National Reviewer Committee
• June 2012 HRSA NAT Grant Writer/Awardee Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students and promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• June 2011 HRSA AENT Grant Writer/Awardee & HRSA NAT Grant Writer/Awardee Project Director purpose was to financially provide assistance to nurse anesthesia students for both grants with aim to promote future careers in rural, government and underserved practice settings.
• August 2010 Think Swiss Grant Awardee, Basel, Switzerland Attended conference at University of Basel to study metaanalysis and metasynthesis techniques

2023 Member of American College of Healthcare Executives

2022 Inducted as Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

2017 University of Arizona College of Nursing Susan Van Ort Excellence in Teaching Award for Doctoral Nursing Faculty

2016-2019; 2024 The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)

2014-2017 American Association of Nursing (ANA)

2015-2020; 2024 Arizona Simulation Network

2013-2020 Arizona Action Coalition/APRN; 2011-2022; Society for Simulation in Healthcare

2009-2012 American Medical Informatics Association

2013-present Sigma Theta Tau

1992-Present American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and State Associations

1988-1994 American Association of Critical Care Nurses

1986-1992 Sigma Theta Tau

• ACLS Instructor, OSUWMC Dept of Anesthesiology July 2021-Nov 2023
• April 2020 UAHS IPE Facilitator
• February 2020 AzANA Representative to March of Dimes Nurse of the Year
• October 2019 –present Banner Periop Safety and Quality committee
• September 2019-1/2021 Elected as Board Member of the Arizona Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AzANA)
• September 2018 -Jan 2021 Banner Anesthesia Clinical Consensus Group member
• April 2019 UAHS IPE Facilitator February August 2017 Elected University of Arizona College of Nursing Faculty Council Chair
• August 2016 Elected University of Arizona College of Nursing Chair-elect Faculty Council
• October 2015 Facilitator for Rural Health Professions Pain Management Symposium, UA Biomedical Campus
• August 2015 Elected University of Arizona College of Nursing Faculty Council Member
• May 2015 University of Arizona UITS Task Force For Videoconferencing software
• September 2014-2018 Facilitator AHSC IPE Events:COM,COP &CON:1 activity/yr.
• September 2014 Elected as Leadership Identification and Development Committee AzANA
• March 2014-present UA DNP-NA Admissions committee
• March 2013 Arizona APRN Coalition member, Conference Planning Committee
• September 2012-2014 Elected as Board Member of the Arizona Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AzANA)
• June 2012 Appointed by Arizona Supreme Court to serve as a Foster Care Review Board Member, three-year term.
• June 2015-present FCRB Term Renewed

• Spring 2022 South College co-faculty NSG 7521 Principles and Practice 1 Hybrid/Sim Lab x2 in-person
• Spring 2021 South College DNP-NA Nursing Informatics Online
• Fall 2019 Chair of 1 DNP project, committee member for 3
• Spring 2019 Chair of 6 DNP Projects, Committee member for 5 Coordinator, Ultrasound workshop
• Fall 2018 Guest lecturer NURS 671a: Gas Machine and NURS 673 Pediatrics. Simulation coordinator for 4 bootcamp style sim labs
• Summer 2018 Course Chair NURRS 670 Bioscience for Nurse Anesthetists Sim coordinator for 2 bootcamp sim events
• Spring 2018 Course Chair, NURS 674b Senior Seminar: Clinical Topics 1 credit hour Certification Exam prep course Course Chair NURS 672A Clincial Practicum 2 credit hours CQI on new tracking system EXXAT Acquired 3 new clinical sites Instructor, NURS 675 Co-existing Disease and Anesthesia Implications DNP Project Chair: 6 Senior students and 7 Junior students Mentored students in their DNP project development and doctoral defense Simulation coordinator for Nurse Anesthesia Program: Taught in CSI and 3 bootcamp simulation weekend events Coordinated Twin Oaks Hands on Ultrasound Cadaver lab Winter 2017 Course Chair NURS 672A Clinical Practicum I 1 credit hour Implemented brand new clinical tracking system EXXAT
• Fall 2017 Course Chair, Nurs 671A Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia I 2 credit hours Instructor Flipped classroom 8 learning modules Acquired 2 new clinical sites Coordinated and taught 4 weekend bootcamp simulation labs
• Summer 2017 Course Chair, NURS 670 Bioscience for Nurse Anesthetists 2 credit hour Instructor Flipped classroom Present learning modules Implemented examsoft Instructor, NURS 675 Co-existing Disease and Anesthesia Implications 3 credit hours Flipped classroom Present learning modules on Musculoskeletal, & CNS/PNS Sim Lab coordinator for 4 bootcamp simulation events
• Spring 2017 Course Chair, NURS 674b Senior Seminar Clinical Topic Synthesis 1 credit hour Asynchronous Problem based learning scenarios each week Course Chair, NURS 672c Clinical Practicum III 6 credit hours/4 days/week Develop and implement first clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Evaluate Typhon clinical tracking system submissions Conduct site visits NURS 673 Advanced Anesthetic Principles Faculty, Modules on Pediatrics, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery NURS 575 Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology Faculty presented module on Pharmacodynamics/ Pharmacokinetics Sim Lab Coordinator for NA CSI and 2 bootcamp sim events
• Fall 2016 Course Chair, NURS 670 Bioscience for Nurse Anesthetists 1 credit hour Flipped classroom Present learning modules Construct exam library Build exam library Recruit adjunct faculty Sim Lab coordinator Course Chair, NURS 672a Clinical Practicum I 2 credit hours/two days per week Develop and implement first clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Evaluate Typhon clinical tracking system submissions Conduct site visits Course Chair, NURS 672b Clinical Practicum II 6 credit hours/four days per week Develop and implement advanced clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Evaluate Typhon clinical tracking system submissions Conduct site visits Recruit clinical site placements
• Summer 2016 Course Chair, NURS 673 Advanced Anesthetic Principles 4 credit hours Develop and implement course for first time Flipped classroom Present learning modules Construct exam library Build exam library Recruit adjunct faculty Sim Lab coordinator NURS 671a Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia I 2 credit hours Present learning modules Construct exam Sim Lab coordinator NURS 575 Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology 3 credit hours Instructor Flipped classroom Remote exam proctoring Recruit adjunct faculty Sim Lab coordinator Course Co-Chair, NURS 672a Clinical Practicum I 3 credit hours/three days per week Develop and implement first clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Evaluate Typhon clinical tracking system submissions Conduct site visits
• Spring 2016 Course Chair, NURS 675 Co-existing Disease and Anesthesia Implications 2 credit hours Develop and implement course for the first time Flipped classroom Present learning modules Construct exam library Build exam library Sim Lab coordinator NURS 671b Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia II 2 credit hours Instructor Flipped classroom Present learning modules Construct exam library Build exam library Sim Lab coordinator Course Co-Chair, NURS 672a Clinical Practicum I 2 credit hours/two days per week Develop and implement first clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Implement Typhon clinical tracking system Conduct site visits
• Fall 2015 Course Chair, NURS 671b Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia II 2 credit hours Develop and implement course for first time Flipped classroom Present learning modules Construct exam library Build exam library Sim Lab coordinator Course Chair, NURS 672a Clinical Practicum I 1 credit hour/one day per week Develop and implement first clinical course Ensure clinical site compliance with learning stage Ensure compliance with required work and evaluations Implement Typhon clinical tracking system Conduct site visits NURS 670 Bioscience for Nurse Anesthetists 1 credit hour Instructor Flipped classroom Present learning modules Synchronous online class meetings with new Adobe platform Build exam library
• Summer 2015 Course Chair, NURS 671a Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia I 2 credit hours Develop and implement course for first time Present lectures Construct exam Remote proctor coordinator Sim Lab coordinator NURS 575 Nurse Anesthesia Pharmacology 3 credit hours Instructor Flipped classroom Remote exam proctoring
• Fall 2014 NURS 670 Bioscience for Nurses 1 credit hour Instructor Flipped classroom implementation Incorporated innovative learning technologies Remote Exam proctoring Synchronous online class meetings with Collaborate & Webex
• Summer 2014 NURS 751 Evidence-based Practice 3 credit hours Presented modules on levels of evidence, clinical practice Guidelines, Meta-Analysis/Metasynthesis; critical appraisal of health care interventions
• Fall 2012 Co-Course Coordinator of Principles and Pathophysiology of Anesthesia Simulation Lab I Simulation Lab Manager and scheduler Installed new audio-visual system in lab Piloting University developed software for evaluation management Lecturer in Principles and Pathophysiology of Anesthesia I
• Spring 2012 Course coordinator Principles of Anesthesia III 6 credit hours Construct syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab Coordinator Lecturer in Anesthesia Pharmacology
• Winter 2011 Co-Course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia II 6 credit hours Construct syllabus Present lectures, mentor new faculty on course coordinating, Sim Lab Coordinator Lecturer in Anesthesia Pharmacology Developed and received approval from CHS Curriculum Committee to make lab a stand alone class in 2012-2013 Fall 2011 Co-course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia I 6 credit hours Present lectures Sim Lab Coordinator
• Spring 2011 Principles of Anesthesia III 6 credit hours Present lectures Sim Lab Coordinator
• Winter 2010 Principles of Anesthesia II 6 credit hours Present lectures Sim Lab Coordinator
• Fall 2010 Principles of Anesthesia I 6 credit hours Present lectures Sim lab Coordinator
• Spring 2010 Course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia III 6 credit hours Create syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab Coordinator Lecturer in Professional Aspects
• Winter 2009 Course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia II 6 credit hours Create syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab coordinator
• Fall 2009 Course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia I 6 credit hours Create syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab Coordinator
• Spring 2009 Course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia III 6 credit hours Create syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab Instructor
• Winter 2008 Course coordinator Principles of Anesthesia II 6 credit hours Create syllabus Present lectures Construct & administer exams Sim Lab Instructor
• Fall 2008 Co-course Coordinator Principles of Anesthesia I 6 credit hours Present Lectures Administer Exams Sim Lab Instructor Lecturer in Anesthesia Pharmacology
• Winter2007/Spring 2008 Started employment Midwestern University
• Jan 2008 Lecturer in Principles of Anesthesia II Lecturer Principles of Anesthesia III Sim Lab instructor