KRISTIN KRZEMIENSKI

Detail-oriented student nurse anesthetist with extensive experience in diverse clinical settings. Dedicated to providing exceptional care and achieving positive patient outcomes. Skilled in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and utilizing strong communication skills to promote effective teamwork.

• Registered Nurse, Wisconsin State License #170738-30
• Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification, 11/01/17 -present
• Basic Life Support, 01/01/10 - present
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 02/01/13 - present
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 01/01/22 - present
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, 05/01/23 - present

Charge Nurse

• Supervise and resource RN's and NA's on a 30 bed cardiovascular intensive care unit
• Delegate care assignments to staff in accordance to patient needs and staff skill level
• Communicates with nursing supervisor and patient placement to coordinate incoming surgical cases and outgoing patients to ensure bed availability

Staff Nurse

• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
• Provide post-operative and post-anesthesia care and recovery management of cardiovascular patients including myocardial revascularization, valve repairs and replacements, and emergent aortic dissections
• Assist physicians with bedside procedures including sedation, transesophageal echocardiograms, central line placements, intubations, bronchoscopies, cardioversions, and gastrointestinal procedures
• Provide care for and monitoring for critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy, intra-aortic balloon pumps, left ventricular assist devices, total artificial hearts and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• Closely monitor patient hemodynamics using Swan-Ganz catheters to titrate IV medications by patient assessment and physician order Experienced with ultrasound-guided peripheral and midline IV insertion
• Preceptor and resource for new orienting staff nurses and nursing students, Attend meetings for unit based scheduling committee, Train staff on placement of ultrasound-guided IV placement
• Hospital code team - respond to codes when assigned to code pager

• Aspirus - Medford, WI
• Ascension - St. Elizabeth’s - Appleton, WI
• Thedacare - Waupaca, WI
• Ascension - Chilton, WI
• Ascension - Mercy - Oshkosh, WI
• Holy Family Memorial - Manitowoc, WI
• Mile Bluff - Mauston, WI

       - Regional experience

• Bellin - Green Bay, WI

       - Cardiac rotation

• Aurora BayCare - Green Bay, WI
• Ascension - Milwaukee, WI

       - General + OB call

• Gunderson - Lacrosse, WI
• Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI