Kristen Adamowicz
RN, BSN, CPN, CEN
Colorado Springs
Summary
Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency patient care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
Work History
Pediatric Emergency Room Nurse
Children's Hospital Colorado
10.2022 - Current
- Evaluate patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
- Provide skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Strengthen training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs and trauma workshops.
- Collaborate with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
Registered Nurse Traveler
Medley Staffing
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Deliver outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and manage care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Evaluate healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connect to optimal providers and care.
- Accurately document treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Provide effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort.
- Manage patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
Pediatric Trauma Nurse, Emergency Department
Phoenix Children's Hospital
10.2010 - 10.2022
- Provide education to staff and help manage care on critically ill patients as Trauma Nurse Critical Care Leader.
- Support and oversee department with an average patient census of 200+ patients a day as charge relief.
- Valued team member in trauma, code and resuscitations for more than 10 years in multiple roles including bed side nurse.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management on various age ranges from neonatal to adult.
- Initiated resuscitative measures to reduce disability and death from acute circulatory and respiratory emergencies.
- Train nurses, students and on boarding nurses in proper techniques, care standards, procedures and safety protocols.
- Strengthened training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs such as stroke protocol and TPA, blood product administration, trauma education, rapid response and behavioral safety for both patient and staff.
Licensed Practical Nurse/Registered Nurse
Youth Development Institute
06.2018 - 01.2020
- Provided care for youth in specialized treatment facility for emotional and serious behavioral disorders.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests and evaluations.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Concentric Healthcare Staffing
03.2015 - 01.2017
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Collaborated with supervisor to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA 01.2020 - 11.2021
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Maricopa Community Colleges - Gateway Community College
Phoenix, AZ 08.2017 - 05.2019
Associate of Applied Science - Dietetic Technology
Maricopa Community Colleges - Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ 01.2015 - 11.2016
Skills
Student Precepting
Patient evaluation
Strong clinical judgment
Pediatric CPR
Newborn care
Training and Development
Trauma recovery
Triage
Blood Product Transfusion
Emergency Response Coordination
Prioritizing Patients
Unit Oversight
Emergency procedures
IV Insertion
Privacy and confidentiality
Certification
ACLS
Timeline
CEN
03-2024
ATCN
09-2023
Pediatric Emergency Room Nurse
Children's Hospital Colorado
10.2022 - Current
NRP
07-2022
TNCC
07-2022
Registered Nurse Traveler
Medley Staffing
03.2022 - 04.2023
CPN
03-2022
ENPC
05-2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Arizona Global Campus
01.2020 - 11.2021
PALS
06-2019
ACLS
04-2019
BLS/CPR
04-2019
Licensed Practical Nurse/Registered Nurse
Youth Development Institute
06.2018 - 01.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Maricopa Community Colleges - Gateway Community College
08.2017 - 05.2019
Licensed Practical Nurse
Concentric Healthcare Staffing
03.2015 - 01.2017
Associate of Applied Science - Dietetic Technology
Maricopa Community Colleges - Paradise Valley Community College
01.2015 - 11.2016
Pediatric Trauma Nurse, Emergency Department
Phoenix Children's Hospital
10.2010 - 10.2022