Kate L.

Hughes, MSN, ACNP-BC, RN, CNRN

4050 New Castle Road
Pulaski, PA 16143
(412) 401-6262
hugheslkate@gmail.com

Education

Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH August 2023

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Post-Master’s Certificate

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN October 2019

Master of Science in Nursing Education

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA August 2009

Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Program Honors in Nursing

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 2008

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
Cum Laude

Clinical Practicum Experience

UPMC Jameson Hospital, New Castle, PA March-May 2023

Emergency Department
Preceptor: John Smith, CRNP
 This clinical practicum included management of a variety medical and surgical of patients across the
lifespan seeking emergency care. Clinical decision making and implementation of interventions were
completed with guidance from the clinical preceptor. This practicum included supervised clinical
skills including suturing, arterial and central venous line placement, and intubation.

UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA May-July 2023

Medical Intensive Care Unit
Preceptor: Alice Jones, MD
 This clinical practicum included the supervised management of critically ill patients with a variety of
medical problems including congestive heart failure, pneumonia, sepsis, COVID-19, malignancy-
related complications, drug overdose, and decompensated liver disease, among others. Supervised
clinical skills included arterial and central venous line placement, intubation, extubation, and bedside
ultrasound. Complex clinical decision making was completed with the guidance of a clinical
preceptor and included extensive interdisciplinary cooperation and communication with patients’
families.

Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, OH July-August 2023

Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Preceptor: Mary Black, MD
 This clinical practicum included the supervised management of critically ill patients with a variety of
neurological conditions including seizure, various infections of the central nervous system, Guillain-
Barre Syndrome, and hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke with and without endovascular intervention.
Supervised clinical skills included placement of various hemodynamic monitoring devices,
intubation, extubation, bedside ultrasound, and brain death testing. Complex clinical decision making
was completed with the guidance of a clinical preceptor and included extensive interdisciplinary
cooperation with a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and critical care medicine physicians.

Work Experience

UPMC Jameson School of Nursing, New Castle, PA 2021-present

Nursing Instructor
 Responsibilities include the clinical education of groups of up to seven students in various clinical
settings throughout the UPMC Health System.
 Development of evidence-based supplemental clinical educational materials for use in post-clinical
conference.
 Provision of lecture and lecture materials to students across the educational continuum.
 Professional collaboration with didactic and clinical faculty, as well as clinical nursing staff, for the
evaluation of nursing students’ safety and efficacy in practice.
 Participation in Systematic Program Evaluation in accordance with the Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing (ACEN).
 Participation in faculty committee work on the curriculum committee.

UPMC Northwest Hospitals, UPMC Jameson, UPMC Horizon Shenango and Greenville 2020-present
Professional Staff Nurse
 Provision of nursing care to patients in the emergency department (ED) during surge staffing crisis.

UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 2018-2021

Nursing Instructor
 Responsibilities include the clinical education of groups of up to seven students in various clinical
settings throughout the UPMC Health System.
 Development of evidence-based supplemental clinical educational materials for use in post-clinical
conference.
 Provision of lecture and lecture materials to students across the educational continuum.
 Professional collaboration with didactic and clinical faculty, as well as clinical nursing staff, for the
evaluation of nursing students’ safety and efficacy in practice.
 Participation in Systematic Program Evaluation in accordance with the Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing (ACEN).
 Participation in faculty committee work on the curriculum committee.

UPMC Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 2009-2019

5G Neurological Continuous Care Unit
Senior Professional Staff Nurse
• 5G is a progressive care unit specializing in the care of trauma, stroke, and various neurosurgical
patients.
• Care of patients includes assessing, monitoring, and caring for patients following acute stroke,
acute trauma, especially to the brain and spinal cord, and following various neurosurgical
procedures.
• Management of multiple invasive monitoring devices including EVD and lumbar drain.
• Collaboration and communication as a member of the multi-disciplinary care team with social
workers, respiratory therapists, resident and attending physicians as well as goal and discharge
planning.
• Reading cardiac monitors, IV insertion, phlebotomy, NIHSS.
• Precept student and graduate/new nurses.

Professional Awards and Recognitions

• The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses – Recipient December 2010

• The Richard L. Simmons, MD, Speak Up for Patient Safety Award – Nominee July 2014
• UPMC Nurse’s Week Conference: Outstanding Preceptor--Nominee May 2016
• The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses—Nominee February 2019
• The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty—Nominee January 2021

Professional Associations

Pennsylvania State Nursing Association 2012-Present

Member

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2014-Present

Member

American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 2015-Present

Member

Licensure and Certification

RN License, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 2009-Present

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Provider, Basic Life Support, Healthcare Provider 2008-Present

American Heart Association

Provider, Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2009-Present

American Heart Association

NIH Stroke Scale Certification 2009-Present

American Heart Association

CNRN Certification 2015-Present

American Board of Neuroscience Nursing
 Community Service
IMPACT in Healthcare 2021-Present
Member of Healthcare Policy, Nursing Education, and Medical Racism and Health Disparities action
committees
 IMPACT is the Interdisciplinary Medical & Patient Alliance for Care Transformation with a mission
to address inequity and inefficiency in healthcare with direct action against disparities and barriers to
care; increase patient access to affordable, equitable care via heath education and health literacy
initiatives; help healthcare workers provide the best possible care by advocating for staffing ratios,
workplace safety, and the health, rights, and wellbeing of healthcare workers; empower all patients
and healthcare workers to self-advocate for a system that benefits everyone.
 Duties include monthly meetings and collaboration with healthcare workers across the country to
accomplish brainstorming, organization, and implementation of actionable steps to create change in
healthcare nationwide.