Kensy Lewandowski

Family Nurse Practitioner with MSN and BSN in Nursing.

Advanced Practice

Nursing training and experience including rotations in Primary Care, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Trauma/Urgent care, Geriatrics, and Inpatient Internal Medicine. Over 10 years experience within pediatric operating room setting at tertiary care hospital.

Experience in endoscopy/colonoscopy planning in inpatient acute settings for gastroenterology consult specialty.

Experience in organ recovery surgical services including organ harvesting and skin closure. Extensive experience in clinical leader role and management of patients and suites in various care environments throughout large urban-based hospital system. Formally educated in Nursing Systems-level leadership.

Experienced in geriatric skilled care, long term, and dementia patients, family practice, gastroenterology, and rheumatology as certified nurse practitioner. Fellowship completed with UPMC in Rheumatology in 2021. Member of American College of Rheumatology and Association of Women in Rheumatology.

Nurse Practitioner - UPMC Margolis Rheumatology - 200 Delafield Road, Pittsburgh, 15215

(2021-08 - 2026-03)

Treating rheumatic/arthritis conditions such as GCA, PMR, GCA, Vasculitis, Gout, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Myositis, Sjogren's Syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease disorders, etc. Advanced lab testing and tailored treatment plans. Infusion training - infusion center and ACLS certified. Use of ultrasound in diagnosing and treating joint related conditions. Training in bone density treatment, DXA readings, infusions for Osteoporosis. Various trigger point and joint injections.

Nurse - CVS Covid Clinic Testing - 611 Duncan Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

(2021-03 - 2021-07)

• Patient registration in EPIC EMR
• Point of care test specimen collection/processing
• Notifying results
• Educate patient on appropriate next steps based on results

Family Nurse Practitioner - SeniorLife - 123 Triangle Drive, Greensburg, 15601

(2020-03 - 2021-03)

Practices in a variety of settings: clinic, nursing homes, and patient homes to provide medical as well as psychiatric care.

• Performing health histories and in-depth medical exams for new members, to determine preliminary Plans of Care
• Initiating, evaluating, and reviewing medical orders, labs, sleep studies, CPAP settings, DXA reports, PFT's, ECHO's, EKG, CT, MRI
• Carrying out various procedures and documenting all care and recommendations
• Ordering, interpreting, and following up on lab tests and results
• Basic procedures for injuries
• Compares diagnostic findings with normal and abnormal variations in making diagnoses
• Requesting consultations from medical and non-medical in-house and external providers, including physicians, therapists, dietitians, social workers, and other specialists
• Educating staff, members, caregivers, and families on essential care functions to ensure members have maximum independence at home and in center
• Completing ongoing assessments to determine Plan of Care changes or improvements based on member feedback and medical evaluations

Family Nurse Practitioner - Allegheny Center for Digestive Health - 301 East 1st Avenue C, Tarentum, 15084

(2016-12 - 2020-02)

Practices in a variety of settings: office, hospital, procedure center, with AHN (this was a second rounding site along with ACDH of Allegheny Valley Hospital).

• Provides consultation to identify a plan of care based on severity of illness
• Provides assessment of the GI patient in a hospital setting, review all vitals, labs, imaging, procedures, and pertinent history as pertains to the consult as well as well-being of the patient
• Assess history of symptoms, bowel habits, diet, and physical activity
• Order and conduct specified laboratory tests regarding various GI diagnoses including IBD, anemia, and liver disease
• Compares diagnostic findings with normal and abnormal variations in making diagnoses
• Prescribe evidence-based treatments and pharmacological agents within the prescriptive authority and state law
• Review and return pathology and make colorectal screening and various other follow up recommendations involving such diagnoses as Barrett's esophagus or eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal varices, advanced liver disease, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colon disease
• Provide education on recommended medication and procedures
• Assist in basic procedures such as PEG tube placements, feeding tubes
• Prepare and clearance patients for endoscopic procedures under IV and general anesthesia
• Enter and maintain progress notes in written, dictated, and electronic form involving such EMRs as Meditech, Meditech Live, and Epic
• Incorporate complementary and alternative approaches into the patients plan and individual needs
• Identifies expected outcomes to be most cost effective, clinically beneficial, and patient satisfactory
• Evaluates the accuracy of a diagnosis and effective interventions to achieve positive outcomes
• Implements quality improvements
• Consult with other healthcare providers and institutions regarding recommendations and concerns relevant to patient care
• Instruct individuals on disease prevention and health improvement
• Refer patients to specialized health resources for further assistance
• Assess the needs of the patient in their environment, identify potential safety problems, discuss necessary precautions
• Provide results to patients by telephone, written form, email, or in person
• Participates in lifelong learning

Family Nurse Practitioner - Armstrong County Memorial Hospital - 1 Nolte Drive, Kittanning, 16201

(2016-12 - 2020-02)

Family Nurse Practitioner - Allegheny Valley Hospital - 1301 Carlisle Street, Natrona Heights, 15065

(2016-12 - 2020-02)

Nurse Practitioner - Matrix Health Network - 9210 E Mountain View Road # 220, Scottsdale, 85258

(2019-09)

Clinical adult/geriatric assessment, medical history, physical exams and care to assigned patients.

• In depth health risk home assessments in patient homes and facilities
• Responsible for identifying overall quality improvement activities through assessing and planning health care
• Reviews and interprets medical, psychological, and social history
• Interpret lab data
• Medication reconciliation, diagnosis, health and mental health education
• Follow up facilitation to PCP
• Case management referrals
• Maintain standards of State Board of Nursing, OSHA, and other regulatory programs and patient safety and wellbeing

Staff Circulating Nurse - UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA - 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224

(2006-08 - 2016-12)

Provide intra-operative nursing care for pediatric to adolescent patients with acute injuries and elective procedures.

• Coordination of the acute-care needs of patients by collaboratively practicing with MD's, fellow nurses, and ancillary staff
• Provides operating room set up with required instrumentation and specific equipment
• Maintains sterile environment and promotes aseptic technique
• Aid in fluid regulation and fatality prevention
• Assist in surgery, suturing, dressing application and patient transfer
• Performed various methods of medication administration, dressing changes, data interpretation and analysis, and assessment
• Schedule committee member
• Interim clinical leader for 13 suites
• Recommend and implement changes to the surgical unit regarding prioritization and delegation of assignments
• Quality assurance assistant

Circulating Nurse - Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Pittsburgh, PA - 204 Sigma Drive, Pittsburgh 15238

(2011-01)

Per diem position with 3 years' experience. Provide patient care and coordination with ancillary staff within various operating room settings throughout the Pittsburgh hospital health systems (Presbyterian Hospital, Forbes, Shadyside Hospital, Mercy, Allegheny General Hospital, and Children's Hospital).

• Assist in patient prep, sterile draping, closure of wounds
• Maintain sterile technique in recovering specimens for pathology as well as proper packing technique of organs for transport to facilities for organ donation

Certified Nurse Assistant - Presbyterian Senior Care of Oakmont, PA - Oakmont, PA

(2003-01 - 2006-08)

3 years' experience. Coordination of the long-term care needs of patients by collaborating with nurses, and ancillary staff. Performed various methods of care in assisting long term care residents with ADLS.

Master's Degree - Science of Nursing, MSN-FNP - Carlow University (2016-07)

Bachelor's degree - Science of Nursing, BSN - Ohio University (2013-09)

Shadyside School of Nursing