{"id":118852,"date":"2025-01-22T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=118852"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:13:15","slug":"crna-spotlight-amy-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/01\/22\/crna-spotlight-amy-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"CRNA Spotlight: Amy Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><em>National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week is January 19-25. To celebrate, the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology is shining the spotlight on a few of the CRNAs in the department.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Amy Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education background:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, University of Iowa, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Science, nursing, Samuel Merritt University, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masters, nurse anesthesia, Clarkson College, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What inspired you to begin a career in nursing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started working at Methodist Hospital as a patient escort when I was 16 to get my foot in the door for when I inevitably became a neonatologist. I loved being able to talk to the patients as I transported them around the hospital and hear their life stories. It was from this experience that I pivoted to become a nursing assistant so I could spend more time with the patients. From there, I truly saw the impact nurses had on patients while in the hospital and knew that was what I wanted to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What motivated you to pursue a career as a CRNA?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In high school, I took a health careers class that taught us basic medical knowledge and allowed us to job-shadow every career possible at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. It was there that I met CRNA Greg Krauth. He showed me the ropes of what a typical morning for a CRNA looked like. It was this one morning of job shadowing that stuck with me every weekend that I went to work as a nurse assistant and all the way through nursing school. After graduating with my BSN, I knew I wanted to work for a few years and then pursue CRNA school for my end game. It was the best decision I&#8217;ve ever made for my career.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your greatest joy? Or what makes you proud?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My greatest joy is when a patient who has always woken up from surgery vomiting or in severe pain wakes up after an anesthetic that I delivered and doesn&#8217;t vomit or is comfortable. It makes me feel like I made a difference in their life, and I love it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m most proud when training new SRNAs, and they get to complete their first case with no interventions from me. It&#8217;s seeing them fly and gain that confidence in their skill sets that makes me feel like a proud teacher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your greatest challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My greatest challenge is balancing my home life and work life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any words of encouragement for anyone thinking about a career as a CRNA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just do it! Take that first step. 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