Katie Finseth
Mcintosh,MN
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Altru Hospital
Grand Forks, ND
07.2025 - Current
- Provide care for critically ill medical, surgical, trauma, and neurologic patients in a tertiary-care intensive care unit.
- Manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation, vasoactive infusions, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, sedation, neuromuscular blockade, and rapid response interventions.
- Participated in emergent bedside external ventricular drain (EVD) placement for intracranial pressure management in a deteriorating neurocritical care patient.
- Managed patients requiring massive transfusion protocols, including packed red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma, during life-threatening hemorrhagic events.
- Assisted with rapid sequence intubation, post-intubation stabilization, and ongoing ventilator management in patients with acute respiratory failure.
- Participated in the resuscitation and stabilization of critically ill overdose and trauma patients requiring advanced cardiac life support interventions.
- Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous (US-PIV) certified.
Practical Nurse
Indian Health Service Clinic
Naytahwaush, MN
10.2024 - 07.2025
- Provided nursing care in a resource-limited outpatient clinic serving an underserved population.
- Performed rapid assessment and stabilization of emergent walk-in patients pending transfer to higher levels of care.
- Recognized clinical deterioration and initiated timely interventions and escalation of care.
- Performed electrocardiograms and assisted in emergency response situations.
Acute Care Practical Nurse
Sanford Health Hospital
Thief River Falls, MN
07.2023 - 10.2024
- Provided direct patient care in a critical access hospital.
- Assisted with emergency department and obstetric emergencies requiring rapid assessment, stabilization, and urgent interventions.
Sergeant, Cadre Member
Army National Guard
Stillwater
01.2014 - Current
- Lead, mentor, and develop recruits in physical readiness, military training, and professional development.
- Serve as Platoon Sergeant responsible for approximately 20 recruit soldiers.
- Train recruits in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, including hemorrhage control, wound packing, tourniquet application, nasopharyngeal airway insertion, and casualty evacuation.
- Serve as acting unit medic during high-risk training events including water survival exercises and physical fitness assessments.
- Mentor junior soldiers in career development, leadership, and advancement opportunities.
- Supported state emergency operations during civil unrest response missions in Minneapolis from 2020–2021.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN05-2026
Associate of Science - Nursing
Northwest Technical College
East Grand Forks, MN05-2025
Education Highlights
Skills
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Rapid Sequence Intubation Support
- Vasopressor Administration
- Sedation & Neuromuscular Blockade
- Massive Transfusion Protocols
- Neurocritical Care Monitoring
- Trauma Resuscitation
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
- Clinical Preceptor, Nursing Students | Altru Hospital | 2026–Present
- ICU Unit-Based Council Member | Altru Hospital | 2025–Present
-Participate in practice improvement initiatives, policy review, and staffing discussions.
- ICU Quality Council Member | Altru Hospital | 2025–Present
-Analyze quality metrics including CLABSI, CAUTI, and HAPI prevention compliance.
- Trainer & Mentor | Army National Guard | 2023–Present
-Assist with training and mentoring 20-30 recruits annually.
- ICU Ambassador | Altru Hospital | 2025
- Treasurer | Student Nurse Association | 2025
ANESTHESIA EXPOSURE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- CRNA Shadowing | 40 Hours
-Operating Room and Obstetric Anesthesia
- North Dakota Association of Nurse Anesthetists Annual Conference | April 2026
- Emergency Airway Management Course (HQ.MED.ED) | October 2026
- Awake endoscopic intubation
- Direct and video laryngoscopy
- Optimization of first-pass success
- Supraglottic airway devices
- Emergent surgical airway management
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN), North Dakota Compact License
- Registered Nurse (RN), Minnesota
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) – Scheduled
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Certification
Awards
- Army Achievement Medal – September 2024
- Army Superior Unit Award – October 2024
Timeline
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Altru Hospital
07.2025 - Current
Practical Nurse
Indian Health Service Clinic
10.2024 - 07.2025
Acute Care Practical Nurse
Sanford Health Hospital
07.2023 - 10.2024
Sergeant, Cadre Member
Army National Guard
01.2014 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bemidji State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Northwest Technical College
Education Highlights