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Kathy Puglise, MSN, CRNI®

Kathy Puglise, MSN, CRNI®

Kathy Puglise, MSN, CRNI®, has been a registered nurse for 38 years, with clinical experience in emergency room nursing, critical care nursing, infusion nursing. She also has a strong background in home infusion. Ms Puglise is well known to the home infusion industry as a nursing expert, as she is active in Infusion Nurses Society (INS), National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), Immunoglobulin National Society (IgNS), and was a co-founder of a home infusion company based on the east coast. Ms Puglise has her Master of Science in nursing with a specialization in health care education. 

She has served in numerous roles over the years with INS with seats on the INS board and the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation (INCC) board. She also served as the chair for the RN Exam council as an expert in question development, and evaluation of the certified registered nurse infusion (CRNI®) exam. Ms Puglise is a published author in the Journal of Infusion Nursing, Infusion Magazine, INCC Chronicle, the National Student Nurses Association and INS Policies and Procedures in Home Infusion Therapy . In addition, she has authored numerous continuous education programs and has spoken nationally. 

Ms Puglise is employed by ICU Medical. She is the clinical manager of the home infusion/alternate site team. She is responsible for the oversight of professional services for her teams, building customer relationships internally and externally, providing innovative solutions and service excellence.