Mrs. Amber Bugajski is a 2011 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a 2018 graduate of Robert Morris University with a Master of Science in Nursing – nursing education specialty. Mrs. Bugajski is currently working toward her Doctor of Nursing Practice as an adult and gerontology clinical nurse specialist. Mrs. Bugajski has worked as a professional staff nurse at UPMC McKeesport and UPMC East hospitals in the intensive care unit. She began her teaching career as a clinical education specialist at UPMC McKeesport Hospital and continues to work in this position on a casual basis at both UPMC East and McKeesport hospitals. Her academic teaching career began in 2020 as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and Duquesne University School of Nursing where she taught clinical courses for students at the sophomore through senior levels. In 2022, Mrs. Bugajski joined the UPG campus as a full-time instructor teaching the Foundations to Nursing Practice course, skills laboratory, and clinical. In 2023, Mrs. Bugajski led the implementation of the high-fidelity simulation labs on the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ campus and obtained her certification as a healthcare simulation educator (CHSE).
