Kelly Trang Le
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
09.2023 - Current
- Manage and/or titrate multiple cardiac drips, paralytics, and sedation for intubated patients at a Level I Trauma Center on a 24-bed adult Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
- Management of hemodynamic monitoring devices such as arterial lines, continuous renal replacement therapy, ventilators, and post-cardiac arrest targeted temperature management
- Precept and orient nursing staff, nursing students, and clinical nurse externs
- Influence change in patient safety as a mobility, falls, and CAUTI audit champion on the unit safety committee
- EPIC Electronic Medical Record system use for documentation and communication
- Manage and prioritize care for 1-2 patients per 12-hour shift
Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit
Virginia Hospital Center (VHC Health)
08.2022 - 09.2023
- Medication reconciliation, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration for positive patient outcomes on an adult Medical-Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU)
- Provide quality care to patients on tracheostomy ventilators, cardiac drip medications, and post-procedures
- EPIC Electronic Medical Record system use for documentation and communication
- Manage and prioritize care for 4-5 patients per 12-hour shift
Undergrad Research Assistant, CATALYZE Labs
UVA School of Education & Human Development
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Organize and provide planning for mindfulness and social emotional competency trainings
- Collect data, revise code, and analyze information from surveys created from teachers
- Remotely provide technology support and facilitate learning sessions for public school teachers in Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Minspeak Labs
University of Virginia School of Education
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Design and implement an independent research study on Augmentative Alternative Communication devices for patients with communication disorders used in intensive care and neurocognitive settings
- Organization of lab experiments, collect data, code, and analyze participant responses
- Work closely with the professor, graduate, and undergraduate students to survey and gather participants for research studies
Certified Nursing Assistant/Caregiver
Commonwise Home Care
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Provide care for elderly patients in the Charlottesville Community dementia and Alzheimer’s clients in the Albemarle region
- Assist clients with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, wound-care, ambulating, feeding, and toileting
- Provide medication reminders for clients
- Provide end-of-life and comfort care to clients in facilities
Certified CPR Instructor
American Heart Association
05.2020 - 05.2022
- Instruct Basic Life Support courses for nursing students, faculty, community members or health care providers
- Teach both renewal and first-time certification courses
- Strictly adhere to the American Heart Association Guidelines and demonstrations
- Proctor examinations and organization of course materials
Nurse Extern/Clinical Technician II, Stroke Unit
INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus
06.2021 - 04.2022
- Perform phlebotomy or draw blood for laboratory diagnosis
- Intravenous catheter insertion and care for nursing staff
- Monitor and manage quality care for 12 patients per 12-hour shift
- Provide activities of daily living and preventative care for patients such as positioning, toileting, fall risks, and infection/wound care
Microbiology Preceptorship, Teaching Assistant
VCU Department of Biology
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Create media (agar) plates for medical microbiology laboratory student learning.
- Preparation and restoration of labs and materials prior to class
- Proctor examinations and assist students in following laboratory protocols
- Assist professor in teaching and organizing microbiology course materials
- Analyze bacterial cultures and assist in implementation of microbiology research designs
STICU Volunteer, PACU Volunteer
VCU Ambulatory Care Center, Medical Cente
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Assist providers, nurses, and clinical technicians with routine daily activities and cares for patients
- Communicate with nurses for patient family visitation hours and work in the front desk as a receptionist
- Direct patient families to patient rooms in the intensive care unit and provide educational resources for visitors
- Assist nurses with patient discharge planning and transportation
Education
B.S. Nursing | B.A. Psychology 3.86 GPA -
University of Virginia, School of Nursing
Charlottesville, VA05-2022
Pre-nursing, Psychology -
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VASkills
- 5 hours CRNA shadowing at The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Surgery Center
- 27 hours CRNA shadowing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in DC
- 168 Practicum clinical hours in Neurology Intermediate Care, Neurology Intensive Care, and Neurosurgical floor
- Research Methods: R Applications in Psychology
- Basic Practice of Statistics
- 59 Clinical hours in Perioperative Services in General surgery, Transplant, Thoracic & Cardiovascular, ENT, Orthopedics and Post-anesthesia care unit
- 12 Volunteer hours administering COVID-19 vaccinations through Virginia Department of Health during the pandemic
- Data Science: Intro to Programming in R
- R Research Methods and Regression models
Certification
- Virginia Department of Health Professions Registered Nurse
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Critical Care Registered Nurse
- Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Catheter placement (USGIV)
- Programming in R
- Research design and implementation
- Vietnamese (proficient)
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) - member
- Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Asian Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - President, Large group coordinator, and Bible study leader
- Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
- Nursing Student Council at the University of Virginia - Secretary of Class in 2022
- Habitat for Humanity - Build volunteer
Accomplishments
- Gold star patient recognition at Virginia Hospital Center
- Honors distinction at University of Virginia
References
- MICU Manager: Kathryn Folliard, E: kurbano1@jhmi.edu P: 410-955-5000
- MICU Lead Clinical Nurse: Jenny Guo, E: jenguo@jhmi.edu, P: 240-645-2227
- UVA School of Nursing Professor: Crystal Toll, E: clt2w@virginia.edu, P: 434-326-3846
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit
Virginia Hospital Center (VHC Health)
08.2022 - 09.2023
Undergrad Research Assistant, CATALYZE Labs
UVA School of Education & Human Development
08.2021 - 05.2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Minspeak Labs
University of Virginia School of Education
08.2021 - 05.2022
Nurse Extern/Clinical Technician II, Stroke Unit
INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus
06.2021 - 04.2022
Certified Nursing Assistant/Caregiver
Commonwise Home Care
08.2020 - 05.2022
Certified CPR Instructor
American Heart Association
05.2020 - 05.2022
Microbiology Preceptorship, Teaching Assistant
VCU Department of Biology
01.2019 - 05.2019
STICU Volunteer, PACU Volunteer
VCU Ambulatory Care Center, Medical Cente
09.2018 - 05.2019
B.S. Nursing | B.A. Psychology 3.86 GPA -
University of Virginia, School of Nursing
Pre-nursing, Psychology -
Virginia Commonwealth University