Leah White

Mentor to New Graduate Nurses:

• Provided one-on-one mentorship and training support to newly hired nurses into the ICU, helping the transition into clinical practice

Clinic Manager (part time):

• Managed daily operations of a healthcare clinic to optimize patient care and service delivery.
• Coordinated the team and patient care to ensure high standards of quality and efficiency in patient care.
• Developed and implemented staff schedules to maintain optimal clinic coverage and patient flow.
• Conducted staff meetings to promote communication and address challenges in clinic operations.

• Traveled to various locations of Memorial Hermann to assist with staffing for the appropriate needs of the unit.
• Developed and maintained professional relationship with members of health care team, patient and patient's family with each new assigned unit.
• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.

• Traveled to Louisiana to assist with the hurricane relief
• Created and organized pods within the shelter in which to place patients
• Worked as a team of lead nurses to assign RN's, LVN's and CNA's to each pod.
• Reported to the chain of command and worked with chain of command to find solutions to various problems
• Was chosen by the chief of crisis to travel to the other shelters in Louisiana to triage patients

• Provided care to patients following standards of care and professionalism Angels Staffing expects and requires.
• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care.
• Managed multiple life saving equipment including management of IV administration of fluids and medication.
• Imparted medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses, supporting personal growth and enhancing professional development.

• Provided care in a level 1 Trauma Center in the Shock Trauma ICU for patients with severe injuries
• Collaborated with team members including, but not limited to, RN team, medical interns, residents, fellows and attendings
• Precepted nursing students and new hires
• Responded to emergency situations to provide rapid and accurate care.
• Recognized by management for promoting a positive atmosphere through stressful situations

• Ability to rapidly adapt to new environment in COVID-19 ICU
• Worked as a diverse team
• Provided individualized patient and family centered care by stressing importance for patient advocacy
• Ability to rapidly learn new hospital protocols and procedures
• Maintained infection prevention with donning and doffing PPE
• Practiced prioritization throughout care

• Responding quickly to deploy outside comfort zone to a COVID-19 hotspot
• Ability to rapidly adapt to new and constantly changing environment in the COVID-19 ICU
• Created a make-shift ICU in a PACU setting with limited resources
• Collaborated and worked closely with a diverse team and embodied a common mission
• Worked under extreme conditions and circumstances
• Provided innovated quality care due to lack of resources
• Ability to provide individualized patient care along with taking time to FaceTime families
• Continued education of ventilator management and monitoring and collaborated with physicians to integrate evidence based practice specific to COVID-19