Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Presentations
Accomplishments
Presentations/Posters
Timeline
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Leslie Asplund

Maryville,TN

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Shift Leader

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, USA
08.2021 - Current
  • Supervise patient care for a 24-bed CVICU, provide critical thinking support for staff nurses, and manage emergencies (rapid response and code blue)
  • Partner with hospital administration, physicians, and CVICU personnel to ensure appropriate placement of high acuity patients and critical care resources

Staff Nurse

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, USA
10.2017 - 08.2021
  • Delivered patient care in a high-acuity cardiovascular ICU, specializing in open-heart recovery and advanced critical care technologies

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - AG-ACNP Candidate

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
05.2025

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) -

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
08.2017

Bachelor of Science (BS) -

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
05.2016

Skills

  • Impella Device Superuser Training
  • Impella Device Training
  • Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Training
  • Ultrasound-Guided IV Insertion Training
  • Open Heart Recovery Training
  • Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Training
  • American Heart Association ACLS Instructor Course
  • EHR Systems: Cerner
  • EHR Systems: Horizon

Certification

  • Registered Nurse (RN), Tennessee, 225711, 05/26
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 07/26
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), 06/25

Presentations

Asplund, L., Glover, T., Pulmonary Embolism Response Team in Acute Care Settings: A Scoping Review of the Evidence, Presented at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 2025

Accomplishments

  • Fort Sanders Regional Code Blue Committee, Mock Code Co-chair, 2021-2024
  • CV Scheduling Committee, Member, 2020-2022
  • CV Unit Council, Member, 2019-2021
  • Fort Sanders Regional 2019 Clinical Excellence Award

Presentations/Posters

Asplund, L. & Glover, T. (2025). Pulmonary Embolism Response Team in Acute Care Settings: A Scoping Review of the Evidence. University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Memphis, TN

Timeline

Shift Leader

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
08.2021 - Current

Staff Nurse

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
10.2017 - 08.2021
  • Registered Nurse (RN), Tennessee, 225711, 05/26
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 07/26
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), 06/25

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - AG-ACNP Candidate

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) -

University of Tennessee

Bachelor of Science (BS) -

University of Tennessee
Leslie Asplund