Kathleen M. White, RN, MS
PO Box 41113
Mobile AL 36640
USA
Tel:1 (800) 940-0895
Education:
BSN 1971 Baylor University, Waco, Texas
MSN 1975 Texas Woman's University, Dallas, Texas
Current Position:
Lecturer and Consultant, Critical Care & Trauma
Nursing
Clinical Positions:
August 1994 - present: Staff Nurse, Critical Care Units,
University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama
December 1991 - December 1992: Staff Nurse, Cardiovascular
Surgery ICU Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama
August 1979 - August 1988: Clinical Nurse Specialist,
Trauma and Critical Care, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
September 1976 - August 1979: Clinical Nursing Coordinator,
Critical Care, Methodist Central Hospital, Dallas, Texas
December 1975 - September 1976: Trauma/Surgery Nursing
Instructor, Nurse Internship Program, Parkland Hospital, Dallas,
Texas
January 1973 - December 1975: Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse,
Parkland Hospital Emergency Room, Dallas, Texas
June 1971 - December 1972: Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse ICU,
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Lecture Experience:
1985 - Present "The Delicate Balance" - an all-day course on
hemodynamics and oxygen transport given to hospitals, universities,
and associations in the USA, Canada, and Europe
1982 - 1997 "Critical Management of the Trauma Patient" - an
all-day course on trauma nursing care given to hospitals,
universities, and associations across the country
1990 - 1997 "The Septic Syndrome" - a lecture given to hospitals,
universities, and associations across the country
1984 - 1997 Lectures for the National Teaching Institute of the
AACN:
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"SvO2 Monitoring of Oxygen Supply/Demand Balance"
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"Care of the Trauma Patient"
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"Abdominal Trauma"
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"Gunshot Wounds"
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"The Septic Syndrome"
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"CCRN: Celebrate the Partnerships"
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"Advances in the Monitoring of Oxygen Transport"
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"Sepsis and the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome"
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"Oxygen Transport and Outcome in the Critically Ill"
Faculty Positions:
September 1986 - September 1988 Adjunct Faculty, University
of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,Texas
September 1977 - September 1978 Adjunct Instructor,
Continuing Education Program, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
Publications:
White, Kathleen M. Fast Facts for Adult Critical Care.
Mobile: Kathy White Learning Systems, 1996
White, Kathleen M. "Continuous Monitoring of Mixed Venous Oxygen
Saturation," in Darovic GO, edit., Hemodynamic Monitoring:
Invasive and Noninvasive Clinical Application. Philadelphia: W.B.
Saunders Co., 1987 & 1995.
White, Kathleen M. "Using Continuous SvO2 to Assess Oxygen
Supply/Demand Balance in the Critically Ill." AACN Clinical Issues
in Critical Care Nursing, Vol 4., February 1993
White, Kathleen M., Winslow EH, Clark, AP, Tyler, DO. "The
Physiologic Basis for Continuous Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation."
Heart & Lung, Vol. 19., September 1990, pp. 548 - 551.
Clark, Angela P., Winslow, Elizabeth H., Tyler, Diane O., and
White, Kathleen M. "Effects of Endotracheal Suctioning on Mixed
Venous Oxygen Saturation and Heart Rate in Critically Ill Adults,"
Heart & Lung, Vol. 19., September 1990, pp. 552-557.
Winslow, Elizabeth H., Clark, Angela P., White, Kathleen M., and
Tyler, Diane O., "Effects of Lateral Turn on Mixed Venous Oxygen
Saturation and Heart Rate in Critically Ill Adults." Heart &
Lung, Vol. 19., September 1990, pp. 557-561.
Tyler, Diane O., Winslow, Elizabeth H., Clark Angela P., and
White, Kathleen M., "Effects of a 1-minute Back Rub on Mixed Venous
Oxygen Saturation and Heart Rate in Critically Ill Adults." Heart
& Lung, Vol. 19., September 1990, pp. 562-565.
White, Kathleen M. "Continuous Monitoring of Mixed Venous Oxygen
Saturation (SvO2): A New Assessment Tool in Critical Care Nursing,"
Cardio-Vascular Nursing, Vol 23., January - February 1987 and
March-April 1987, pp. 1-12
White, Kathleen M. "Using Continuous SvO2 to Assess Oxygen
Supply/Demand Balance in the Critically Ill." Abbott Laboratories
publication, December 1990.
White, Kathleen M. "Completing the Hemodynamic Picture: SvO2."
Heart & Lung, May/June 1985, pp. 272 - 280.
Kenner, Cornelia V. and White, Kathleen M. "Chest Trauma" and
"Abdominal and Extremity Trauma" in Essentials of Critical Care
Nursing: Body, Mind, Spirit, edit. Dossey, Guzzetta, Kenner.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1990
Kenner, Cornelia V. and White, Kathleen M. "Chest Trauma" and
"Multi-System Trauma" in Critical Care Nursing: Body, Mind,
Spirit, edt. Kenner, Guzzetta, Dossey. Boston: Little Brown &
Co., 1981; 2nd edition 1985.
White, Kathleen M. "Injuring Mechanisms of Gunshot Wounds,"
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. Vol. 1., March
1989, pp. 97 - 103.
White, Kathleen M. "Clinical and Medico-Legal Considerations in
the Management of Gunshot Wounds," Critical Care Update. Vol
7., December 1980, pp. 5-18.
White, Kathleen M. "Evaluating the Trauma of Gunshot Wounds."
American Journal of Nursing. Vol. 77, October 1977, pp.
1589-1593.
White, Kathleen M. and DiMaio, Vincent J.M., "Gunshot Wounds:
Medico-Legal Responsibilities of the Emergency Room Nurse. "
Journal of Emergency Nursing. March/April 1979, pp. 29-35.
Bright, Tom C., White, Kathleen M., and Peters, Paul C.
"Significance of Hematuria After Trauma," Journal of Urology,
Vol. 120, October 1978, pp. 455-456.
White, Kathleen M. "Emergency Management of the Trauma Patient."
Student's Guide and Instructor's Manual. Copyrighted January 1989.
White, Kathleen M. "Minimizing Error in Hemodynamic Monitoring and
Titrated Medication Therapy: Procedures and Programmable
Calculators." Proceedings AACN National Teaching Institute, New
Orleans, May 1983.
Membership in Professional Organizations:
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1992 - present Society of Critical Care Medicine
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1991 - present American Trauma Society
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1975 - present American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Honors, Certifications, Awards:
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Distinguished Dean's List, Baylor University, 1970 - 1971
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Cum Laude Graduate, Baylor University, 1971
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Intensive Care Unit Certification, Baylor University Medical
Center, May 1972
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider, American Heart
Association, June 1979, September 1982, April 1985
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor, American Heart
Association, June 1980, September 1982, April 1985
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Awarded "Excellence in Nursing Research" by AACN and Edwards
Laboratories for Research Abstract selected for presentation at NTI,
May 1983
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Employee of the year, Methodist Medical Center, 1984
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CCRN Certification by AACN, July 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992
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Editorial board, Focus on Critical Care 1986 - 1988
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Editorial board, Cardiovascular Nursing 1988-1989
Research Activities:
1983 Received "Excellence in Research Award" by American Edwards
Labs for the research project "Minimizing Error in Hemodynamic
Monitoring and Titrated Medication Therapy" Procedures and
Programmable Calculators."
1985 - 1990 Co-Project Director, "Effects of Positioning,
Suctioning, and Backrubbing on Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation and
Cardiovascular Responses of Critically Ill Adults" National Center
for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Public Health
Service, Grant No. NR01440.
1991 - 1995 Co-Project Director, "Effect of Getting Out of Bed the
First Postoperative Day on the SvO2 of Cardiovascular Surgery
Patients." The AACN and The University of Texas at Arlington.
