Areas of Expertise
Dr. Kinnaird's healthcare experience with CHCM crosses the United States and Europe. For more than 10 years, she has served a variety of clients as an organizational consultant providing solutions for executives, leadership teams, and staff members. She is an expert in what it takes to transform organizations into cultures of excellence. Her skill to inspire and engage enables her to effectively help organizations analyze existing situations, develop measurable outcomes, create and implement programs, and develop transformational leaders.
Prior to joining CHCM, Leah had experience in almost every type of healthcare setting... acute care, public health (schools, clinics, and homeless shelter), academic faculty, and leadership/management positions in the 11th Magnet® designated facility in the US. Her doctoral dissertation, titled Nurse Participation in Patient Education in a Community Hospital, 1987) is an ethnographic study of the politics of how information is shared among practitioners and patients/families. She has a longstanding history of both writing and public speaking.
In October 2001, Leah was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to serve as a charter member of the Board of the Florida Center for Nursing where she served until her terms expired. Passionate about her work, Leah's honors include the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society for Healthcare Education and Training, the Nursing Education Award from the Florida Nurses Association and Outstanding Educator Award from the Florida Society for Healthcare Education and Training.
Leah received her Doctorate in Education from Florida State University. She earned her Masters in Adult Education from Florida International University and her BSN from Vanderbilt University.
Selected Publications:
- Outcomes Measurement, In M. Koloroutis (Ed), Relationship-Based
Care: A Model for Transforming Practice. (pp. 183 - 214). 2004. Minneapolis, MN: Creative Health
Care Management.
- Gabaut, J., Hilton, N., Kinnaird, L., & Sherman, R. (2008). Implementing the clinical nurse leader role in a for-profit environment. Journal of nursing administration, 38(6), 302-307.
- Allen, D., Bockenhauer, B., Egan, C., & Kinnaird, L.(2006). Relating outcomes to excellent nursing practice, Journal of nursing administration, 36(3), 140-147.
- Producer and Director. Patients Love Their Nurses (1999), Creative Health Care Management.
Selected Presentations:
- Improving Patient Care through the Voice of Nurses, Keynote address, First Nursing Congress, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, October 22, 2009, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Intellect, Intuition and Innovation: Hallmarks of Nursing Excellence. Keynote address, Florida Nurses Association Convention, September 26, 2007, Daytona Beach, FL.
- Fixing Health Care: The Team Approach. Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, October 28, 2005, Birmingham, AL.
- Using Appreciative Inquiry: Healthcare Education and Positive Change, preconference workshop, and Healthcare Education as an Improvement Strategy, keynote address, Health Care Education Association Conference (HCEA), September 2005 St. Louis, MO.
- A Successful Transition to Safe, More Effective Care. 16th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), December 2004, Orlando, FL.
- Professional Coaching for Experienced Staff Nurses: Moving from Task-Based to Knowledge-Based Work, American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), March 2003, New Orleans, LA.
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