Education

• DNP Vanderbilt University 2021
• Post-Master Certificate (PNP-AC) Vanderbilt University 2019
• MSN Georgetown University 2015
• BSN University of Central Florida 2000

Phone

Email

adkleinh@central.uh.edu

Office Hours

For this semester, mu office hours are Mondays from 1200-1:00 PM and Tuesdays from 1:00PM to 3:00 PM

Clinical Interest

• Pediatric Critical Care
• Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Research Interest

• Pediatric Sedation
• Pain Management
• Complementary Medicine

Professional Expertise

• Currently practicing Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
• Clinical Background in Pediatric Critical Care with focus in PICU/Pediatric Critical Care Transport and Pediatric Cardiac ICU
• Teaching expertise in undergraduate studies and graduate leadership and management
• Emergency Medicine (Pediatric and Adult) as well as adult ICU, pre-op and recovery and procedural sedation (Pediatric and Adult)

Professional Accolades

• Houston Area Chapter of NAPNAP Program Co-Chair - July 2022-present
• 10 ^th  Annual Texas Children's Hospital Advanced Practice Provider (TCHAPP) Conference Committee Member-Abstract Reviewer - 2022-present
• Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society - 1998
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - 1996

Publications

• Kleinhans, A. (2023). Acute Pain Management Protocols in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Critical Care Nursing Clinics, 35(3), 247-254.
• Farias, J. S., Villarreal, E. G., Dhargalkar, J., Kleinhans, A., Flores, S., & Loomba, R. S. (2021).   C-reactive protein and procalcitonin after congenital heart surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass: When should we be worried?.   Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(11), 4301–4307.

Professional Presentations

• Kleinhans, A. (2022) Delirium in the Pediatric Population. HACNAPNAP Continuing Education (September). [Invited]
• Kleinhans, A. (2022) Pediatric Sedation and Pain Management. Texas Children’s Hospital CICU Cardiac Class (April). [Invited]

Professional Poster Presentations

• Kleinhans, A., Ahmed, M. (2022) “Improving the Second Opinion Process at Texas Children’s Heart Center,” poster PAC3/PC4 Conference
• Kleinhans, A., Kleinpell, R., Arnow, D. (2021) “Effects of COVID-19 on APRN Practice in Texas,” poster Vanderbilt University