Background
Sands, Leslie Deanna West was born on January 24, 1962 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Lester Glyndon and Barbara Jean (White) W.
Sands, Leslie Deanna West was born on January 24, 1962 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Lester Glyndon and Barbara Jean (White) W.
Associate of Applied Science, Columbia (Tennessee) State Community College, 1982; Bachelor of science in nursing, Vanderbilt University, 1985; MSN, Vanderbilt University, 1986; Data Source Name, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1990.
Registered Nurse shift supervisor, Merihil National healthcare corporation, Lewisburg, Tennessee, 1982-1983;
staff Registered Nurse oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 1983-1984;
staff Registered Nurse cardiac step-down, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 1984-1986;
individual and group therapist, Rape & Sexual Abuse Center, Nashville, 1985-1986;
faculty and coordinator psychiatric nursing, Columbia (Tennessee) State Community College, 1986-1990;
group and family therapist, Columbia (Tennessee) Area Mental Health Center, 1988-1990;
program director nursing, Jackson (Tennessee) State Community College, since 1990;
dean division health science, Jackson (Tennessee) State Community College, since 1993;
adjunct faculty, Registered Nurse, U. Tennessee, Martin, since 1992. Founding board member West Tennessee Nurses Council, Jackson, since 1990. Consultant Hill, Drew, Boren & Martindale, Jackson, since 1992.
Advisory board member Women's Pavilion, Jackson (Tennessee) General Hospital, since 1993.
Member Tennessee Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Nashville, since 1987. Group leader Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, Division State Tennessee Emergency Management Superior vena cava syndrome, Jackson, 1990-1994. Member Tennessee Nurses Association (board directors district 6 1992-1994), Southern Nursing Research Society, National Council of Instrnl.
Adminstrs., Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Lester Paul SandsJr., May 12, 1990. Children: Leslie Jordana, L. Paul III.