Specializing In Neonatal Education, Skills, & Simulation
Skills
Procedural skills training is conducted through high quality hands-on workshops designed to train learners and providers at all levels. All courses are created and facilitated by highly experienced neonatal faculty. Course attendees are trained through a variety of methods including gold standard procedural videos. Technical competency is evaluated for each procedure and documented for later use in accreditation and credentialing processes.
Simulation
Each of our simulation-based training courses are created and facilitated by simulation trained and experienced neonatal faculty, and customized to your specific needs. Courses can be utilized for annual competency training or assessment, addressing, and patient safety issues, staff development or team training, as a part of required course work within neonatal programs of study, and so much more. We can also train your staff in the design, implementation, and facilitation of simulation- based training.
Collaboratory Projects
The videos available below were made to address individual instructor inconsistencies within Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) courses. In addition they demonstrate current NRP recommendations, and provide standardization needed for application of course research. These videos were made in collaboration with Dr. Nathan Sundgren, MD, PhD -Neonatologist at Texas Children’s Hospital. Click on videos and subscribe to view and utilize in your NRP courses.
– Expert Legal Case Review
– Consult and Collaborate on Scholarly Works
Multidimensional Competency Specialist
HOW IT ALL STARTED…
Dr. Leigh Ann Cates-McGlinn is the owner and director of the McGlinn Institute. She has 30 years of total clinical experience including as a registered nurse (RN) and respiratory therapist (RRT) and neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) and is currently practicing full time as an NNP. In addition, she over 2 decades in healthcare education. She received specialized training as a simulation specialist at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Pediatric Education (CAPE) in 2009, and Harvard’s Institute for Medical Simulation in 2014. Dr. Cates-McGlinn has extensive experience in the design and coordination of neonatal simulation courses. She has utilized that experience in training learners in RN, respiratory care, neonatal nurse practitioner, and neonatal fellowship programs across the nation. Her research interests include healthcare competency evaluation, simulation-based learning, and has served as an expert legal case consultant. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and serves as a reviewer for multiple healthcare journals. Dr. Cates-McGlinn has also presented on multiple levels ranging from local to international.
FORMAL EDUCATION
- Associates in Applied Science (AAS)- 1995
- Respiratory Care
- Odessa College, Odessa TX
- Associates in Applied Science (AAS)- 1998
- Nursing
- Odessa College, Odessa TX
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)-2005
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Program
- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)- 2014
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP-BC)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
- Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care (NPS)
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)
LICENSE TO PRACTICE
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)
Our Testimonials
2019 GOLD Neonatal Conference attendee
Dr. McGlinn provides a high level of skills and enthusiasm that is demonstrated within every component of her courses
2019 GOLD Neonatal Conference attendee
Great presentation! I am a NICU nurse and IBCLC, and I know I will be sharing with my colleagues. Loved the NICU memory tips for when to do cardioversion (with a pulse) and when to defibrillate (pulseless). Awesome! Thank you!
2019 Emer Cooper
This was an excellent presentation. It was very well articulated & paced perfectly for the online medium. For me it was everything I need to have for an accurate update in a way that was presented so simply for a complicated topic. Dr. McGlinn is a great educator & I loved her quick summary after each important point. It helped me to assimilate the learning objectives. Thank you very much.
2019 GOLD Neonatal Conference Attendee
“wonderful presentation, my favorite of all presentations this year”
2019 GOLD Neonatal Conference Attendee
“Excellent teacher- made a very complex topic understandable!”
2019 GOLD Neonatal Conference Attendee
“Wow, Leigh, you made the whole thing so clear and simple – this has been my pick of the presentations from the whole conference. You are a fantastic teacher. Thank you.”
2018 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Student
“Dr. McGlinn makes complicated subject matter very easy to understand.”
2019 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Student
“The instruction was great the methods were awesome! .”
