Specializing In Neonatal Education, Skills, & Simulation

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)

Advisory Board

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JENNIFER ARNOLD

MD, MSC, FAAP

Dr. Arnold of Miami Florida is a neonatologist and healthcare simulation leader. She is passionate about the incorporation of simulation into healthcare as a tool to improve patient safety and outcomes.

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Sheryl L. Bishop

PhD

Dr. Bishop earned her PhD in social psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989 and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

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LeAnn J. Chisholm

PhD, RN, CNE,CHSE

Dr. Chisholm teaches nursing in the prelicensure and graduate program in the Dishman School of Nursing at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX and serves as Director of the Edna Horn Gay Learning Center.

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Nathan C Sundgren

MD, PhD

Dr. Sundgren earned his MD and PhD at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He went to the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas for Residency training in Pediatrics.

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