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  • Assistant Professor
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
  • PO Box 43810
  • Lafayette, LA 70504
  • PHONE: 337-482-5635
  • EMAIL: gtl6893@louisiana.edu

 

Education

• • • D.N.P. Case Western Reserve University
    • M.S.N. University of Texas at Arlington
    • B.S. University of Southwestern Louisiana

 

Licensure and Board Certifications

• • • Louisiana licensure as Registered Nurse
    • Certified Nurse Educator certified by the National League of Nursing.
    • Certified in Advance Cardiac Life Support
    • National League of Nursing's Certified Educator

 

Academic Positions

• • • Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

 

Honors & Awards

• ULearn Certified Online Teacher, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Office of Distance Learning,
• Selected as one of Acadiana’s Top 25 Nurses by the Lafayette
• District of the Louisiana Nurses Association’s Acadiana
• Celebrates Nursing 2006.
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  
  

Professional Affiliations

• • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Delta Eta Chapter
• Member of Southern Nursing Research Society
• Member of International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
• Member of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Member of Society of Simulation in Healthcare
  
  

Areas of Research Interest

• Simulation and Nursing Education
• Technology and Nursing Education
  
  

Selected Publications & Presentations

• • Watson, C. S., Leigh, G., & McCarthy, J. (2019). Increasing Empathy through Role-Play: A Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Activity, 14(3), 149-152. doi:https://ezproxyprod.ucs.louisiana.edu:4128/10.1016/j.teln.2019.01.006
    
    
  • Leigh, G. & Stueben, F. (2107). Setting Learners Up for Success: Presimulation and Briefing Strategies. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 13(3), 185-189. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tein.2018.03.004
    
    
  • Leigh, G., Harolds, L., & Ardoin, K. (2017). Enhancing Learning During Healthcare Simulation: Observers Lead the Way. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 48(10), 454-457. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20170918-06.
    
    
  • Leigh, G., Miller, L., & Ardoin, K. (2017). A Nurse Educator’s Guide to Student-Led Debriefing. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 12(4), 309-311. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2017.03.012
    
    
  • Leigh, G., Stueben, F., Harrington, D. & Hetherman, S. (2015). “Making the Case for Simulation-Based Assessments to Overcome the Challenges in Evaluating Clinical Competency” International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 13(1):1-8.
    
    
  • 2018 Accent on Scholarship, Lafayette, LA. “VoiceThread as a Method of Feedback” Podium Presentation
    
    
  • 2018 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Education Conference, New Orleans, LA “Increasing Empathy through Role-Play: A Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Activity (with Dr. Cynthia Watson). Poster Presentation.
    
    
  • 2016 South Louisiana Intercollegiate Nursing Research Day

  “Differences in Learning between Participants and Observers with Patient Simulation”  Podium Presentation

  • 2015 Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners 21st Annual Primary Care Conference “Breathe Easier: Hospital Safety for the Patient with Nicotine Addiction” Podium Presentation
    
    
  • 2015 Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare

  New Orleans, LA “Setting Learners Up For Success: Pre-simulation and Briefing Toolkit” Podium Presentation

  2014 Annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Center Conference. “Bridge to Professional Practice (poster presentation).
  
  
• Leigh, G. and Sudduth, A. (2011). “Vaccinations: Not Just for the Young” Nursing for Woman’s Health. 15(6), 529-534.
  
  
• Leigh, G. (2011).”The Simulation Revolution: What are the implications for Nurses in Staff Development” Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. 27(2), 54-57.
  
  
• Heinrich, K.T., Hurst, H., Leigh, G., Oberleitner, M., & Poirrier, G. (2009). “The Teacher-Scholar Project: How to Help Faculty Groups Develop Scholarly Skills Nursing Education Perspectives”. 30(3), 181-6.
  
  
• HPSN World 2013; San Francisco, CA June 30- July 2, 2013. Bringing Simulation to Life (Podium Presentation).
  
  
• Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2010 Conference, Shreveport, LA October 8-10, 2010, The Use of High-Fidelity Patient Simulation for Clinical Development. (Podium Presentation).
  
  
• 9th Annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Centers Conference, Las Vegas, NV. June 16-19, 2010, Examining the Relationship between Participating in High-Fidelity Patient Simulation and the Levels of Self-Efficacy, (Podium Presentation).
  
  
• Xi Psi Chapter-at-Large of Sigma Theta Tau, Theory in Evidence-Based Practice, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA April 9, 2009, High Fidelity Patient Simulation in Nursing Education,(Podium Presentation).
  
  

Selected Funded Projects and Research

• Leigh, G. (2018). Replacing Simulators for Medical-Surgical Nursing
  Laboratories. Student Technology Enhancement Program STEP ($200,449.53). FUNDED
  
  
• Board of Regents Enhancement Grant-Developing a Multimedia Simulation to Enhance eLearning for Graduate Nursing Students.  2010-2012.
  
  
• CDC/NIOSH U50 OH07541 Levin, J  (PI)NIOSH/Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education Innovative Approaches to Worker Health Protection among Shrimp Fishermen of the Gulf Coast. 2006-2011.
  
  
• Faculty Development Grant First Aid for Preteens: Impact on preparedness and Injury prevention. 2007-2008.
  
  
• ULS Serves Learn and Serve America – funding: Bridging Telehealth Competencies and Enhancing Health Recovery:  Soothing the Aches in Rural Health Disparities.
  
  
• Faculty Development Grant First Aid for Preteens: Impact on preparedness and Injury prevention.
  
  
• Learning Online: Accelerated Training for Success in the Graduate Nursing Program – CITI grant.
  
  

Research Review

• Reviewer for peer-review journal "Clinical Simulation in Nursing"
  
  
• Reviewer for peer-review journal "International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship"
  
  
• Reviewe for the National League of Nurses' Simulation
  
  
• Selected as an external reviewer for the National League of Nurses’ Simulation Innovation Resource Center e-learning courses