Leesa McBroom

Experienced professional leader skilled in strategic planning, curriculum development, and team building. Proven track record of achieving organizational success through effective decision-making, collaboration, and adaptability. Strong abilities in creating high-quality learning environments, conducting assessments, and ensuring financial oversight. Well-regarded for integrity, innovation, and a results-oriented approach.

PhD, APRN, FNP-C

• Missouri RN Licensure, RN133359
• AANP Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, F0499320

• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Appointed Accreditation Site Visitor, 2016 to present
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Appointed Budget Committee, Spring 2024 to present
• Pediatric Nursing, Journal Reviewer, Fall 2012 to present
• Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Counselor/Faculty Advisor Mu Mu Chapter, Fall 2013 to present
• American Association of Colleges of Nurses, State Grass Liaison, 05/21 to present
• American Association of Colleges of Nurses, Transform Conference Subcommittee Member, 2020 to 2023
• American Association of Colleges of Nurses, Small Liberal Arts College Facilitator, 2018 to 2020
• Missouri State Board of Nursing, Minimum Standards Committee 2024
• Missouri Association of Colleges of Nursing (MACN), Vice President, 2019-2021, President 2019-2023
• Kansas City Collegiate Nurse Educators, Vice President, 2019-2021President, 2021-202

• Victor E. Speas Foundation, 2023, $72,487, Kansas City, MO
• Nursing Education Incentive Program 2023-2024, 2023, $140,000
• Nursing Education Incentive Program 2022-2023, 2022, $140,000

• Missouri Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Kansas City Collegiate Nurse Educators
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Nurse Association
• Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society

• Treatment resistant depression: Implications for practice, McBroom, L. Al. & Timmons, M., The Nurse Practitioner, 49, 12, 35-40, 12/24
• Mothers’ parenting responsibility after divorce, McBroom, L. A. & Ganong, L., Pediatric Nursing, 43, 6, 283-287, 11/17
• Your family’s health, McBroom, L. A., Liberty Tribune, Northland Family Section, 11/15
• Overwhelming responsibility: divorced mothers of children managing type 1 diabetes with their children (Doctoral Dissertation), McBroom, L. A., 2013, https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/40130
• Understanding post-divorced co-parenting families: an integrative review, McBroom, L., Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 23, 382-388, 2011
• Review of family-centered interventions to enhance the health outcomes of children with type 1 diabetes, McBroom, L. & Enriquez, M., Diabetes Educator, 35, 428-438, 2009
• Re/Affirming and re/conceptualizing disciplinary knowledge as the foundation for doctor education, Banks-Wallace, J., Despins, L., Adams-Leander, S., McBroom, L., & Tandy, L., Advances in Nursing Science, 31, 1, 67-78, 2008

• Student focus on Patient-Centered Care in Challenging Times, 04/24, Missouri League for Nursing Student Conference, Independence, MO
• Patient-Centered Care in Challenging Times, 11/23, Missouri League for Nursing Octoberfest 2023, Kansas City, MO
• Nursing education in time of Covid, 11/20, Panel Presentation at Patient Care Services Research Grand Rounds, Kansas City, MO
• Impact of increasing exam average standards on NCLEX-RN success, 06/19, Poster and Podium Presentations at Missouri League of Nursing 18th Annual Nurse Educator Convention, Branson, MO
• Legal Issue in Nursing Education, 01/19, Podium Presentation, Clinical Faculty Academy, Kansas City, MO
• Unique dynamics of divorce for children with type 1 diabetes, 10/15, Podium Presented at 4th International Conference on Nursing and Healthcare, San Francisco, CA
• Divorced mothers' unique stresses in managing type 1 diabetes for their children, 07/15, Poster Presented at National Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Keystone, CO
• Divorced mothers managing type 1 diabetes with their children, 06/13, Podium Presentation at International Family Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, MN
• Divorced mothers, children, and type 1 diabetes grounded theory working model, 06/12, Poster Presented at Endocrine Nurses Society Annual Conference, Houston, TX