Kathryn Leach, DNP, MSN, CRNP
Areas of expertise: Type 1 diabetes, Care of the medically complex child
Locations: Main Building, Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Kathryn Leach, DNP, MSN, CRNP
Titles
Nurse Practitioner, Compass and Complex Care
Certifications
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care (CPNP-PC)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Awards and Honors
2025, Delaware Today Magazine's Top Nurse Educators
2023, Delaware’s American Council on Education Women’s Network, Rising Star Award
Leadership and Memberships
2001-present, Sigma Theta Tau
2007-present, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Research Interests
Adolescents and type 1 diabetes
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BSN - Marymount University, Arlington, VA
Associate Degree in Nursing - Marymount University Arlington, VA
Graduate Degree
MSN - The Catholic University of America Washington, DC
DNP - Wilmington University New Castle, DE
Additional Training
MSN - The Catholic University of America
Publications
Publications
2024
Sebach, A., & Leach, K. (2024). Addressing Chat GPT-Associated academic integrity concerns via reference management software. Nurse Educator, 49 (4), E223-E225
2023
Teal, A.M., Gawlik, K., Owens, A., Douville, C., Tschannen, D., Sciarra, E., Yockey, J., Semin, J., Leach, K., Simpson, N. Melnyk, B. M. M., (2023). Faculty Toolkit: strategies to support well-being for health sciences students. National Wellness Action Alliance Work Group
2021
Leach, K., Stack, N., & Jones, S. (2021). Optimizing the multidisciplinary team to enhance care coordination across the continuum for children with medical complexity. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 51 (12).
2020
Hogan, A., Galligan, M., Stack, N.J., Leach, K.F., Adras, B., English, R., Dye, M., Rubin, D. (2020). A tertiary care-based complex care program improving care for children with medical complexity. Medical Care, 58 (11), 958-962