About

Leann Horsley is a faculty member at the Texas A&M College of Nursing, associated with the Texas A&M Health Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing. The center is dedicated to serving vulnerable populations by translating evidence-based research into practice, supporting sexual assault nurse examiners, and increasing access to trauma-informed care for victims and perpetrators of violence. The center, approved by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents in 2019, is the first state- and federally funded center of its kind in Texas, focusing on forensic nursing education, outreach, and research. The center's mission is to improve health outcomes for those affected by violence and disaster through interdisciplinary, trauma-informed strategies, research, academic programs, continuing education, and outreach. Its goals include educating nurses to provide high-quality care, collaborating with stakeholders for holistic responses to violence, advancing forensic nursing knowledge through research and innovation, and developing nurse leaders with graduate education. The center also collaborates on the Texas Evidence Collection Protocol, a standardized guide for healthcare professionals across Texas, emphasizing its commitment to trauma-informed, patient-centered care for victims of violence.

Research topics

• Nursing
• Medicine
• Psychology
• Linguistics
• Business
• Social psychology
• Medical education

Selected publications

• The associations among nurse work engagement, job satisfaction, quality of care, and intent to leave: A national survey in the United States

  International Journal of Nursing Sciences · 2023 · 83 citations

  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

  Objectives: Employee work engagement, job satisfaction, quality of care, and intent to leave are critical indicators for healthcare organizational performance. This study aimed to analyze the current state of nurses' work engagement and its factors to examine the associations among nurses' work engagement, job satisfaction, quality of care, and intent to leave in the United States (US). Methods: This is a quantitative descriptive cross-section design. Data were collected online from the US registered nurses from March to September 2022. Measures comprised the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the demographics, and questions regarding job satisfaction, perceived quality of care, and intent to leave. Results: Nine hundred nurses participated in the online survey. Among the participants, 79.2% reported holding a specialty certification, 59.4% scored high/very high on job satisfaction, 82.2% expressed high/very high on the perceived quality of nursing care, and 28.4% conveyed likely/very likely to leave in the following year. Nurses' work engagement was positively associated with nurses' job satisfaction and their perceived quality of care but negatively associated with intent to leave. More certified nurses reported high or very high job satisfaction than non-certified nurses. As for demographics, the linear regression analysis showed that nurses who were older, identified as White, and held doctorate degrees reported higher levels of work engagement in comparison to their counterparts. Conclusions: This study shows that nurses' work engagement is associated with their job satisfaction, perceived quality of care, and intent to leave. Nurses' work engagement in this study is lower than in other studies, especially before the COVID-19 pandemic, which may indicate a possible association with the COVID-19 impact. Because nurses' work engagement is significantly associated with job satisfaction, nurse leaders need to find ways to promote nurses' job satisfaction and retention.

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• Addressing the Nursing Shortage

  Nurse Leader · 2023 · 7 citations

  • Business
  • Nursing
  • Medicine
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• Evaluating Knowledge of Public Health Nursing Competencies in Baccalaureate Nursing Students

  Nursing Education Perspectives · 2023 · 4 citations

  • Nursing
  • Medicine
  • Medical education

  ABSTRACT: Community health workers are projected to grow in number by 17 percent by 2030. A baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) provides a foundation for public health nursing practice. The Competencies for Public Health Nursing Practice instrument was distributed to BSN students at a Midwestern university before and after an educational intervention. Students completed a pretest ( n = 269) and posttest ( n = 154). All four subscales and total score indicated a significant increase in competence ( p < .001). There is a need to develop interactive public health nursing simulations with an interprofessional venue to help students improve teamwork and communication competencies.

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Frequent coauthors

• Heidi A. Mennenga

  University of South Dakota

  11 shared

• Christina Plemmons

  11 shared

• Alham Abuatiq

  University of South Dakota

  11 shared

• Cassy Hultman

  University of South Dakota

  10 shared

• Beth Walstrom

  East Tennessee State University

  10 shared

• Danielle Currier

  South Dakota State University

  10 shared

• Valborg Kvigne

  University of South Dakota

  10 shared

• Marie Schmit

  Institut Pasteur

  10 shared

Awards & honors

• Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Faculty Leadership Acade…
• INACSL Excellence Award: Service
• Goodale Nursing Faculty Scholar
• Fellow, American Association of Nursing
• President's Award, International Nursing Association for Cli…

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