Overview
Christina Leonard, APRN, DNP, FNP-C, CNL is a family nurse practitioner and assistant professor who teaches in the Accelerated Bachelors in Nursing (ABSN) program at Duke school of Nursing. She received her BA in English and Psychology and then returned as an ABSN student to attain a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from George Mason University. She later received her MSN in Nursing Education from George Mason University. Christina’s passion for providing direct patient care led her to return for her Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner certificate in 2012 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She later became certified as Clinical Nurse Leader. She completed her DNP at East Carolina University in 2018. Throughout her career, Christina has worked on several initiatives to advance interprofessional collaboration and learning. Christina has practiced since 2012 as a Nurse Practitioner in inpatient cardiology at Wake Med Health and Hospitals. Her teaching and research interests include cardiology, adult health, innovations in education, and expanding IPE opportunities.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
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2025 - Present
School of Nursing
Recent Publications
Journal Article
Home Health Care Management & Practice
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August 2019
This article describes a quality improvement (QI) project implemented in a home health setting among a population of patients with heart failure (HF). It was discovered there was a lack of nurse-led recommendations and ineffective use of the situa ...
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Nurse Educator
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September 2018
The purpose of this article is to describe a service learning opportunity where interprofessional teams of students worked together to address patients’ social determinants of health through home visits. This article describes this process, known a ...
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Creative Nursing
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February 2018
The purpose of this educational brief is to describe an innovative learning experience focused on teaching students empathy for chronic illness, using patient voices. Panel members of individuals who had experienced acute and chronic illness from ...
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Education, Training & Certifications
East Carolina University ·
2018
D.N.P.
George Mason University ·
2006
M.S.N.