Leonie C. DeClerk

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Professor

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2026)

5 h-index 18 pubs 77 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

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Leonie C. DeClerk's research focuses on nursing education, particularly the experiences and perspectives of nurse practitioners and students within various educational settings. Her work investigates strategies to enhance learning, reduce bias in clinical experiences, and explore the integration of technology in nursing education. DeClerk has published on topics such as using debate as a learning tool in online environments and employing standardized patient simulations for remote students to screen for late-life depression.

Her publications also address the practical aspects of nursing education, including preceptorship and the use of telehealth. DeClerk has examined the outcomes of leadership mentoring programs for nurse faculty and explored the integration of service learning into doctoral-level qualitative research courses. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 5 across 14 publications, with a total of 54 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 5
Publications: 18
Citations: 77

Positions

Professor 2025–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing Institutional directory
Clinical Assistant Professor 2013–2020

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing ORCID

Selected Publications

A Descriptive Survey of Student RN Anesthetists' Use of Cognitive Enhancers (2026)

Journal of Nursing Education DOI OpenAlex
Resident Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Use of Cognitive Enhancers in the U.S. (2026)

AANA journal DOI OpenAlex
DNP-PhD (2026)

The Nurse Practitioner DOI OpenAlex
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Theory-Based Preceptorship Survey for Nurse Practitioners (2025)

Nursing Reports DOI OpenAlex
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Leadership Mentoring Program: Ten years of positive outcomes (2024)

University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) DOI OpenAlex
To precept or not to precept: Perspectives from nurse practitioners (2024)

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Leadership Mentoring Program: Ten years of positive outcomes (2024)

Journal of Professional Nursing 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Make writing a daily habit: An evaluation of an educational intervention to improve writing self-efficacy among DNP students (2021)

Journal of Nursing Education and Practice DOI OpenAlex
Providing Remote Students with Access to a Video-enabled Standardized Patient Simulation on Interprofessional Competencies and Late-life Depression Screening (2020)

Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
An innovative technique to promote understanding of anatomy for nurse practitioner students (2019)

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Debate as a learning tool in an online environment (2019)

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Integration of Service Learning Into a Doctoral-Level Qualitative Research Methodology Course (2017)

Nurse Educator 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

Preceptor Recruitment and Expansion to Prepare Arkansas to Realize Healthcare Excellence
Accelerating Interprofessional Community-based Education and Practice National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education