Teaching:
Professor Leigh Ann Breckenridge FNP-C, MSN, RN currently serves as a clinical instructor in the LSON Family. Although she has taught in several areas, her interests are in maternal/child and pediatric nursing. She is currently teaching clinical in the maternal child setting and teaching on-line health assessment to RN to BSN students.

Education:
Loewenberg School of Nursing, Memphis, TN. Postmasters degree (FNP); Masters of Science in Nursing-parent/child emphasis (MSN), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Mississippi College, Clinton, MS.

Service:
Professor Breckenridge is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and AANP. She is also member of AWHONN. She is an active member of First Baptist Church of Memphis where she provides health care education to all ages. She participates yearly as a nurse volunteer for luvmud (Habitat for Hope). Active participant in March of Dimes and Susan B. Komen walk for breast cancer.

Practice:
Professor Breckenridge is a nurse practitioner in a pediatric office. She has worked in the field of pediatrics and labor/delivery for most of her career. Specialty areas in pediatrics include: Hematology/oncology, cardiology, med/surg and administration.

Research Interest:
Professor Breckenridge has research interests in childhood obesity and breastfeeding. Another area of interest is the perception of labor and delivery nurses and student nurses in the intrapartum area. She has a great passion for children with Asperger’s syndrome.

More:
Professor Leigh Ann Breckenridge has been happily married to Dr. Rev. David Breckenridge for 25 years. She is the proud mother of 3 children, two golden retrievers and a cat. She loves metal art and teaching 2 year-olds at church.