Biography
Dr. Bridge graduated from Liberty University of Pennsylvania in 1993 with her BSN and her MSN in 2006 from University of Phoenix. In 2013, she completed her EdS degree from Liberty University and obtained her Doctorate in Education from Liberty University in 2017. Her dissertation was titled Attitudes Towards Care of Dying Patients Among Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Pre-Licensure Nursing Students At A Christian University While Controlling For Religiosity. She has a background in med-surg and telemetry nursing and enjoys teaching both online and residential students. Dr. Bridge enjoys engaging with future nursing students and their families during recruitment events and loves working with students across the programs, teaching them how to use nursing as a ministry.
Professional Memberships
- American Nurses Association
- Virginia Nurses Association
- Council on Undergraduate Research
- National League for Nursing
- Sigma Theta Tau International
Courses Taught
- NURS 221 Fundamentals in Nursing
- NURS 417 Crisis Nursing
- NURS 489 Leadership in Nursing
- NURS 491 Nursing Management
- NURS 502 Nursing Theory/Advanced Practice
- NURS 784 Assessment & Accreditation for Nursing Programs
Publications (peer-reviewed articles)
- Brown, K., Humphreys, H., Whorley, E., and Bridge, D. (2018) Ready to Care? Student Nurse Perceptions of Spiritual Care Education. Journal of Christian Nursing (2019)
- Attitudes towards care of dying patients among Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior pre-licensure nursing students at Christian university while accounting for religiosity (2017)
Research Interests
- Spirituality in Nursing
- Nursing as Ministry