Christine K Bradway, PhD, RN, CRNP
Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing - Clinician Educator
Contact Information
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Room 312 Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217
UNITED STATES
tel: (215) 573-3051
email: cwb@nursing.upenn.edu
Dr. Bradway received her BSN from Wilkes College and her master's and doctorate in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.
Teaching
Dr. Bradway provides faculty leadership for the Adult Health and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Programs, expanding on the role she has held as Assistant Director of these programs since 1994. She is the course director for N644: Health Care in an Aging Society. While this is primarily a core course for students in the Gerontology nurse practitioner program it is frequently elected by graduate and undergraduate students in enrolled in other School of Nursing programs, and other schools within the University.
Research
Her dissertation focused on the narratives of women with long-term urinary incontinence. Her research interests also include delirium in hospitalized older adults and emergency care of the elderly.
• Currently Funded Grants
• Center for Integrative Science in Aging
Clinical Practice
Dr. Bradway has practiced as a gerontologic nurse practitioner for over 20 years in a variety of settings including long-term care, community-based primary and specialty care, and as a nurse clinician in a tertiary care setting. Dr. Bradway currently maintains a clinical appointment as Continence Program Director at Meadowbrook Urologic Associates where she has been a member of the practice for many years. Prior to her appointment at Meadowbrook Urological Associates, Dr. Bradway was founder and director of the Penn Nursing Network Continence Program.
Honors/Credentials
Dr. Bradway and her colleagues received the Best of Image Award for Nursing Research for their article "Functional Status Outcomes of a Nursing Intervention in Hospitalized Elderly" and Dr. Bradway's book, Nursing Care of Geriatric Emergencies received an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Dr. Bradway's dissertation research recently received the Best Paper Presentation Award at the 12th Annual Research Papers Presentation Night of the Delaware Valley Geriatrics Society.
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