• Associate Professor

• • Nicholls State University
  • College of Nursing
  • P.O. Box 2143
  • Thibodaux, LA 70310
• PHONE: (985)-448-4729
• EMAIL: bridget.guidry@nicholls.edu

 

Education

• • • D.N.P. University of South Alabama
    • M.N.S. University of South Alabama
    • B.S.N. Nicholls State University
      
      

Post graduate/Specialty Training

• Family/Emergent NP – Post Masters Certificate
• Acute Care NP – Post Masters Certificate
• Post DNP Specialization Certificate – Nurse Educator

 

Licensure and Board Certifications

• • • Louisiana State Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice
    • Family Nurse practitioner – AANP
    • Critical Care Registered Nurse – AACN
    • Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner - NCC

Academic Positions

• • Professor, Nicholls State University
    
    

Honors & Awards

• • • 2014 Nurse Educator of the Year- Xi Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tua International Honor Society
    • 2014 Academic Council Salute-Nicholls State University
    • 2013 Endowed Professorship-Terrebone General Medical Center
    • Nurse Trainingship Grant – University of South Alabama
    • Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

 

Professional Affiliations

• • • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
    • National League for Nursing
    • Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
    • Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society

 

Areas of Research Interest

• • • Emergency Medicine
    • Simulation in Nursing Education
    • Quality Assurance – Standards of Practice
      
      

Selected Publications & Presentations

• "Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes" The Clinical Advisor accepted for publication
• "Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Clinical Overview" Clinician Reviews May 2013
• 2017 "Overcoming Linguistic/Cultural Barriers to Health Literacy" Transcultural Nursing Society International Conference, New Orleans
• 2017 Participants: Nurses/Nurse Practitioners- Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2017 "Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes" Participants: Nurse Practitioners. Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners New Orleans, Louisiana
• 2016 "New Recommendations for the Prevention of Peanut Allergies" Participants: Nurse Practitioners "STD Update" Participants: Nurse Practitioners.Thibodeaux, Louisiana
• 2014 "Herbal Medicine Update" Participants: Nurse Practitioners. Nicholls State University Thibodaux, Louisiana
• 2012 "Pharmacology Update" Participatns: Nurse Practitioners. Nicholls State University Thibodaux, Louiaiana
• Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Clinical Overview. Clinician Review- Accepted
• Abstract Presenter on Simulation is Nursing Practice - Elsevier Conference- Las Vegas
• Headache Management Program- DNP project - Podium presentation, Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioner Conference
• A Simulation Teaching Innovation on Rapid Response Development QSEN Conference – Poster presentation
• Recent Advances In Pap Smear Testing, Pap Smear Grading Scale, and the HPV Vaccine to Provide Detection, Protection, and Prevention for Women Against Cervical Cancer - Poster presentation Nicholls State University Research Week
• Literature Review of Recent Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment Prevention of Cervical Cancer. Podium presentation, Xi Zeta Chapter Sigma Theta Tau
  
  

Selected Funded Projects and Research

• Sigma Theta Tau, Xi Zeta Chapter - Enhancement of Medical Surgical II Through Innovation Use of Media Specific to IV Therapy, CI
• Board of Regents - Enhancement of BSN Nursing Curriculum with SIC (Simulation Infusion Center) Project, CI
• Board of Regents - Traditional and Undergraduate Enhancement of Emergency Resuscitation Response (EERR), CI
• Headache Management Program - Southeast Neuroscience Center
• Integration of Rapid Response in a BSN Program- University of South Alabama
  
  

Research Review

• Textbook Reviewer for Elsevier Publications
• IRB Member – Terrebonne General Medical Center