Judith Young Bradford, DNS, FAEN, RN

  • Judith BradfordAssociate Professor
  • Southeastern Louisiana University
    College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    SLU 10835
    Hammond, LA 70402
  • PHONE: (985)-549-5462
  • EMAIL: judith.bradford@southeastern.edu

 

Education

    • D.N.S. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
    • M.S.N. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    • B.S.N. University of South Alabama
    • Diploma in Nursing, Mastin School of Nursing

 

Licensure and Board Certifications

    • Louisiana State Board of Nursing Licensure
    • Mississippi State Licensure (Multi-State)
    • Wilderness First Responder certification
    • Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course Instructor and Faculty for Instructor Course
    • Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing:  A conceptual Approach: Course Director & Instructor
    • First Aid, CPR, & AED Instructor, National Safety Council
    • Wilderness First Aid, Standard First Aid, CPR & AED Instructor, American Red Cross.

 

Academic Positions

    • Associate Professor,Southeastern Louisiana University School of Nursing

 

Honors & Awards

    • National Committees, Collaborate Work, and State ENA Committee 2018- 2020 Chair, Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, National Emergency Nurses Association
    • 2017- 2018 Chair-elect, Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, National Emergency Nurses Association
    • 2017-2019 Committee Member to serve as a representative from the Emergency Nurses Association to collaborate on a joint practice guideline on the prevention of blood culture contamination with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
    • 2016 Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, Member, National Emergency Nurses Association
    • 2012- 2013 Emergency Nursing Resources (ENR) Development Committee of the Emergency Nurses Association, Member
    • 2010 Mississippi State Council Emergency Nurses Association, Board Member-at-Large
    • 2009 Board of the Academy of Emergency Nursing Chairperson, National Emergency Nurses Association
    • 2006-present Journal of Emergency Nursing Manuscript Peer Review Panel
    • 2nd Place, 2008 Best Poster Award Competition, Poster Presentation #EM-2 Entitled: Tick Paralysis, Southern Medical Association’s “Advances in Medicine 2008”.
    • Venture Advisor of the Year, Spanish Trail District, Pine Burr Area Council.
    • Pine Burr Award, Spanish Trail District, Pin Burr Area Council.
    • Academy of Emergency Nursing, Accepted into the Academy of Emergency Nursing, Inducted September 16, 2005. Designated as a Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Nursing (FAEN).
    • St. George Religious Emblem, Diocese of Biloxi, MS.
    • Venturing Leadership Award, Pine Burr Area Council, March 11, 2005.
    • Scoutmaster of the Year, Spanish Trail District, Pine Burr Area Council, Dec. 2002
    • Professionalism Award Presented By the National Emergency Nurses Association on in San Francisco, Calif. at the 1991 Recognition Ceremony and Awards Presentation.
    • Nominated for Mississippi Nurses Association District 5 & 6 Nurse of the Year Award.
    • Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
    • University of South Alabama Honor Society of Nursing.
    • Excellence in Nursing Award, Mastin School of Nursing.
    • Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
    • Alpha Lamda Delta, Freshman Women Honor Fraternity, University of South Alabama.

 

Professional Affiliations

    • Emergency Nursing Resources (ENR) Development Committee of the Emergency Nurses Association, Member
    • Journal of Emergency Nursing Manuscript Peer Review Panel
    • National Association of School Nurses
    • Sigma Theta Tau International
    • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
    • American Heart Association American Heart Association, 1977 to Present –Life Member

 

 Areas of Research Interest

  • Adolescent Health
  • School Health
  • Injury Prevention
  • Emergency Care

 

Selected Publications & Presentations

    • 2018 Bradford, JY, Reeve, NE, Killian, M., et al. (2018.) Clinical practice guideline: Prevention of Blood Specimen Hemolysis in Peripherally-collected venous specimens. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(4) 402.e1-402.e22. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2018.05.017
    • 2018 Bradford, JY, Reeve, NE, Killian, M., et al. (2018.) Clinical practice guideline synopsis: Prevention of Blood Specimen Hemolysis in Peripherally-collected venous specimens. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(4), 402-403.
    • 2018 Bradford, JY, Reeve, NE, Killian, M., et al. (2018.) Clinical practice guideline synopsis: Clinical practice guideline: Prevention of blood culture contamination. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(3), 285.
    • 2018 Bradford, JY, Reeve, NE, Killian, M., et al. (2018). Clinical practice guideline: Prevention of blood culture contamination. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(3), 285.e1-285.e24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2018.03.019
    • 2018 Stapleton, S., Valdez, A., Killian, M., Bradford, J., Cooper, M. Horigan, A., Johnson, M., Reeve, N., Vanhoy, M., & Zaleski, M. (2018) Clinical practice guideline synopsis: Clinical practice guideline: Intranasal medication administration. Journal of the Emergency Nursing, 44(1), 5-6.
    • 2018 Stapleton, S., Valdez, A., Killian, M., Bradford, J., Cooper, M. Horigan, A., Johnson, M., Reeve, N., Vanhoy, M., & Zaleski, M. (2018) Clinical practice guideline: Intranasal medication administration. Journal of the Emergency Nursing, 44(1), 5.e1- 5.e43. Doi:10.1016/j.jen.2017.11.003.
    • Hendrix, C. C., Heflin, M. T, Twersky, J., Knight, C., Payne, J., Bradford, J. Y., & Schmader, K. E., (2008.). Post-Hospital Clinic for Older Patients and their Family Caregivers, Annuals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging, 16(5), 20-24:
    • Bradford, J. Y. & O”Sullivan, P.S., (2007).The relationship between use of school health clinics in rural Mississippi and the CHIP-AE adolescent health profile. Journal of School Nursing 23(5), 293-298.
    • AEN Mentoring Program, National Emergency Nurses Association. 2009.
    • Frustration or Standing Ovation? How to Present Like a Pro. Precession, Emergency Nurses Association Scientific Assembly. 2009.
    • Tick Paralysis, (August 7-9, 2008). Best Poster Award Competition – 2nd Place Award; Southern Medical Association Centennial Scientific Assembly: Advances in Medicine 2008, Nashville, TN.
    • The relationship between use of school health clinics in rural Mississippi and the CHIP-AE adolescent health profile (August 7-9, 2008). Southern Medical Association Centennial Scientific Assembly: Advances in Medicine 2008, Nashville, TN.

Research Review

    • National Emergency Nursing Association, Research Abstract Reviewer Scientific Assembly Research Poster Presentations