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.

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 ìFunctional Status Outcomes of a Nursing Intervention in Hospitalized Elderlyî and Dr. Bradwayís book, Nursing Care of Geriatric Emergencies received an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Dr. Bradwayís dissertation research recently received the Best Paper Presentation Award at the 12th Annual Research Papers Presentation Night of the Delaware Valley Geriatrics Society.

Frank Morgan Jones Fund Pilot
ìIllness Narratives of Women with Long-Term Urinary Incontinenceî Period: August 2, 2002 to December, 31, 2003 Project Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the subjective, lived experience of women who suffer from long-term urinary incontinence (UI) and to show how cultural models help define that experience. The specific aims of the study are to describe and analyze 1) what UI means, and 2) how that meaning is constructed by women with long-term UI. Individual narratives of women with long-term UI will be described and if possible, a cultural model for long-term UI will be identified. At study completion, a research report will be compiled to represent the stories told by women with long-term UI, in order to understand their experiences, and to highlight cultural themes.

Resulting Work
Bradway, C. W. & Barg, F. (2006). Developing a cultural model for long-term female urinary incontinence. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 3150-3161.
Bradway, C. (2005). Womenís narratives of long-term urinary incontinence. Urologic Nursing, 25, 337-344.

Bradway, C. (2006). Evaluation and management of urinary incontinence in older adults (web-based module). Produced for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA Contract No. HHSH230200432030C): University of Minnesota School of Public Health. [Also found at: http://breeze4.umn.edu/p78804604/]

Bradway, C. & Strumpf, N. (2007). Characteristics of women seeking care for long-term urinary incontinence [peer-reviewed poster presentation]. Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Annual Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO.

Bradway, C. (2005). Narratives of women with long-term urinary incontinence: Interactions with health care providers and barriers to patient-provider communication, [peer-reviewed paper presentation], Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

Bradway, C. & Mangino, M. (2005). Continence for older women: Taking control and feeling great, [Invited speaker], American Society on Aging Fall Series, Philadelphia, PA

Bradway, C. (2005). Using narrative analysis to develop a cultural model for long-term, urinary incontinence, [peer-reviewed poster presentation], Eastern Nursing Research Society, Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Bradway, C. (2005). Evaluation and management of older adults with urinary incontinence, [Invited speaker] Contemporary Forums Gerontologic Nursing Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Grant - Developing and testing a cultural model for long-term female urinary incontinence American Academy of Nursing/John A. Hartford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship 9/1/2005-8/31/2007