Samaritan
Bridget Hopkins is an experienced Nurse Practitioner currently working at Samaritan since June 2023. Prior to this role, Bridget served as a Nurse Practitioner at Virtua Health from November 2012 to June 2023. Additionally, Bridget contributed to the field of nursing education as an Adjunct Instructor at Burlington County College between January 2013 and July 2018, focusing on nursing clinical instruction. Bridget's clinical experience includes a position as an Emergency Department Nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals from September 2005 to August 2012. Education includes a Master's degree in Family Practice Nursing from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (2009-2012) and a Bachelor of Science in Registered Nursing from Thomas Jefferson University.
Samaritan
Samaritan is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, independent organization locally founded in Moorestown, New Jersey in 1980. Samaritan is the regional leader for hospice care, palliative (comfort) medicine, primary care at home, transitional support, grief support and counseling, end-of-life education, and advocacy. Samaritan serves people in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses serious illness or grief in their homes, assisted-living, or nursing home communities and through two inpatient hospice centers: The Samaritan Center at Mt. Holly and The Samaritan Center at Voorhees. Thrift shop in Westmont supports Samaritan services and programs. Samaritan is accredited by The Joint Commission; a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO); the Home Care & Hospice Association of New Jersey; and is a four-star-level hospice in NHPCO’s We Honor Veterans program, created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).