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What BridgeWell Means by Integrative Thinking

Jan 31, 2026

If you’re a nurse practitioner (or NP student), you’ve probably felt the tension:

  • You want to think beyond symptom management.
  • You want to connect patterns across body systems.
  • You want more tools—without drifting into hype, questionable protocols, or losing the clinical credibility you’ve worked so hard to build.

That tension is exactly why BridgeWell Integrative Education exists. We bridge conventional NP training with functional medicine concepts in a way that is evidence-informed, clinically grounded, and professionally responsible. 

“We teach clinicians how to think, not what to prescribe.” 

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Integrative thinking, in the BridgeWell sense, isn’t about replacing conventional medicine or abandoning standards of care. It’s about expanding the way you reason through complexity so you can stay anchored in what’s proven while building a broader, systems-based lens.


Why BridgeWell exists (and why “the bridge” matters) 

I’m Dr. Sheri Erwin (DNP, APRN, FNP-C). I’ve spent over 20 years in clinical practice and academia, teaching at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels while caring for patients across a range of settings including integrative care. 

Over and over, I saw dedicated clinicians who wanted to offer deeper help to patients but felt underprepared to connect “root-cause” style thinking with real-world care in a way that stayed aligned with their training and professional standards. 

BridgeWell was created to give NPs a clear path forward one that respects conventional training while building confidence in systems-based reasoning and responsible integration. 

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