Linda Cassar
Linda Cassar
D.N.P., M.S.N., B.S.N., CNE, RNC
Program Director, Accelerated B.S.N. Program
Associate Professor
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Email:
Linda Cassar
Office Phone:
571-553-8577
Innovation Hall (School of Nursing)
45085 University Drive, 201W
Ashburn VA 20147
Linda Cassar has worked primarily with the maternal/child health patient population over her 30 years as a nurse, working in Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, High-Risk Antepartum, and Outpatient Community Perinatal Education. Currently, she teaches across all programs in the School of Nursing, teaching OB and Women’s Health, Nursing Leadership, and serving as a DNP project adviser.
Professionally, Dr. Cassar is active in The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). She is a member of the Virginia Section and the co-leader of the Northern Virginia/DC chapter. In 2018, she was selected to participate in AWHONN’s Emerging Leaders program. Since that time, she has served on the national level as a member of their Research Advisory Panel, their Membership Committee, and their Nominating and Governance Committee. She was recently selected for an Editorial Fellowship for the American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing for 2025.
Dr. Cassar’s research includes evaluating nurses’ support for newly delivered breastfeeding mothers and factors that contribute to compassion fatigue in Labor and Delivery nurses.
- The George Washington University, Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership (2016)
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Master of Science in Nursing (2006)
- William Paterson College, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1991)
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (*data-based)
- Cassar, L., Stevenson, E., & Dowling, M. (in progress). Compassion fatigue among labor and delivery nurses in the United States.
- Cassar, L., Bauley, C., Friesen, M., Brown, L., Cross, T., Brannon, M., & Zhou, Q. (2020). Does educational level or certification status influence the level of breastfeeding support that nurses intend to provide to newly delivered mothers? Journal of Perinatal Education, 29(4), 219-227.
- Cassar, L. (2006). Cultural expectations of Muslims and Orthodox Jews in regard to pregnancy and the postpartum period: A study in comparison and contrast. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 21(2), 27-30
Book Chapters
- Powell, D.B. & Cassar, L. (2022). Mentorship of pre-health professional students. In L. Schwartz, R. Ganjoo, B. Brookins, & A. Tan, Handbook of research on developing competencies for pre-health professional students, advisors, and programs (pp 152-173). IGI Global.
- Cassar, L. & Lehmijoki-Gardner, M. (2022). Advising students to prepare for and excel in accelerated nursing programs. In L. Schwartz, R. Ganjoo, B. Brookins, & A. Tan, Handbook of research on advising and developing the pre-health professional student (pp 68-80). IGI Global.
- American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing Editorial Fellowship (2025).
- AWHONN Excellence in Scholarly Education Award (2021).
- Improving clinical care for OB patients
- Infant Health
- Maternal / Child Health
- Neonatal
- Sexual Health
- Women's Health