Heather Murphy
Winchester
Summary
Professional nurse with experience in hospice care, ready to provide compassionate and effective patient support. Strong focus on team collaboration, ensuring seamless care delivery in changing environments. Skilled in patient assessment, pain management, and emotional support, fostering trust and comfort in patients and families. Dependable and adaptable, consistently achieving positive outcomes in palliative care settings. I have four years of intensive care experience in which palliative/hospice care was integrated into patient care.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospice Registered Nurse
Compassionate Care Plus
04.2025 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed, ensuring patient comfort and safety.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to develop personalized care plans for hospice patients.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families, fostering dignity during the dying process.
- Demonstrated strong communication skills while working closely with interdisciplinary team members and maintaining open lines of dialogue with patients'' families.
- Facilitated smooth transitions between home-based or facility settings while maintaining continuity of care throughout the hospice journey.
- Improved patient comfort by providing compassionate end-of-life care and addressing individual needs.
- Inpatient hospice facility
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington
04.2022 - 06.2025
- Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
- Monitored hemodynamic parameters and analyzed complex data sets, making appropriate adjustments to treatment plans based on patient response.
- Served as a preceptor for new nurses entering the critical care field, sharing knowledge and expertise to facilitate successful integration into the team.
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
CHI St. Joseph East Hospital
11.2020 - 04.2022
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and evidence based nursing practices.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed medical care choices.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
CHI Saint Joseph East Hospital
06.2019 - 11.2020
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological and cognitive needs.
- Cared for patients in 33-bed unit, supporting fellow nurses in delivering outstanding treatment to patients.
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress and medication side effects to accurately document updates.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management.
Patient Care Assistant
CHI St. Joseph East Hospital
04.2017 - 06.2019
- Answer call lights and aid in patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds, lights, bed rails, pillows, patients’ clothing and bedside tables/equipment on 33-bed unit
- Gather patient's medical information including weight and height measurements, input/output measurements, and vital signs to assist nurses with patient care initiatives for up to 14 patients
- Demonstrated confidentiality and compliance standards at all times
- Complete documentation of care and patient activities of up to 14 patients on per 12 hour shift
- Facilitate activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation with appropriate assistive devices
- Care for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis
- Turn and position dependent patients to maintain comfort and minimize problems such as pressure ulcers
Team Member
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc
12.1991 - 04.2017
- Successfully communicated with all team members to navigate job duties and complete daily tasks
- Maintained productive, efficient approach to all tasks
- Pursued learning opportunities to advance knowledge and take on leadership position
- Sought out ways to go above and beyond job requirements
- Resolved issues in timely manner to maintain productivity goals
- Contributed to team success by completing jobs quickly and accurately
- Learned all required tasks quickly to maximize performance
- Worked in team-based environment to maintain line productivity
- Kept work area clean, neat and organized
- Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts
Education
BSN - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT12-2022
Associate Degree - Nursing
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY05.2019
Skills
- Patient-focused care
- Physical assessments
- Medication administration
- Experience in ventilator and tracheotomy systems
- Intravenous therapy
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
- Chronic Disease Management
- Pain Management
- Hospice care
- Family support
- End-of-life care
Additional Information
References upon request
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification November 2019
- BLS certified through American Heart Association acquired June 2017 and current (May 2019) at CHI St. Joseph East, Lexington, KY
- CNA state certified March 2017 at KY Health Training LLC Lexington, KY
Timeline
Hospice Registered Nurse
Compassionate Care Plus
04.2025 - Current
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington
04.2022 - 06.2025
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
CHI St. Joseph East Hospital
11.2020 - 04.2022
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
CHI Saint Joseph East Hospital
06.2019 - 11.2020
Patient Care Assistant
CHI St. Joseph East Hospital
04.2017 - 06.2019
Team Member
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc
12.1991 - 04.2017
Associate Degree - Nursing
Eastern Kentucky University
BSN - Nursing
Western Governors University