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Lecturer Branden Murphy

School of Nursing

Specializations: Nursing

Email: Branden.Murphy@nevadastate.edu
Phone: (702) 992-2840

Biography

I am a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) with extensive experience in pediatric critical care, long-term care, nursing education, and healthcare regulation. My clinical background includes practice as a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) nurse, general pediatrics where I was a charge nurse, and pediatric skilled nursing facility (SNF) nurse where I was the Director of Nursing (DON), providing care across high-acuity and long-term pediatric settings.


I have served in regulatory and leadership roles, including service on the Â鶹ԭ´´ State Board of Nursing. I am currently the Vice President of the State of Â鶹ԭ´´ Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensing Board. In addition, I serve as Vice President of Safe Kids Clark County and am a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, actively engaged in injury prevention and community education.


As a nurse educator, my professional interests include curriculum development, NCLEX-style assessment design, clinical reasoning, and mentoring students to become compassionate, competent, and advocacy-minded nurses.

Education

  • Master of Science in Nursing
    Grand Canyon University
    12/01/2016 - 12/01/2018
  • Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Nursing
    Grand Canyon University
    12/01/2015 - 12/01/2016
  • Associate of Applied Science in Nursing
    National University
    10/01/2010 - 12/01/2011
  • Associate of Arts in General Education
    College of Southern Â鶹ԭ´´
    09/01/2006 - 12/01/2015

Work Experience

  • Lecturer of Nursing
    Â鶹ԭ´´ — Henderson Â鶹ԭ´´
    Lecturer of Nursing
    08/01/2023
  • Lead Instructor
    Las Vegas College — Las Vegas
    RN program instructor
    01/01/2022 - 07/01/2023
  • Director of Nursing
    Silver State Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility — Las Vegas
    Founding Director of Nursing for a pediatric skilled nursing facility, responsible for building the nursing department from the ground up. Led regulatory readiness and licensure, developed clinical policies and procedures, recruited and trained nursing staff, and oversaw day-to-day clinical operations to ensure high-quality, family-centered care and full compliance with state and federal regulations.
    11/01/2020 - 11/01/2021
  • Nursing Instructor
    Arizona College of Nursing — Las Vegas NV
    Instructor
    04/01/2019 - 12/01/2020
  • Adjunct Instructor
    College of Southern Â鶹ԭ´´ — Las Vegas
    Adjunct nursing and nursing assistant instructor
    09/01/2014 - 04/01/2019
  • Charge Nurse
    University Medical Center of Southern Â鶹ԭ´´ — Las Vegas NV
    From October 2008 to December 2011, I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a Trauma and Burn unit. I then transitioned into a Registered Nurse role in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from December 2011 to July 2015. From July 2015 through November 2019, I served as a Charge Nurse on both the General Pediatric Unit and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, providing clinical leadership and overseeing patient care operations.
    10/01/2008 - 11/01/2019