Biography
Dr. Dorothy Murphy, Professor in the Doctor in Nursing Practice Program, obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice at West Virginia University. She completed her Master of Science in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Wright State University. She is nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Professional Memberships
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Associate Member of the American College of Cardiology
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty
- Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, Psi Delta Chapter
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- National League of Nursing
Courses Taught
- NURS 711: Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology
- NURS 712: Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Practitioners
- NURS 715: Theoretical Application for Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 730/740/741: Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum I
- NURS 735: Infant and Children’s Health
- NURS 736/743/744: Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum II
- NURS 737: Family Nursing II Chronic Health
- NURS 838: Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum III
- NURS 844: DNP Practicum V
- NURS 947: Scholarly Project Planning
- NURS 948: Scholarly Project I
- NURS 949: Scholarly Project II
- NURS 950: Scholarly Project Defense
Publications (books)
- Murphy, D.L. & Anderson, K.L. (2020). The cardiovascular interview & history. In L’Ecuyer & Young (Eds) Cardiac Vascular Nurse Certification Review. Springer.
- Anderson, K.A. & Murphy, D.L. (2020). Heart failure: Guideline-directed medical and device therapy. In Cardiac Nursing. Wolters Kluwer.
- Murphy, D. & Anderson, K. (2015). Congestive Heart Failure. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
- Meriwether, J. & Murphy, D. (2015). Hyperlipidemia. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
- Meriwether, J. & Murphy, D. (2015). Hypertension. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
- Meriwether, J. & Murphy, D. (2015). Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
- Murphy, D. & Meriwether, J. (2015). Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
- Murphy, D. (2015). Valvular Heart Disease. The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician. In K.A. Anderson (Ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
Publications (peer-reviewed articles)
- Anderson, K., Murphy, D., Groninger, H., Kolm, P., Wang, H., Barton-Maxwell (2022). Perceived symptoms as the primary indicators for 30-day heart failure readmission, PLOS ONE.
- Anderson, K., Barton-Maxwell, V., & Murphy, D. (2022). Symptomatic indicators as predictors for 30-day heart failure readmissions. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 28 (5), pp S117.
- Anderson, K.A., Murphy, D., Balaji, M. (2014). Essentials of cardiac stress testing, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 26(2), 59-69.
Research Interest
- Care Systems to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes