Margaret Murphy

Margaret Murphy is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at the University of Margaret is a clinical nurse consultant at Westmead Hospital, Sydney. She brings over 26 years of experience as a senior emergency nurse clinician, leader, and change agent. In addition to working in emergency, Margaret has had experience and qualifications in Intensive Care, Mental Health, Change Management, and Education.

Margaret has worked as a principal project officer at the NSW Ministry of Health and has been a content expert for several Commissions of Inquiry (Special Commission of Inquiry into the Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals; Hughes Walters Inquiry into early pregnancy care in NSW Emergency Departments; Drug inquiry into amphetamine use in NSW). She holds executive and advisory positions with NSW Health and Emergency Care Institute. Margaret has consulted nationally and internationally on emergency care and participated in teaching programs in Nepal, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Bangkok. She has been recognized by peers with awards that include Westmead Hospital Nurse of the Year.

Margaret’s research has focused on demonstrating an association between team training, improved health service delivery, and patient outcomes in major trauma patients. This research has been translated into recommendations for training curriculum and implementation methods. Margaret has published 24 peer-reviewed articles, been cited over 100 times, and received five Grants and Scholarships totaling 80K for her program of research on trauma team training. day.