Andrea Murphy Thomas

Background

Thomas, Andrea Murphy was born on February 10, 1959 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Andrew Eugene and Martha Sue (Cloninger) Murphy.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, 1981.

Career

Staff nurse, Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, North Carolina, 1981-1983; unit coordinator telemetry, Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, North Carolina, 1983; staff nurse medical Intensive Care Unit, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1983-1987; staff nurse Dickson Heart unit, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1987-1989; critical care clinician, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1989. Speakers bureau Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1991.

Achievements

• Andrea Murphy Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Critical care nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sunday School teacher 1st Presbyterian Church, Stanley, North Carolina, 1993-1994. Member AACN, North Carolina Nurses Association.

Interests

• Avocations: camping, hiking, reading, needlework.

Connections

Married Ernest JeffreyThomas, May 10, 1980 (widowed September 2 1992).

Father:

Andrew Eugene Murphy

Mother:

Martha Sue (Cloninger) Murphy

Spouse:

Ernest JeffreyThomas