STEPHANIE TURNER

Registered Nurse with extensive critical care, hospice expertise, and leadership roles. Successfully managed a growing team, enhancing patient satisfaction and achieving the highest Gallup scores in the company. Recognized for exceptional communication skills and leadership training focused on healing and effective listening.

• Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse
• End of Life Nursing Education Consortium-Train the Trainer
• Opus Peace/Soul Injury Leadership Institute Senior Internship
• Opus Peace/Soul Injury Leadership Institute Training
• End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Training

Soul Injury: Forgiveness, Hospice Foundation of America

• Engagement Facilitator, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, After Hours Team
• We Honor Vets Committee, Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care
• Reducing Live Discharge
• Wise and Well

• Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association, 01/01/20, Present
• American Nurses Association, not presently a member, varied years
• Nevada Nurses Association, Previous Member
• Florida Nurses Association, Previous Member
• Florida Student Nurses Association, Previous Member

• Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Pamela Puppe Patient Care Scholarship Winner, 05/01/21
• Nomination: The Lore and Mel Mallin Award for Employee Excellence 2021
• Pulmonary Awards-Outstanding Medical Intensive Care Nurse-University of Kansas Health System, 04/01/19
• Nevada Legislation Leadership Award-Nevada Nurses Association, 01/01/97
• Above and Beyond Award-Palm Beach College, 01/01/94

• Micah Ministry-Kansas City, MO-Presently Volunteering
• Care Beyond the Blvd-Kansas City, Presently Volunteering
• Convoy of Hope, Food Distribution, Kansas City, Missouri
• Summit Christian Academy, Parent Volunteer, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
• Lakeland Community Church, Community/Church Volunteer, Small Group Leader, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
• Highland Park Elementary School, Parent Teacher Association Volunteer-Various Committee Member and Chair, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
• City Union Mission, Meal Server, Kansas City, Missouri

• Soul Injury and Abiding, Midwest Hospice and Palliative Care Association, 2015-2020
• Forgiveness, Opus Peace Leadership Institute, 2018-2020
• Attempted Suicide, Helplessness and Healing, Macy Catheter Webinar, 10/01/19
• Soul Injury, Grief Support Network, 09/01/19
• Hope for the Holidays: Soul Injury Helplessness and Healing, Keynote Speaker, Suicide Awareness Survivor Support Annual Event, 11/01/18
• Finding Your Hero Within, Midwest Hospice and Palliative Care Provisional Group, 08/01/17
• Soul Injury and Soul Injury Restoration, Play and the Me Brain, Unmourned Loss and Unforgiven Guilt and Shame, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, 2017-2020
• Finding Your Hero Within Book Community, Kansas City Metropolitan, 2016-2020
• Soul Injury, Find Your Hero Within, Lakeland Community Church, Ladies Ministry, Lees Summit, Missouri, 2016-2019

• Hospice & Palliative Care Fundamentals-Yearly Summer Conferences
• Elevating Nursing Practice-National Nurses Month Workshop, 2025
• Building Hope for those we Serve and Ourselves-Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, 2024
• End of Life Nursing Education Consortium, Review Core Modules with Hospice Staff/COVID Crash Course, 05/01/20, 06/01/20, 9 CE, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Wound Care, Maria Ferrell, 1.5 CE, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Legal Issues and Practical Matters, Karen Webber, 1.5 CE, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Advanced Hospice & Palliative Care Clinical Seminar, 6 CE, Missouri Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Jefferson City, Missouri
• Bring the CEO of Your Life, Racheal Kondanaz, 1.5 CE, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Mental Illness: How to Manage and Intervene with Troubled Patients and Their Families, Sally King, 2.0 CE, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, Kansas City, Missouri