Tanja Murdock
Temecula,CA
Summary
Compassionate California Licensed Registered Nurse with expertise in patient care, nursing care plans, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Proficient in CPR, BLS, AED, and wound care, ready to enhance patient recovery through clinical skills. Experienced leader in guiding teams and managing projects to achieve strategic objectives, with a focus on efficiency and alignment with organizational goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavioral Health Charge Registered Nurse
Exodus Recovery
11.2025 - Current
- Supervised nursing staff, reinforcing psychiatric protocols, documentation standards, and medication administration accuracy.
- Directed behavioral health unit workflows, prioritizing patient safety and timely care coordination.
- Monitored patients for behavioral changes, escalating concerns and supporting crisis intervention efforts.
- Coordinated admissions, transfers, and discharge planning with interdisciplinary treatment teams.
- Trained incoming nurses on de-escalation techniques, therapeutic communication, and unit expectations.
- Administered prescribed medications and maintained compliance with clinical orders and facility procedures.
- Reviewed charts and shift reports to ensure consistent documentation and continuity of behavioral health care.
- Developed strong therapeutic relationships with patients by actively listening and responding empathetically to their concerns and needs.
- Mentored new nurses on best practices for managing complex behavioral health cases, increasing overall staff competency levels.
Registered Nurse
Crestwood Behavioral Health Institute Fallbrook Healing Center
11.2023 - 06.2026
- Administered vital signs and medications, managed altercations between patients and staff, and communicated with providers about changes in patient health and behavior.
- Coordinated patient care activities and coordinate all patient care activities, ensuring adherence to facility policies, safety protocols, and individualized treatment plans.
- Conduct on-the -spot clinical decision-making during behavioral emergencies, including de-escalation, restraint protocols, and medical evaluations.
- Provide mentorship and training to new staff, fostering teamwork, professionalism, and trauma-informed care principles.
- Collaborate with on-call physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care and accurate documentation.
- Maintain accountability for medication administration accuracy, treatment compliance, and legal documentation standards.
- Led safety huddles and post-incident reviews, promoting patient and staff safety through collaborative analysis and strategy development.
- Monitored patient vitals, Medication Pass and PRNs (as needed medications), tending to altercations between patient/staff and patient/patient, communicating with providers about patient situations and changes in patient health/behavior, assisting with restraints, charting on PCC, running reports, ProACT certified, educate patients on Sex Education and Medication Education in a group setting, observing for when patients are off baseline, assisting in the patient's recovery process.
- Assessed psychiatric symptoms and updated individualized care plans
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses for adverse effects
Medical Assistant
Briggs Institute of Epigenetics Medicine
10.2016 - 02.2022
- Served as both lead medical assistants and office manager, overseeing daily clinical and administrative operations for a busy family practice.
- Recorded patient vitals accurately in the electronic health record system., immunizations, assist with procedures, gather patient data.
- Led a team of medical assistants and managed daily clinical and administrative operations for a busy family practice.
- Supervised and trained front- and back-office staff, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and OSHA standards and enhancing quality of patient care.
- Managed staff scheduling, supply inventory, and coordinated patient flow to optimize clinical efficiency and maintain high patient satisfaction.
- Acted as a liaison between providers, staff, and patients, promoting communication and resolving conflicts with professionalism and discretion.
- Served as liaison between providers, staff, and patients, fostering communication and resolving conflicts with professionalism.
- Front Desk: Check in/out patients, schedule appointments, answer phones, assist with customer complaints, referrals, insurance eligibility.
Sales and Child Care
EOS Fitness
08.2011 - 01.2017
- Achieved personal and team sales targets while efficiently managing call handling quotas
- Resolved customer complaints by delivering timely solutions and alternatives, ensuring follow-up for satisfactory resolution
- Handled complaints, provided appropriate solutions and alternatives within the time limits and followed up to ensure resolution
- Researched answers or solutions.
- Researched answers or solutions as needed
- Child Care: Supervised children from newborn to 12 year years old, coordinated activities for children, checked children in and out of childcare
- Registered new members for services
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
Ontario, CA10-2024
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
American Career College
Ontario, Ca02-2022
Associate in Criminal Justice - Criminal Justice
Barstow Community College
Barstow10-2008
Associate In Fire Science - Fire Science
Mohave Community College
Lake Havasu, AZ01-1996
Skills
- Psychiatric assessment
- Clinical documentation
- Patient safety
- Mental health counseling
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Effective communication
- Crisis intervention
- Basic life support
- Detail orientation
- Task prioritization
- Crisis intervention
- Team collaboration
Timeline
Behavioral Health Charge Registered Nurse
Exodus Recovery
11.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse
Crestwood Behavioral Health Institute Fallbrook Healing Center
11.2023 - 06.2026
Medical Assistant
Briggs Institute of Epigenetics Medicine
10.2016 - 02.2022
Sales and Child Care
EOS Fitness
08.2011 - 01.2017
Associate In Fire Science - Fire Science
Mohave Community College
Associate in Criminal Justice - Criminal Justice
Barstow Community College
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
American Career College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University