90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient
Class of 1988
Janet L. Murphy, RN, MSN, CPNP, has worked in the field of child abuse for more than 20 years. She is the associate medical director at the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic, which is part of a Child Advocacy Center at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. In this role, she provides expert medical exams and care for children when there is a concern of sexual abuse. The work is multidisciplinary, and close collaboration occurs with forensic interviewers, child protection workers, police, prosecutors, mental health clinicians, and primary care providers.
Janet has co-authored articles relevant to direct clinical care of children and families dealing with concerns of sexual abuse. She was on the YSN faculty from 1988 to 1996 and is currently an assistant clinical professor at YSN.