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A version of this story first appeared in the 202<\/em>5<\/em> issue of <\/em>On Call<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, a publication of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga <\/em>College<\/em> of Nursing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Amber Honea, left, and Alexis Murray. Photo courtesy of Amber Honea.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sisters Amber Honea and Alexis Murray have found their place helping others.<\/p>\n

The UTC alums are working as nurses for their respective hospitals in Chattanooga. Honea, who received a BSN from UTC in 2014 and an MSN in 2021, is an acute care nurse practitioner with the pulmonology and critical care department at Erlanger Hospital.<\/p>\n

Murray, who earned a BSN in 2019, is currently enrolled in the DNP program and is on pace to graduate in spring 2026. She works at CHI Memorial Hospital as an ICU floating nurse.<\/p>\n

Both realized their passion for helping people on visits to the hospital for family emergencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew I wanted to do something in medicine because I\u2019ve enjoyed helping people ever since I was young,\u201d Honea said. \u201cI first started out wanting to be a Life Flight nurse after my middle sister Alexis was life-flighted as a baby. I thought it was a really cool experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really love helping people. I found my niche.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Murray was born around four weeks premature. During the birthing process, she swallowed amniotic fluid, resulting in pneumothorax.<\/p>\n

With no NICU in their hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee, the Life Flight nurses had to transport her to Erlanger, where Murray stayed for close to three weeks.<\/p>\n

She understood why her older sister became fascinated with the nurses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are really cool,\u201d Murray said. \u201cI could imagine as a kid they\u2019d be really cool because seeing them as an adult and as a nursing student, I remember thinking they were the coolest people. They show up in the true jumpsuits that make you think of Maverick in \u2018Top Gun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray had a similar experience that led to her decision to enter the health care field when her dad fell off a ladder, resulting in an emergency room visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to take him to the hospital and I got to see how the ER worked,\u201d she explained. \u201cThe combination of my experience with my dad going for a quick elbow surgery\u2014it wasn\u2019t anything serious and then getting to see Amber go through it\u2014I figured maybe this is for me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray said she has leaned on her older sister during school and at work. She began nursing school at 18, which was earlier than most students in the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d always go to her if I had any questions or I needed help understanding a disease, process or anything related to nursing. She\u2019s definitely helped me review papers, make sure they sound correct and things like that,\u201d Murray said. \u201cWhen I started my career, she was working at Memorial as a nurse. I ended up working there through nursing school as a nurse tech. I worked closely with the nurses, and we ended up collaborating a bit during that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe always made sure if anything interesting was going on in the unit, she\u2019d find me and let me look at it with her. She\u2019d explain what\u2019s going on to help me learn a little bit better and quicker.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Big sister Amber, left, holds baby Alexis under the watchful eye of their mom, Vicki Dietz. Photo courtesy of Vicki Dietz.<\/p><\/div>\n

Honea and Murray, upon their respective graduations, started in the ICU.<\/p>\n

Honea said it\u2019s a highly competitive field because it allows you to jump right in and help others. Both noted that UTC helped prepare them for life in the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe professors were awesome,\u201d Honea said. \u201cI got a great education. Whenever I\u2019m asked where I went to school and I tell them UTC, they say, \u2018You graduated from UTC, that means your education was good. We want nurses from UTC.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to know that we were well known in the community and everybody wanted us to be a part of their organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray echoed those sentiments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m all about the UTC world,\u201d she said. \u201cOur professors in the acute care program are fantastic. Dr. Christi Denton, our program director, and the rest of the faculty are amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very flexible, but it\u2019s a hard program. It\u2019s preparing us for what we want to do in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Honea and Murray have given back to the UTC community. They have volunteered at Camp Horizon, where children with physical disabilities can broaden their horizons and spend time with other children in similar situations. They have also worked as clinical instructors, teaching the next generation of UTC nursing students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love being able to see our future nursing students take every challenge and every scrap of knowledge they can get,\u201d Murray said. \u201cThey\u2019re super smart and willing to learn, which is refreshing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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