Laura is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She obtained her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Penn State University and then went on to receive her Masters of Science in Nursing at Walden University. Laura’s background in nursing is rooted in maternity care. She has spent her career working with pregnant and postpartum women and families in various settings. Laura also has experience as a labor doula, a perinatal educator for both private clients and for a larger hospital system, a RN assistant to a CNM, and attending and caring for women during homebirths in the community.
In Laura’s current role as a PMHNP at LBW, she provides both therapy and medication management for patients across the lifespan, from childhood through advanced adulthood. Her specialty is Perinatal and Women's Mental Health, with a focus on prenatal and postpartum/breastfeeding women's mental health care.

Laura Murtha, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC