Deborah Richie, RN, BSN

Assistant Director of Nurses

Deborah Richie, RN, BSN, serves as the Assistant Director of Nurses at HOPE Healthcare and Hospice Bayou Country. She graduated from Grambling State University School of Nursing, receiving a Bachelor of Science in 1994.

After graduation, Deborah began her nursing career as a surgical nurse at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, FL. In 1997, she began working at Florida Hospital as a nurse with their open-heart surgery team, where she worked with renowned Heart Surgeons.

After many years, she returned to Louisiana and began working as an OB/GYN nurse. In 2016, she felt compelled to work with hospice patients due to a personal experience with her family.

Deborah has worked as a case manager providing dignified end-of-life care to her patients, and after several years, she was promoted to Assistant Director of Nursing.

Deborah says, “I knew that I wanted to join the hospice field so that I could provide comfort and support to patients and their loved ones, and I didn’t realize how much this decision would change MY life.

I am so very fortunate to have a job that is so rewarding, and I love that I can provide an improved quality of life to my patients and give their family members positive memories during a very difficult time.”