Brittany Hanson

Experience

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  Huntsville Hospital

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2012

  Registered Nurse

  -Manage and provide care on a cardiothoracic step-down unit for up to 5 patients per shift with needs ranging from basic to critical care. -broad range of hands on care and critical thinking skills ranging from responding to abnormal EKG reading, incision site care, chest tube management, wound vacuum management and dressing site changes, and collaborating with physicians to develop and maintain patient care treatment plans.

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  THE CENTER FOR COLON AND DIGESTIVE DISEASE, P.C

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2018

  Registered Nurse

  -Provided multitasking skills by managing patient care in a clinical setting along with providing phone triage to patients. -Critical thinking skills utilized to provide remote phone triage to patients’ acute care needs. -Collaborate daily with physicians to develop and/or maintain patient care and treatment plans. -Managed,organized, administered, and monitored care of intravenous infusions of biologic medications to inflammatory bowel patients on a weekly basis; most of which required titration during this process. Show less

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  Center for Colon and Digestive Disease

  Feb 2019 - now

  Family Nurse Practitioner

  -Manage and provide preventative and general patient care in an outpatient clinical setting; ranging between 20-30 patients per day.-Routinely see patients for gastrointestinal and hepatology related conditions, which includes colon cancerscreening, diarrhea/constipation, abdominal pain, Crohn’s disease/ulcerativecolitis, weight loss, GERD/acid reflux, Barrett’s esophagus, hepatitis, cirrhosis, andfatty liver amongst other conditions.-Perform thorough history with appropriate physical examination. Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic testing based of patients current medical needs discovered through obtaining a detailed history and physical. -Educate patients on disease related processes and treatment options - both pharmacological and non-pharmacological.-Develop treatment plans to help meet and maintain healthcare goals. Show less