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Kelly A. Thompson-brazill

Kelly A. Thompson-brazill DNP, ACNP-BC, RN, CCRN-CSC, PCCN, FCCM

Nurse Practitioner
Washington, Dist of Col, United States of America

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Kelly A. Thompson-Brazill, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN-CSC, FCCM, is the Director of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program. She has been a full-time faculty member at Georgetown since 2016. She is a member of the Council on the Advancement of Nursing Science and the BSN-DNP Program Director Committee. She earned her DNP and MSN degrees at Duke University, Durham, NC. She earned her BSN at the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA.

Dr. Thompson-Brazill is an active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), where she serves on the Accreditation & Learning Strategies Committee and the Nursing Research and Scholarship Committee. She is an Ambassador for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). She was the contributing Pharmacology Editor for Critical Care Nurse from 2013–2016. She is a national expert on both Critical (CCRN) and Progressive Care Nursing (PCCN) Certification. She has written several book chapters, contributed to certification review columns, and edited question-and-answer books. She lectures nationally on cardiac surgery, hemodynamic monitoring, and other critical care topics.

Dr. Thompson-Brazill’s clinical practice is in Cardiothoracic Surgery. She also has a background as an ACNP in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. She has been a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine since 2014.

Her research interests are Nursing, Critical Care, Cardiovascular Disease, Surgery, Clinical Pharmacology, Acute Care, Wound Care, Cardiac Surgery, Patient Safety, and Healthcare Management.

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