Glenna Green, FNP-BC, Family Nurse Practitioner with Cobb County Community Services Board- Behavioral Health Crisis Center and Heartland Care Partners

Get to know Family Nurse Practitioner, Glenna Green, who serves patients in Marietta and Decatur, Georgia.

Glenna is a family nurse practitioner who is currently affiliated with the Cobb County Community Services Board – Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Marietta, Georgia. The Cobb County Community Services Board – Behavioral Health Crisis Center provides citizens challenged by psychiatric illnesses and/or substance abuse with appropriate care and resources. The agency serves adults age 17 and older. BHCC offers a wide array of clinical and support services located within Cobb County. 

She is also affiliated with Heartland Care Partners as a wound care nurse practitioner. Heartland Care Partners provides consultations in post-acute rehab and nursing facilities. Wound care nurse practitioners are professional nurses with advanced clinical knowledge and competence to provide expert assessment, coordination, and planning  in the prevention and management of wounds. They demonstrate sound decision-making skills in determining, developing and implementing an individualized plan of care and also provide education to patients, families, and caregivers on all aspects of wound care. The education supports complex health care decision making. Glenna’s association with Heartland Care Partners serves patients in Marietta and Decatur, GA. 

Glenna is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The ANCC, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States. Glenna is certified in Basic Life Support.

In 1997, Glenna graduated from North Greene High School in Greeneville, Tennessee. She earned her Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Degree from Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee in 2007, followed by her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Chamberlain University in Downers Grove, Illinois in 2014. She also holds a Master of Science in Nursing degree, which she earned from Chamberlain University in 2018. Glenna attributes her success to her mother and to her love of caring for patients.

To stay uo to date in her field, Glenna is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Phi Pi Chapter), the National Society of Leadership and Success, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses Association, and the Georgia Nurses Association.

A family nurse practitioner (FNP), like Glenna, is an advanced practice registered nurse who works autonomously or in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to deliver family-focused care. Given the rather broad nature of the “family” patient population focus, FNPs offer a wide range of healthcare services that revolve around the family unit; from health promotion and disease prevention to direct care and counseling across the lifespan.

Glenna was born in Greeneville, Tennessee. She is married. In her spare time, she enjoys crocheting and traveling.

Learn More about Glenna Green:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4144469/info/

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