Beth Smith Orrell, ANP-BC| Palliative Medicine | MedStar Health
Beth Smith Orrell

Beth Smith Orrell, ANP-BC
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

Specialties: Palliative Medicine

Languages: English

(202) 444-2660

About me

Beth Orrell is board certified as an adult nurse practitioner and has worked with MedStar Georgetown’s Palliative Medicine team since August 2014. She provides expert symptom management to patients facing life limiting illness. She also strives to treat the whole person, with emphasis on treating physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual distress.

Beth completed her MSN at the University of Pennsylvania and brings over 30 years of experience in caring for seriously ill patients. She completed her certification as an Advance Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) in 2015. She has helped to establish the No One Dies Alone program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Personally, Beth lives with her husband and three children. She enjoys singing, hiking and hosting friends for delicious meals and lively conversation.

Clinical areas of focus

  • Advance Care Planning
  • Advance Directives Discussion
  • Artificial Nutrition And Hydration Discussion
  • Curative To Palliative Care Transition
  • Hospice And Palliative Care For Cancer Patients
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care For Symptom Management
  • Patient And Family End Of Life Care Support
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment
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Procedures I perform

  • Advance Care Planning
  • Advance Directives Discussion
  • Artificial Nutrition And Hydration Discussion
  • Curative To Palliative Care Transition
  • Hospice And Palliative Care For Cancer Patients
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care For Cancer Symptoms
  • Palliative Care For Symptom Management
  • Palliative Care Management Of Delirium
  • Patient And Family End Of Life Care Support
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Practice locations

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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Lombardi Center, Lower Level
Washington, DC, 20007

202-444-2611

Fax 202-444-2600

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Education

Other Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, -

Allied Health Education: University of Pennsylvania (1994)