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 Directive Planning
- Counseling For Chronic Illness
- Goals Of Care Discussion
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Postpartum Support
- Psychiatric Care For Chronic Pain
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Ascites
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Blood Cancer
- Bone Cancer Pain
- Bone Metastases
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer Complications
- Chemotherapy Side Effects
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Colon Cancer
- Dementia
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnea
- Dyspnea (SHORTNESS OF BREATH)
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer Pain
- Fatigue
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastric Cancer Pain
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypoxia
- Intractable Nausea
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cancer Pain
- Liver Metastases
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer Pain
- Lymphedema
- Lymphoma Symptoms
- Malignant Ascites
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Muscle Weakness
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Oral Cancer
- Oral Ulcers
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer Pain
- Pain In Children
- Pancreatic Cancer Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pleural Effusion
- Pleuritic Pain
- Pneumonia
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Pain
- Psychosis
- Rectal Cancer
- Rectal Cancer Pain
- Renal Insufficiency
- Respiratory Failure
- Secondary Cancer
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Severe Parkinson's Disease
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Shortness Of Breath
- Skin Cancer
- Sleep Disorders
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Supranuclear Palsy
- Terminal Illness
- Throat Cancer
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Urothelial Cancer
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Ulcers
- Vomiting
- Vomiting And Nausea
- Weakness And Frailty
- Weight Loss
- Xerostomia (DRY MOUTH)
Procedures I perform
- Advance Care Planning Consultation
- Advance Care Planning Discussion
- Advance Directive Planning
- Alternative Therapies
- Anemia Management
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Botox Injection
- Caregiver Support And Counseling
- Chest Pain Management
- Cold Laser Therapy
- Counseling For Chronic Illness
- Cystitis Management
- Deep Sedation
- Delirium Prevention
- Deprescribing
- Diarrhea Management
- Disease Management Education
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Discussion
- Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Discussion
- Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Discussion
- Dying Care Consultation
- End Of Life Care Support
- Falls Prevention
- Family Meeting
- Functional Status Assessment
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Gastrointestinal Tube Placement
- Goal Setting And Achievement
- Goals Of Care Discussion
- Graston Technique
- Grief And Bereavement Support
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Hospice Care Consultation
- Hospice Care Discussion
- Hospice Care For Dementia Patients
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Management
- I-131 Therapy
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Intra-Arterial Infusion Of Chemotherapy
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Jejunostomy Care
- Live-In Care
- Living Will Discussions
- Mental Health Case Management
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Nerve Block
- New Father Care
- New Mother Support
- Newborn Feeding Support
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions
- Nutrition Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Pain Rehabilitation Program
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care And Hospice Care
- Palliative Care At Home
- Palliative Care By A Consultant
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care Education
- Palliative Care For Neurological Conditions
- Palliative Care In Community Settings
- Palliative Care In Residential Care Facilities
- Palliative Care Services
- Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Pediatric Advocacy
- Peer Support Groups
- Pharmacological Therapy
- Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Postpartum Support
- Prognostication
- Psychiatric Care For Chronic Pain
- Psychiatric Occupational Therapy
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Rapid Response Team Management
- Self-Care Counseling
- Self-Care Planning
- Shared Decision Making
- Shiatsu Massage
- Sleep Counseling
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Social Work Consultation
- Sti Treatment
- Stress Reduction
- Suicide Intervention
- Symptom Management Consultation
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Time Management Training
- Transitional Care Planning
- Transplant Research
- Ulcer Care
- Vaccinations
- Wellness Services
- Withdrawal Of Life-Sustaining Therapies
- Wound Care
Practice locations
Distance from Change LocationEnter your Location
110 Irving St. NW Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-7000miles away
18101 Prince Philip Dr. Olney, MD, 20832
301-774-8882miles away
201 E. University Pkwy. Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2000miles away
25500 Point Lookout Rd. Leonardtown, MD, 20650
301-475-8981miles away
9000 Franklin Square Dr. Baltimore, MD, 21237
443-777-7000miles away
3001 S. Hanover St. Baltimore, MD, 21225
410-350-3200miles away
7503 Surratts Rd Clinton, MD, 20735
301-868-8000miles away
3800 Reservoir Rd. NW Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-2000miles away
5601 Loch Raven Blvd. Baltimore, MD, 21239
443-444-8000miles away
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center,
Graduate: University Of Pennsylvania (1994)