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Jennifer Giannettino, MSN, BSN, BS

Staff Affiliate - YNHH
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Staff Affiliate - YNHH

Biography

Certified as a nurse practitioner in 2011, I have been working in the Department of Surgery at Yale since January 2012. I initially enjoyed time on the inpatient surgical services taking care of patients during their hospitalization on the Emergency General Surgery and GI Surgery services. In 2017, I transitioned to the inpatient Colo-Rectal Surgery service specializing in the post-op recovery and discharge transition of patients after lower GI tract surgeries. I recently completed my WOC training at Emory University in Atlanta and will be sitting for certification exam soon. I am currently providing outpatient specialized care for patients with fecal and urinary stomas and looking to grow out enterostomal therapy program by recruiting a group of certified nurses to help care for patients, provide local support groups for those with ostomies as well as education for staff a skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies who would like to learn more about optimizing stomal care.

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Education & Training

BC
Emory University, Wound, Ostomy, Continence (2020)
MSN
Sacred Heart University, Family Nurse Practitioner (2011)
BSN
Southern Connecticut State University, Nursing (2004)
BS
University of Scranton, Neuroscience (2000)

Clinical Care

Overview

Jennifer Giannettino, MSN, NP-C, is a nurse practitioner who has worked for many years with the Department of Surgery with a focus on patients recovering from lower GI tract procedures. She runs the outpatient ostomy clinic and enterostomal therapy program.

In the clinic, Giannettino provides routine follow-up care for those who have had a urinary or fecal ostomy—a surgery to create a stoma, or hole, through which waste can leave the body. She provides pre-operative education to patients who need ostomies, and postoperative follow-up, focusing on appliance management as well as care of the peristomal skin and conditions that can develop around a stoma after surgery.

In conjunction with the Department of Colon and Rectal surgery, Giannettino is working on the development of the Yale New Haven Health Enterostomal Therapy Program, which will include patient care with the goal of creating satellite ostomy clinics across the Connecticut shoreline, as well as providing education and support for patients and their families, and continuing education for staff at short-term rehab centers and visiting nurse associations.

“I worked in colon and rectal surgery for many years in the inpatient setting,” Giannettino says. “I came to understand that these patients need more specific specialized care and assistance in managing their temporary or permanent stomas. I love helping these patients find resolution to ostomy issues and find comfort when they return to their normal lives. A stoma should not interfere with a person’s capacity to resume their usual activities.”

Clinical Specialties

General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care; Gastrointestinal Oncology; Colorectal Surgery; Urology

Board Certifications

  • Family Nurse Practitioner

    Certification Organization
    American Academy of Nurse Practitioner's Certification Program
    Latest Certification Date
    2011
    Original Certification Date
    2011

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    Tompkins Memorial Pavilion

    789 Howard Avenue, Fl 2nd

    New Haven, CT 06519

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