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DNP, CRNP, MSN
AG-ACNP-BC · PMHNP-BC
Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner & Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Gissella M. Mana, DNP, CRNP, MSN, is a highly experienced nurse practitioner with a diverse clinical background spanning hospital medicine, adult-gerontology acute care, psychiatric mental health, intensive care, trauma, primary care, and home-based healthcare.
Dr. Mana currently serves as a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner at Mary Washington Hospital, where she provides comprehensive care to patients with acute and chronic medical conditions. Her responsibilities include conducting detailed health assessments, evaluating and treating patients, ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, prescribing medications and IV therapies, coordinating specialty consultations, and developing individualized treatment plans in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
In addition to her hospital medicine expertise, Dr. Mana is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, providing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for individuals experiencing mental and behavioral health concerns. Her clinical experience includes mental health screenings, psychiatric evaluations, therapy, laboratory monitoring, medication management, and development of individualized treatment plans, along with the treatment of substance abuse, withdrawal, suicidality, and psychosis. She has also worked at an outpatient behavioral health clinic serving a large veteran population, where she treated patients with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, sleep disorders, and more.
Dr. Mana’s extensive acute-care background includes experience in intensive care, trauma, cardiac care, COVID-19 critical care, oncology, pulmonary care, emergency medicine, post-surgical care, and restorative care. Her earlier nursing experience includes serving as an Intensive Care Unit Clinical Charge Nurse and Trauma ICU Registered Nurse, giving her a strong foundation in caring for medically complex and critically ill patients.
Dr. Mana is committed to delivering compassionate, evidence-informed, and patient-centered care. She emphasizes thorough assessment, patient and family education, continuity of care, and collaboration across healthcare disciplines. Her combination of advanced clinical training, hospital-based experience, behavioral health expertise, and compassionate approach allows her to care for patients holistically while addressing both their physical and mental health needs.
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