North Fulton Hospital is happy to announce the promotion of Patrice Pniewski, RN, to the position of Director of Critical Care.  Patrice has served in this position as an interim director since the fall of 2009.

Patrice was hired at North Fulton Hospital in 2000 as a staff nurse in the Department of Surgical Services.  She was promoted in 2003 to the position of Clinical Coordinator and later transferred to Neuro Intensive Care in 2006. 

Patrice obtained her RN degree in 1993 from Elizabeth General Medical Center School of Nursing in Elizabeth, NJ.  The Administration and staff are proud of Patrice’s accomplishments and look forward to her leadership in this new role.

North Fulton Hospital (NFH), part of Tenet Georgia, is a 202-bed, acute-care hospital located on Highway 9, Alpharetta Highway, in Roswell.  Opened in 1983, NFH serves North Fulton and surrounding counties through its team of over 1000 employees, 400 staff physicians and 200 volunteers.  NFH is a state-designated Level II trauma center and provides a continuum of services through its centers and programs, including neurosciences, orthopedics, rehabilitation, surgical services, bariatric surgical weight loss, gastroenterology and oncology.  The hospital is fully accredited and also is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.

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