"Brittany Pryor is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, licensed by the state of Tennessee and specializing in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Brittany began her career in healthcare at the age of sixteen as a Certified Nursing Assistant in the Emergency Department and on the Medical/ Surgical Unit at Rhea County Hospital. She graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing where she was inducted in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and received the Tennessee Nursing Association Student Award. She also had the honor of being State President for the Tennessee Association of Student Nurses where she worked closely with the Tennessee Nursing Association representing nursing students on both a state and national level. After graduation, she began her nursing career on the Cardiac Step Down Unit at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While caring for people with chronic cardiac illness, Brittany was inspired and encouraged to continue her education at King University and complete her Master’s degree. A short time later she passed her state board examination, officially becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner. Her passion has always been cardiac nursing and treating her patient’s with respect, compassion, and understanding. "
