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Birgit was born in Denmark. She is a Danish Registered Nurse, graduated from Hillerød Nursing School, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark. She moved to the USA and became a RN in 1981 and a CCRN in 1982. She received her BSN in 1986 from Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts and her MSN in 2006. Birgit is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Since her graduation, she has worked in a variety of critical care areas: neonatal intensive care, anesthetic ICU and recovery, medical ICU, CCU, and telemetry. Birgit worked at Hvidøre Hospital, a diabetic teaching hospital and research center in Denmark. She also worked as a unit teacher at Massachusetts General Hospital for 5 years. Her primary interests lie in teaching, Transcultural nursing, use of music and sound therapy and other modalities in the critical care setting to improve the experiences and healing of her patients. She is currently working in the ICU/CCU at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle.
Birgit is married, has two children and lives in Seattle, Washington USA.
Contact Information:
Phone/Fax # (206) 522-2594
Postal Address 1037 NE 65th Street, Suite 139
Seattle, WA 98115
Electronic mail
Contact us: weeks@comforthealing.com
Birgit Pedersen Weeks, RN, MSN, CCRN
