Sara Turnbull, PMHNP-BC

Serpil (Sara) Turnbull RN, MSN, PMHNP is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Sara’s extensive nursing career and work experience began in the areas of Emergency Room (ER), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the inpatient Psychiatric care unit at the Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, in Columbia, Maryland. Her expertise comprises working with a variety of psychiatric conditions, including mood disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, and neurocognitive disorders. Sara completed her undergraduate degree in nursing from Howard Community College in 2016. She received scholastic awards and graduated with honors. She received her master’s in nursing (MSN), and Nurse Practitioner (NP) degree with honors from Walden University. She is passionate about providing quality, compassionate, and comprehensive mental health services to new as well as established patients. “As a family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I have been trained to treat the family as a “whole”. I follow evidence-based guidelines blended with clinical experience, personal observation, and intuition to assess, diagnose, and treat my patients”.