ABOUT THE PROVIDER
BRITT SMITH, APRN, FNP-C
Britt is the founder and owner of 3:6 Wellness Clinic. As an advanced practice family nurse practitioner with ten years of experience and a registered nurse with 25 years of experience, she has comprehensive experience across family practice, acute care settings, and hospice care.
Britt's passion is to provide high-quality, patient-centered care that involves developing a personal relationship with her patients to better serve them in their health journeys. Throughout her personal health journey, she found that a holistic approach to wellness was the key to her battle with colon cancer. A holistic approach to wellness – mental, physical, and spiritual has contributed to her overall health and well-being.
In 2021, Britt was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer, with no family history of colorectal cancer. After undergoing a lower anterior colon resection and several rounds of chemotherapy, which were very taxing on her body, she looked for an alternative treatment and future preventive cancer measures. Today, Britt applies a holistic approach to her lifestyle to ensure long-term health, including meditation, prayer, daily exercise, a modified plant-based diet, and mindfulness. She now understands that neglecting your health and living under high stress can suppress your immune system and health responses, which can cause disease processes like cancer.
Due to her health concerns over the past year, Britt saw how broken the current healthcare system is. There is no longer adequate time spent with patients to discuss and plan out treatment options and lifestyle changes. Her goal is to assist patients with finding out what their deepest motivations are, what obstacles are in their way, and how to achieve their long-term healthcare needs. Her interest includes a holistic, conventional, and integrative approach to health and wellness. She focuses on lifestyle factors that can affect one’s health such as stress, sleep, physical activity, nutrition, and societal/environmental exposures. Britt’s vision is to empower and inspire her patients to transform the current healthcare model into a system focused on prevention and wellness.
Britt received her Master of Science in Nursing from UT-Medical Branch – Galveston, Texas. She is also a certified medical examiner for FMCSA (DOT) examinations and physicals. Britt is married to her husband, Dustin, who are high school sweethearts, and they have four children. She enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors, gardening, and working out.
After practicing conventional medicine for the past ten years, Britt noticed that the current healthcare model didn’t align with her beliefs about health. She was rushed to see more patients and noticed that insurance companies often dictate the patient's care, and operate on an “illness model” instead of a “health model.”
MEET THE TEAM
BRITTNEY ALVAREZ, LVN
Brittney is another familiar face you will see at 3:6 Wellness Clinic. Brittney has been an LVN for 3 years. Previously, she was a HUB nurse at CVS’s MinuteClinic where she ranked eighth in the nation amongst fellow nurse colleagues.
When she's not at the clinic, you can find her somewhere outdoors with her husband JoJo, two children, Kennedi and AJ, as well as their wiener dog, Moose! Brittney is excited to be apart of your holistic healthcare journey!
AMBER ZWAHR
Amber has been in the medical field for nine years, five of which she spent at Memorial Hermann. She has done much to help ensure things run seamlessly in patient care, including scheduling, referrals, and billing.
Outside of work, you can always find her with her three daughters at softball, tumbling and cheer, racing lawnmowers, and racing trucks with her husband, Trent. After years of encouragement from her sister, Amber has finally decided to jump on the holistic healthcare wagon and is excited to join the 3:6 Wellness Clinic team!