Brianna Conklin

Eight years of experience as full scope midwife nurse practitioner at hospitals and clinics in the Twin Cities area that serve a diverse population and manage a wide range of gynecologic and antepartum needs. Served on OB/GYN department interdisciplinary case review and Quality Committee. Precepted and oriented new nurse practitioners, students, and OB/GYN residents.

Taught perinatal clinical courses to MN and BSN nursing students at the U of MN. Five years of experience as a labor and delivery nurse at two high risk teaching hospitals.

Certified Nurse Midwife - Methodist Hospital and Saint Louis Park, Brooklyn Center, and Minneapolis Clinics - Minneapolis, MN

(2023-01 - 2025-09)

• Worked with a low and high-risk population of patients in the hospital setting to triage and provide evidence-based midwifery care to laboring and pregnant people
• Collaborated with nurses, physicians, and residents to provide care in the inpatient and outpatient setting for gynecologic and obstetric care. Teaching and guiding resident OB/GYN providers in inpatient setting
• Provided comprehensive evidence-based care to patients in the outpatient setting for both gynecologic and obstetric care

Certified Nurse Midwife - Regions Hospital and Saint Paul, Arden Hills, and Minneapolis Clinics - Saint Paul, MN

(2017-08 - 2022-11)

• Worked with a low and high-risk population of patients in the hospital setting to triage and provide evidence-based midwifery care to laboring and pregnant people
• Collaborated with nurses, physicians, and residents to provide care in the inpatient and outpatient setting for gynecologic and obstetric care. Teaching and guiding resident OB/GYN providers in inpatient setting
• Provided comprehensive evidence-based care to patients in the outpatient setting for both gynecologic and obstetric care
• Organized and facilitated group prenatal classes based on group prenatal model for pregnant and support people in a cohort
• Served on Quality Committee to review cases and find points for quality care improvement across the system to optimize patient care
• Developed guidelines for CNM practice to provide care coordination in an evidence based consistent manner for high risk pregnancies
• Regularly oriented new graduates and experienced midwives into practice role in clinic and inpatient setting. Work with students from various midwifery programs in inpatient setting

Labor and Delivery Nurse - University of Minnesota Medical Center- Riverside - Minneapolis, MN

(2014-08 - 2017-07)

• Interpreted fetal monitoring, assess cervical dilation, and provide continuous labor support and pain management options in labor to promote physiologic birth
• Assist in triage of pregnant women from 20-42 weeks gestation with varying obstetric concerns
• Circulated in operating room cases for cerclages, tubal ligations, and cesarean sections

Perinatal Clinical Instructor - United Hospital & University of Minnesota Medical Center-Riverside - Minneapolis, MN

(2015-01 - 2016-05)

• Instructed students in BSN and MN program for inpatient postpartum setting for perinatal clinical rotation
• Observed nursing skills and assisted with prioritizing and administering maternal and newborn cares
• Organized post-clinical conference presentations, perinatal education, graded student clinical assignments, clinical journals, and perinatal case presentations

Labor and Delivery Nurse - Froedtert Hospital Birth Center - Milwaukee, WI

(2012-07 - 2014-07)

• Assisted in triaging pregnant patients presenting from the emergency department or via telephone
• Provided appropriate resuscitative measures during labor to promote fetal oxygenation
• Participated in shared government council to promote appropriate use of unit resources and to update unit policies based on evidence-based research

Doctorate of Nursing Practice - Midwifery - University of Minnesota- Twin Cities (2017-05)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012-05)