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Kathryn Konrad, PhD, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE, FACCE

Kathryn Konrad, PhD, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE, FACCE

Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Clinical Track Coordinator - All Sites


Oklahoma City: CNB 461

(405) 271-1491 ext. 49234

Kathryn-Konrad@ouhsc.edu


She is an assistant professor and program director for the Baccalaureate Program. She has a BSN from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master's in nursing education (MS) from The University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing in biobehavioral research. She is a certified registered nurse in inpatient obstetrics. She is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and a Fellow in the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators. Her research includes labor support, social support, and stress and coping in pregnant women of low economic status. She is a member of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN), Sigma Theta Tau International, Lamaze International, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing


Education:

  • University of Central Oklahoma- BSN, 2000
  • The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center- MS, 2008
  • Virginia Commonwealth University- PhD, in progress


Board Certification(s):

RNC-OB- Certified Registered Nurse in Inpatient Obstetrics from the National Certification Corporation
LCCE- Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator- Lamaze International


Clinical/Research Interests:

Maternal newborn nursing- labor support, social support, stress and coping in pregnant women


Select Honors & Accomplishments:

Waverly Cole Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, 2016-2018
Finalist, Nurse of the Year in Women’s Health, Oklahoma Chapter of the March of Dimes, 2016
Fellow in the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators, Lamaze International 2011