Lillian Medhus

Job title

• Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
  Nurse-Midwifery (M.S.), Graduate School

Highlight

Lillian is passionate about the midwifery model of care- listening to women and honoring their autonomy. Her specific interests include trauma informed care, mental health, and reducing health disparities and violence against women. She hopes to help students begin to develop their midwifery practice in a way that will honor the people they serve and improve the health of their communities.

Started at Bethel

2020

Education

• Georgetown University - M.S.N. in Nurse Midwifery & Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, 2017
• University of Iowa - B.S.N., 2013

Biography

Lillian's journey to women's health began in high school through travels to southeast Asia to work with victims of human trafficking, as well as volunteering in her community with pregnant women experiencing homelessness. Since then, she has been able to travel to several states and a few countries, to study and serve in women's health in unique settings. She attended the University of Iowa for her Bachelor's in Nursing, and was mentored by a midwife throughout her undergraduate studies. Seeing the way that she cared for her patients holistically, bringing wisdom and connection to each visit, inspired Lilli to pursue a career as a midwife. She worked as a postpartum and newborn RN in California while attending graduate school at Georgetown University. After graduating with her Master's in Midwifery, she practiced for two years in a Twin Cities community hospital. She then transitioned to a community birth center. Her love for birth center care began in midwifery school when she was able to attend births in this setting. The birth center model provides women the support and safety they need to birth on their terms, following their intuition. Lilli loves giving women the tools, information, and care they need to live their healthiest life- from adolescence through menopause.  Her unique interests in women's health include trauma informed care and mental health. 

Awards

Student Leadership Award, Georgetown University, 2018

Sigma Theta Tau Award in Evidence Based Practice, Georgetown University, 2017

Distinguished Volunteer Award, Afghan Coalition, 2016

Women's Resource and Action Center Student Leader Award, University of Iowa, 2013

Publications

Pferdehirt, J., & Medhus, L. (2016). Strong together: A domestic violence support group curriculum for Muslim women. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Presentations

May 2018, American College of Nurse Midwives Annual Meeting, poster presentation entitled "Domestic Violence Screening in Primary Care."

May 2017, Virtual International Day of the Midwife, oral presentation entitled "A Midwife for Every Mom: Midwifery Care for Refugees."

November 2016, Georgetown University Scholar's Day, oral presentation entitled "Creative Training to Increase Screening: Improving Screening for Domestic Violence in Primary Care."

Certificates and licenses

Certified Nurse Midwife, Minnesota

Certified Nurse Practitioner, Minnesota

Registered Nurse, Minnesota

Certificate in Trauma Counseling, University of Wisconsin

Trauma Services Specialist, Association of Trauma Services Specialists

Professional organizations, committees, and boards

American College of Nurse Midwives, member, former Student Representative to the National Board of Directors

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, peer reviewer

Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, member

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, member

Hobbies and interests

Lillian loves reading and finding new coffee shops in the Twin Cities. She enjoys walking outside, yoga, traveling, and cooking. She lives in St. Paul wih her husband.