Kaylin Brainerd, MSN, DNP, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Kaylin Brainerd is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with additional certifications in Advance Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing as well as Adult Critical Care Nursing, who began working with Family Care Medical Group's outpatient palliative care team in November 2023. She began her nursing career at Upstate University Hospital after completing her Associated degree from Onondaga Community College in September 2013. She spent a majority of her bedside nursing career in the Medical Intensive Care unit while she completed her Bachelors in Nursing through Keuka College and later completing her Family Nurse Practitioner Degree through Upstate's College of Nursing in 2019. Kaylin began her Nurse Practitioner  career in October 2019 with Upstate University's Adult Inpatient Palliative Care team. During her time with Upstate's Palliative Care team she went on to complete her Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner degree through The University at Buffalo where she focused her research on the impact palliative care has on hospital length of stay and 30-day remission rates in adult lung cancer patients. In addition to her multiple nursing degrees, Kaylin also holds a bachelor's in Psychology from LeMoyne College .