Please join Kris Robinson PhD, FNPbc, RN and the American Pain Foundation’s PainAid Community for this Live On-Line Chat about the role of caregivers and the importance of self care on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 8:00p.m. ET. In addition to her professional expertise, Kris is also a caregiver for her husband who has chronic pain.

Kris Robinson is a doctoral-prepared nurse educator, clinician and researcher. Her research interest focuses on health disparities that occur as a result of chronic pain experience of Hispanics of Mexican American descent and their families; and, ultimately interventions to increase quality of life and optimum functioning in this population. She is currently the Assistant Dean for Graduate Education at the University of Texas at El Paso School of Nursing.

She has been a POPAN advocate for the past two years and is able to intertwine her community service, teaching and clinical practice with advocacy activities. She has published articles in the local paper and has been a guest several times on the University radio station KTEP. She is active in providing pain management information in Spanish and English at local health fairs. Dr. Robinson is an associate professor of nursing and a family nurse practitioner. To maintain clinical skills, she volunteers part-time in a pain management clinic with Dr. Jose Monsivais at the Hand and Microsurgery Center of El Paso.

There is limited space for this chat, so please go to the Military/Veteran Section of PainAid (corrected link) for reservation instructions. If you do not already have a login name and password for PainAid, please click here first to register for access to PainAid. If you have previously registered with PainAid and have forgotten your password, click here. If you have difficulty accessing PainAid or have any questions, please email Chats@painfoundation.org for assistance.