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My research seeks to culturally transform our sensitivity to children's pain: to better prevent, assess, treat and understand children's pain, especially for predictable pain and pain in children with communication limitations. My focus is acute, post-operative and procedural pain; risk factors for challenging to control acute pain, including genetic & epigenetic differences in pain sensitivity and analgesic metabolism; transition from acute to chronic pain; and predictors of adverse acute pain treatment outcomes, including opioid misuse. I have conducted educational research of pediatric healthcare provider and students knowledge and attitudes regarding pain since 1998.
Education: University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing, 2010; Rush University College of Nursing, 1994; Loyola University in Chicago, 1988
Board Certifications: Pediatric clinical nurse specialist, pain management nurse
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