APF Helping Troops and Families With Pain Issues

American Pain Foundation Helping Troops and Families With Pain Issues

The American Pain Foundation has long been working on illnesses and injuries that result in chronic pain and the varying effects these have on our daily lives. Because of their expertise in this field, this association has been working closely on health care issues for our injured troops as the numbers of wounded and types of injuries have needed input from their field.

If you or your loved one is having pain issues, I would highly recommend that you check out this site and sign in for some of their online chats on pain issues. Below is an announcement of such a chat that just came out. I hope some of you will be able to take advantage of it.

God Bless,
Judi

PAIN AID CHAT

Online Chat with MICKE BROWN, BSN, RN
Director of Advocacy
American Pain Foundation


Tuesday, March 25th at 8:00 pm EST, come to APF’s PainAid chat with Micke Brown. The topic for the evening will be "Pain 101: An Introduction to Pain for Patients and Caregivers”. Would you like to have a greater understanding about what we currently know about pain, about the barriers to effective pain care and the current concepts around its management? Are you caring for a person with pain and would like to gain some insight? Micke Brown will share what she has learned in the clinical setting and reflect on lessons she has learned from those living with pain.

Micke Brown is the Director of Advocacy for the American Pain Foundation (APF) which is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her responsibilities include coordinating APF publications, public outreach programs and cultivating relationships with community groups, networking with associations, thought leaders and decision-makers. She works closely with the Executive Director on policy issues that affect pain management and assists the Pain Information Center by serving as a clinical resource for public inquiries and contributing to publications.

Ms. Brown has been a registered nurse for over thirty (32) years with over fifteen (17) years experience as a pain management nurse, program coordinator, educator and advocate. She has served as a clinical nurse specialist, case manager and director of pain services during her tenure within the healthcare industry. Her public speaking experience is extensive to both professional and consumer audiences.

Micke is an active member of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) and served as their President for 2003-2004. She was the President of the ASPMN Maryland chapter for 2005-2006, on the Board of Directors for the Hospice of Washington County in Maryland (from 1997-2002) and the Maryland Pain Initiative (2002 current). Ms. Brown is the 2006 recipient of the Richard S. Weiner Pain Education Fund Advocacy for People with Pain Award from the American Academy of Pain Management.

Join us for this lively and interesting discussion! There is limited space for this chat, so please go to the Military/Veteran Section of PainAid at http://discuss.painfoundation.org/login.aspx?&cboard=Military/Veteran ASAP for instructions on making reservations. If you do not already have a login name and password for PainAid, please go to http://painaid.painfoundation.org/Register.aspx. If you have previously registered with PainAid and have forgotten your password, go to http://painaid.painfoundation.org/ForgotPassword.aspx. Once you have a login name and password, you can go to http://discuss.painfoundation.org/login.aspx?&cboard=Military/VeteranChatSchedule&ReturnUrl for reservation instructions for the chat. If you have difficulty accessing PainAid or have any questions regarding reservations for this chat, please e-mail PA_Carolina@painfoundation.org for assistance.