This site was constructed in the spring of 1998 by two energetic and compassionate graduate nursing students as a project for a course on New Paradigm approaches to issues of weight and eating that I teach at Michigan State University. Much of the material came directly and indirectly from the course content and recommended references. When Angie and Joyce graduated and moved on with their personal and professional lives, they were kind enough to allow me to incorporate their wonderful work into my own personal website. I am indebted to them for allowing me to use the fruits of their labor to continue the process of educating health professionals in new approaches to issues of eating and weight! Feel free to meet these caring women below.
Sincerely, Jon Robison, PhD, MS
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Angie is a family nurse practitioner. She received her M.S.N. from Michigan State University in May, 1998 and her B.S.N. from Grand Valley State University in 1993. She currently works in primary care as a triage nurse for an HMO and looks forward to beginning her nurse practitioner career soon. Her clinical experience in acute care includes cardiac/neurology stepdown, surgical ICU, and cardiology services. Health behaviors have become an interest of hers not only through nursing experiences, but also as a result of nearly 10 years as an instructor in the fitness/aerobics industry.
She looks forward to beginning her new role as a family nurse practitioner and incorporating the principles found at this web site to help her clients achieve their individual best in health and well-being. She hopes that you will be able to use the information here to strengthen your holistic care as a practitioner and help your clients improve physical and emotional wellness.
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Joyce is a certified family nurse practitioner. She received her M.S.N. from Michigan State University in May, 1998, her B.S.N. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1996, and her A.D.N. from Lake Superior State College in 1986. She currently practices in pediatrics at Children's Medical Group of Saginaw Bay in both Bay City and Saginaw. From 1998 to 2001, she worked with Bay Health Systems in Bay City, Michigan in family practice and long-term care.
In the past, her nursing experience has included ambulatory, acute, and primary care in Michigan, Florida, and Washington D.C. During this time, she has gained experience in family health, geriatrics, women's health, obstetrics, pediatrics, and professional education.
In both her personal and professional life, she has experienced the
frustration of dealing with weight-related concerns. It is her hope that
improved access to new paradigm principles will assist health care professionals
to ease the suffering of disturbed body image and weight loss behaviors
provoked by the thin ideal.