Janie Robinson
Associate Professor Texas Christian University
- Fort Worth TX
Dr. Robinson's interest include kidney disease, chronic illnesses, and health disparities in African Americans
Media
Social
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
DFW Great 100 Nurse
2020
The Dallas Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses Inc.,
TCU Senior Class Legacy Honoree National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
2015
Education
Southern University and A & M College
Ph.D.
Nursing
2009
Southern University and A & M College,
M.S.
Nursing
2002
Southern University and A & M College
B.S.
Nursing
1996
Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI)
- Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
- Black Doctoral Network (BDN)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Texas Nurses Association (TNA)
Languages
- English
Media Appearances
Prescriptions for Chronic Inequities
TCU Magazine
2024-02-01
Janie Robinson became interested in kidney health while working nights in a hospital’s telemetry unit. She saw firsthand what a study from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases concluded: Though only 13 percent of the U.S. population, Black people account for 35 percent of people with kidney failure.
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“When your kidneys fail, everything that you drink stays in your body,” Robinson said. “The excess fluid builds up, causing the heart and lungs to fill up and not function properly.” In addition, kidneys remove waste from the body, which is also crucial to sustaining life.
Close Shave
TCU Blog
2018-11-03
Janie Robinson, now an associate professor in TCU Nursing, watched as beds filled up with African-American males with kidney failure every Sunday night in the cardiac unit of a Louisiana hospital.
“Their kidneys had failed,” Robinson said. “Over the weekend, they had [drunk] too much water or fluid and, since their kidneys couldn’t function, they had to have emergency dialysis. This was just continual, every Sunday night.”
She wanted to know why.
Articles
The Perfect Storm: COVID-19 Health Disparities in US Blacks
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities2021
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) accounts for over 180,000 deaths in the USA. Although COVID-19 affects all racial ethnicities, non-Hispanic Blacks have the highest mortality rates. Evidence continues to emerge, linking the disproportion of contagion and mortality from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a result of adverse social determinants of health. Yet, genetic predisposition may also play a credible role in disease transmission.
Adherence to Treatment by African Americans Undergoing Hemodialysis
Nephrology Nursing Journal: Journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' AssociationGlenda B Daniels, Janie R Robinson, Charles A Walker
2018
End stage renal disease (ESRD) affects African Americans more than any other ethnic group. Adherence is a challenge. Patients with ESRD must adhere to medication, diet, fluid restrictions, and dialysis treatment schedules if they do not receive a kidney transplant. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to assess adherence in 120 African Americans with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and the ESRD Adherence Questionnaire (ESRD-AQ). Biomarkers were collected from medical records. Few participants (24%) adhered to dietary restrictions; however, fluid restriction was reported as the most difficult to manage, which was consistent with the interdialytic weight gain biomarker. Older participants were more adherent. Participants were adherent with HD attendance and medication. Participants reported frequent communication with the healthcare team, but a more formal process needs to be implemented with follow up to ensure understanding and reinforce adherence.
