Physical Health | Primary & Convenience Care

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Family Nurse Practitioner

Kris is a certified and doctoral prepared Family Nurse Practitioner. She provides primary and convenience care to diverse and vulnerable populations and teaches in both the master and doctoral nursing programs at Winston-Salem State University. She is an alumna of UNC-Greensboro, High Point University and Duke University. 

Her career has encompassed care for populations across the lifespan in areas of inpatient hospital, public health, home health, program administration, and primary care. Her aim as a health care provider and nurse leader is to translate evidence into practice to promote wellbeing and lessen health disparities. Her philosophy as a nurse educator is to facilitate positive and challenging learning environments. 

Kris lives in the Triad area with her husband and son, and in her spare time, enjoys afternoon naps, crocheting, and watching old black and white movies.

Patient preference is important to me. What you want for you matters to me. No one can take better care of you than you. Therefore, you have to be a part of the decision-making about you. So, what do you want for you? And we go from there.

Bridging gaps. Looking at what is working and what is not, where we are and where we are going. Then figuring out how to best navigate where we intend to go. Sometimes matters of health, life, family, education, career, or business may be suboptimal. Yet we are the determining factor in bridging or closing that gap. 

More than two decades ago, I sat in a training where Jacqueline Coleman of VisionQue! stated, "The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with the expectation they can make it work or make it better." It stuck. And so I approach caring for individuals and populations with this in mind.