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Contact Information

• Email: aramburu@unr.edu
• Phone: (775) 682-7147
• Office: Orvis School of Nursing 209
• Mail Stop: 0134

Degrees

• Ph.D. Social Psychology
• Nurse Practitioner
• Certificate: American Nurse Credentialing Center: Family Nurse Practitioner
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Professional Experience

7/2000 - Present Assistant Professor of Nursing
Orvis School of Nursing
University of Nevada, Reno

4/1999 - 2003 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Pulmonary Medicine Associates
Reno, Nevada 89503

5/1998 - 3/1999 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Internal Medicine
Southwest Medical Associates
Las Vegas, Nevada

1/1997 - 4/1998 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Family Practice
Nevada Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada

1994 - 1996 Home Health Nurse
St. Rose Dominican Hospital - Department of Home Health
Henderson, Nevada

1992 - 1996 Home Health Nurse
In House Home Health
Henderson, Nevada

1990 - 1995 School Nurse
Clark County School District
Las Vegas, Nevada

Research Interests

Identity, relationships, and health promotion in marginalized populations, in particular the transgender and obese populations; qualitative research; global health and nursing; the role and potential of the DNP in today's dynamic healthcare environment.

Recent Invited Speaker:

• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2012, May). Transgender Healthcare: Education for Nurses. Veterans Administration Annual Meeting; Cleveland, Ohio.
• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2009, November). Relationship maintenance and identity reformation in MTF-NF couples. Sigma Theta Tau Annual Meeting; Reno, Nevada.
• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2009, October). Ethics and Gender. Ethics Bytes Panel Presentation; University of Nevada; Reno, Nevada.
• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2009, April). MTF-NF relationships. Liberty Conference. An interdisciplinary conference addressing the transgender community; Philadelphia.

Favorite Quote

"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Personal Info

My family is from Spain and I love speaking Basque and Spanish. I also love travel and immersing myself in different cultures. I enjoy writing, hiking, reading, movies, music, and going to baseball games - especially the San Francisco Giants. I don't like hot weather, and I prefer overcast days to overly sunny days.

Publications

• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2012).  Relational and sexual fluidity in females partnered with male-to-female transsexual persons.  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01863.x
• Aramburu Alegría, C., & Ballard-Reisch, D. (2012).  And then he was a she: Relationship Maintenance Activities in post-disclosure MTF-NF couples with comparison to other relational crises.  In F. Dickson & L. Webb (Eds.) Families in Crisis:  Effective Communication for Managing Unexpected, Negative Events. Cresskill, NJ:  Hampton Press. 
• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2011).  Transgender health care:  Implications for physical and psychosocial evaluation.  Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00595.x
• Aramburu Alegría, C. (2010). Relationship challenges and relationship maintenance activities following disclosure of transsexualism. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01624.x