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Christine Aramburu Alegria, Ph.D, APRN, FNP-BC

Associate Professor Emerita
β€œDo one thing every day that scares you.” β€”Eleanor Roosevelt

Summary

Professional Experience

7/2000–Present Assistant Professor of Nursing
Orvis School of Nursing
ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

4/1999–2003 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Pulmonary Medicine Associates
Reno, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ 89503

5/1998–3/1999 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Internal Medicine
Southwest Medical Associates
Las Vegas, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

1/1997–4/1998 Advanced Practitioner of Nursing
Family Practice
ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Medical Center
Las Vegas, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

1994–1996 Home Health Nurse
St. Rose Dominican Hospital—Department of Home Health
Henderson, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

1992–1996 Home Health Nurse
In House Home Health
Henderson, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

1990–1995 School Nurse
Clark County School District
Las Vegas, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­

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, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­.
  • Aramburu Alegría, C. (2009, October). Ethics and Gender. Ethics Bytes Panel Presentation; University of ΒιΆΉΣ³»­; Reno, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­.
  • Aramburu Alegría, C. (2009, April). MTF-NF relationships. Liberty Conference. An interdisciplinary conference addressing the transgender community; Philadelphia.

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

Education

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