Mary M. Aruda, PhD, RN, CS-PNP

Office

Cushing Hall 336 K
617-552-8053
mary.aruda@bc.edu

educational history

• PhD Unversity of Massachusetts, Lowell
• MS Boston University
• BSN Cornell University, New York Hosptial School of Nursing
• BS St. Francis College

recent publications

• Aruda, M. M. (2007). Adolescent Pregnancy:  Development of a Clinical Quality Improvement Project with Three Years of Outcome Data. Women's Health Care, 6(9), 25-33.
  
• Aruda, M.M.,(2004) (consultant and team report writer) A Shared Vision for Massachusetts Youth and Young Adults 2003: Summary on Data on Youth Development in Relation to Key Strategic Goals, available online at: http://www.state.ma.us/dph/
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• Hennessey, J.X., Aruda, M.M., & Burke, P. (2002).  Adolescent nurse fellows:  Inspiring leaders in action.  Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, 5 (6), 29-34.
• Aruda, M.M., McCabe, M., Burke, P., & Litty, C.  (in press).  Adolescent Pregnancy Diagnosis and Outcomes: A Six Year Clinical Sample.  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
  

Mary Aruda is a graduate of the Cornell-New York Hospital School of Nursing, and began her nursing career in the United States Public Health Service, Indian Health Branch, serving in Tuba City, Arizona.  She completed her master’s work at Boston University, Pediatric Primary Care Program.  Dr. Aruda received her PhD in Nursing and Health Promotion from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2002, where her dissertation research focused on the motivation for unprotected sexual activity for adolescent females measured at the time of a request for a pregnancy test. Dr. Aruda is a pediatric nurse practitioner with over twenty years of clinical experience in Adolescent Health, at the Children’s Hospital Boston, where she also was nursing faculty for the Maternal Child Health Bureau’s, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health multidisciplinary training program. She currently is an Assistant Professor in Nursing in the Maternal Child Health department of the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Nationally, she serves on the Content Expert Panel for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners for the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  She is the nurse consultant and researcher for the Boston College Campus School. Current research interests include adolescent health, adolescent sexuality, and families and children with special health care needs. 

research interests

Health promotion, adolescent health, adolescent pregnancy prevention, children with special health care needs