Sara Mitenbuler, DNP, FNP-BC (she/her)

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Biography

Sara has been a nurse for 20 years and an FNP for 13 of those years. Her APRN clinical practice has been in the delivery of family medicine to under-served communities in Washington, DC, and Portland, OR, delivering full-scope family medicine including obstetric care, pediatrics, addiction medicine, and everything in between. Sara is interested in the intersection of social justice and climate change and is a member of the interprofessional team working to incorporate curriculum about the effects of humans on climate health (or the other way around?) Sara enjoys working with students as they become diagnosticians delivering evidence based medicine, while centering patients through a trauma informed care delivery model. Her doctorate work focused on improving care for pregnant and non-pregnant victims of intimate partner violence.

Education and training

    • B.S.N., 2002, Indiana University
    • M.S.N., 2009, Catholic University of America
    • D.N.P., 2021, University of Colorado

Memberships and associations:

  • Nurse Practitioners of Oregon
  • Sigma Theta Tau-Alpha chapter
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses Climate Challenge Champion (https://nursesclimatechallenge.org/)
  • Western Institutes of Nursing

Areas of interest

  • Climate Justice
  • Social Justice
  • APRN Education

Publications

Selected publications

  • Hatfield J, Domingo A, Ivicek Lanciotti K, Mitenbuler S, Stadler D, Peterson TD, Needoba J. An interprofessional, solutions-oriented approach to raising awareness about the impacts of climate change on human health for health profession students. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Sep 17. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14464. 

Publications

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