Professional Degrees

• D.N.Sc., University of California, San Francisco, 1989
• M.N. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1977
• B.S.N., Texas Christian University, 1967
• Diploma in Nursing, Vassar Hospital School of Nursing, 1964

Credentials and Certifications

• Certified Addictions Registered Nurse, National League for Nursing, 1990-2007
• National Trainer, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention for Nurses, through the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service
• Gestalt Therapy Training Certificate, 1976-1978

Courses

• NURS 11 – Introduction to Professional Nursing
• NURS 129 – Mental Health Nursing

Research Interests

• Treatment and Prevention of Addictions in Adolescents
• Pain and Addiction
• The Role of Self-Help Groups in Recovery from Addictions

Professional Actvities

• International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE)
• International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE)
• American Society of Pain Management Nurses (ASPMN), 1992-1995
• California Nurses Association, Council of Nurse Researchers, Charter Member
• Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society for Nurses, Zeta Eta Chapter, Member
• Nu Xi Chapter-At-Large, Sigma Theta Tau, 1981-2007

Publications, Grants, and Awards

• Vourakis, C. (2008). Treatment for Women with Co-Occurring Disorders. (Editorial), Journal of Addictions Nursing, 19(2).
• Vourakis, C. (2007). Collaborating and Partnering in Confronting Problem Drinking. (Editorial), Journal of Addictions Nursing, 18(4).
• Armstrong, M., Feigenbaum, J., Savage, C., & Vourakis, C. (Eds.) (2006). Core curriculum of addictions nursing (2nd edition). Raleigh, NC: International Nurses Society on Addictions.
• Vourakis, C. (2005). Admission variables as predictors of completion in an adolescent residential drug treatment program. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 18(4), 161-170.
• Award from the California Board of Registered Nursing, for work as Chair of the Sacramento Diversion Evaluation Committee for Impaired Nursing Practice, 1999