Biography
Angela DelGrande PhD, CNP, CNS is a clinician educator, associate professor in the PMHNP program at the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing.
She is board certified as both a Psychiatric Mental Health and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. Prior to joining the College of Nursing Faculty in 2026, DelGrande served Veterans at the Raymond G. Murphy New Mexico VAHCS for 15 years, providing psychiatric mental health (PMH) care for patients with treatment resistant depression, and gender sensitive care for women Veterans. She also served as the Chief Nurse for Behavioral Health from 2013 until her retirement from federal service in 2025. DelGrande started her nursing career in obstetrics, later becoming a perinatal clinical nurse specialist with a focus on high risk perinatal care and a women's health NP for 18 years prior to switching specialties.
As a perinatal CNS, DelGrande recognized that the ability to integrate mental health and perinatal care was lacking which prompted her long-standing interest in women's mental health. She subsequently transitioned to psychiatric nursing at Kaseman Presbyterian and later completed PMHNP training at New Mexico State University. She also entered the UNM CON PhD program with a research focus on women's mental health. DelGrande successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Role Discrepancy, Maternal Hardiness and Depression in Mother's of Toddlers: A Qualitative Exploration" and was awarded the 2014 Estelle Rosenblum Dissertation award. She started her federal career in 2010 at the NMVAHCS as a PMHNP in the emergency psychiatry service, and subsequently provided integrative mental health care in the Women's Primary Care Clinic.
DelGrande is a strong advocate for improving PMHNP education. She directly precepted students at NMVAHCS and in 2019 successfully implemented the PMHNP post-graduate residency program. As program director, DelGrande was responsible for curriculum development, administrative oversight and direct training of PMHNP residents. She has also fostered strong academic collaboration with the UNM CON which has enhanced the training opportunities for both PMHNP residents and students.
Areas of Specialty
Health Care Policy | Leadership/Leadership Development | Psych-Mental Health | Veteran's Health | Women's Health
Education
PhD, University of New Mexico, 2014 (Nursing)
MSN, New Mexico State University, 2010 (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
MSN, University of California, San Francisco, 1994 (Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist)
BSN, University of New Mexico, 1985 (Nursing)
Certifications
CNP: Certified Nurse Practitioner
PMHNP-BC: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Pracitioner - Board Certified
WHNP-BC: Women's Health Care Nurse Pracitioner - Board Certified
CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist