Donna Behler Mcarthur PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP
Dr. McArthur has ~50 years' experience within nursing, including 40 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner, NP educator, and administrator within ambulatory health care settings in the United States and Saudi Arabia. She "retired" in 2017 and currently is an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing with a joint appointment with the Department of Neurology as well as adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt School of Nursing, where she was a professor of nursing and DNP Program Director (2008-2012). Previously, Dr. McArthur was Director of the FNP Program at VUSN during which time she was awarded a Robert Wood Johnson grant to participate in a national program to develop a model for educating NP students in a managed-care setting. In recent years, Dr. McArthur's scholarship, practice, and community activities are focused on initiatives surrounding the care of persons with ALS and their family members, faith-based health care, and the education of nurses in advanced nursing practice.