Background
McDonald, Evelyn Raye was born on January 18, 1951 in Ogallala, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Ray Ernest and Donna Jean (Jeffrey) McDonald.
McDonald, Evelyn Raye was born on January 18, 1951 in Ogallala, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Ray Ernest and Donna Jean (Jeffrey) McDonald.
Diploma in nursing, Nebraska Methodist School Nursing, 1972; Bachelor of science in nursing cum laude, Coe College, 1976; Master of Science, U. Arizona, 1980.
Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit, Immanuel Hospital, Omaha, 1972-1975;
trauma nurse, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1976-1978;
instructor neurosurgery nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1978-1979;
director education, Hillhaven Hospice, Tucson, 1980-1981;
director intensive care and coronary care, El Dorado Hospital, Tucson, 1981-1982;
director research and education, The New Road Map Foundation, Seattle, since 1984;
member adjunct faculty, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1994. Member of advisory board Half-Way House for Women, Cedar Rapids, 1977. Member program committee 3d, 4th and 5th International Symposium on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis /MND, 1992, 93, 94.
Consultant Neuromuscular Speech and Swallowing Clinic, Seattle, 1986-1989,Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, 1993. Researcher in field.
Founding member Healthy Cities Seattle Project, 1993. Active City-Wide Task Force, Tucson, 1980-1981, Health Care Transition Team, Seattle, 1993. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington State Nurses Association, Society Behavioral Medicine.