DR Dorothy J Dunn
Assistant Professor
Northern Arizona University
Dr. Dorothy J. Dunn is an Associate Professor from Northern Arizona University, College of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her BSN is from Rhode Island College, Providence RI, MSN-family nurse practitioner from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, and PhD from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl. She is triple board certified as a family nurse practitioner, advanced holistic nurse, and certified dementia practitioner. Dr. Dunn is the owner and founder of Dunn Family Wellness, LLC in Flagstaff, Arizona, offering comprehensive memory loss evaluations, treatment and recommendations for persons and their family who have a concern of memory loss and neurocognitive changes for the past 12 years. The American Association of Nurse Practitioner’s awarded her the Arizona State Award for NP Clinical Excellence. Northern Arizona University honored her for the Research and Creative Activity Award. Her research is focused on formal and informal rural caregivers of persons with dementia in Northern Arizona. She has earned an international reputation for Dunn’s Theory of Compassion Energy and has authored multiple publications and provided multiple regional, national, and international presentations. She serves as President of the Society of Rogerian Scholars and Editor of Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science
