Proud to Call Them Our Own - Connecticut Nurses at ANA

Sep 29, 2026

Profiles and award highlights focus on Connecticut nurses recognized by the American Nurses Association, including the Jessie M. Scott Award and individuals’ roles in nursing education, practice, and research. The text describes institutional contributions tied to ANA leadership structures, outlines how cabinet responsibilities align with ANA governance, and presents President’s Message context following the 1986 ANA convention. It also includes convention acknowledgments, board highlights, and editorial framing for an ANA-related nurse series.

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# New Profile Series: M.Ed.,R.N.,F.A.A.N. A nationally reoognized nurse reearcherand educator was honored by herprofessional association for her efforts tostrengthen the link between nursingeducation,practice,and research for theimprovement of nuraing and health care.Donna Kaye Diera,M.SN,RN,F.AA.N,New Haven,Connectieutreceived theAmerican Nurses'Asociation's Jessie M.Scott Award,established in 1979and named DonnaDiers receives Aand from Eanice Cole. # “Proud to Call Them Our Own:Connecticut Nurses at ANA” CNN continues its series of articles onnurses from Connecticut who hold electedand appointed positions in the AmericanNurses Association.Although a small stateConnecticut has a wealth of nursing talentas evidenced by the number of nurses fromthe state who serue in ANA appointed orelected positions.We are proud to call thesenurses who serve at the national level ouroun. DORIS M.ARMSTRONG These profiles are written for CNN byJudith A.Sartucei,RN,MN,Chief,Commanity Nursing Section,State ofConneeticut Department of HealthServices. # ANA Presents Jessie M.Scott Award The subjeet of this month’s proile is Doris M.Armstrong,M.Ed.,RN,F.A.A.N.,whountil recently held elected office in the ANACabinet on Nursing Services.Doris is vicepresident for nursing at Hartford Hospital.There she is responaible for thedevelopment,implementation,andevaluation of a system of professionalnursing practice which is based on theNational Collaborative PraeticeDemonstration Project.She isa member ofthe American Academy of Nursing andholds academice appointments at theUniversity of Connecticut School ofNursing and the University of Hartford.In1985 in recognition of her outstandingcontributions to nursing practice she wasnamed recipient of the Florence WaldDiamond Jubilee Auardbythe ConnecticutNurses Association(CNA). Doris has completed her second (andfinal)term in the Cabinet,where she mostrecently served as its Chairperson.Belowshe talks with CNNabout the ANACabineton Nursing Services,its agenda,and whatchallenges and opportunities she seesahead for the nursing profession. CNN:“ANA isa complex organization.Since the 1982 reorganization into afederation model,it seems more compli.cated to a lot of the CNA membership.Where does the Cabinet on NursingServices fit in?What mandate(s)does itcarry?" DMA:Under the 1982 reorganization ofANA,the six cabineta were set up underANA as deliberative bodies charged with anumber of responsibilities by the House ofDelegates(HOD)and Board of Directors (Cont on page 3) for the former assistant surgeon general anddirector of the Divinion of Nursing,U.8Department of Health and Human Services.Diers received the award June 13 during theOpening Ceremony of the ANA biennialconvention in Anaheim,Califoria.Shepresented the Jensie M.Scott Lectureon June 16. "Donna Diers'career contributionsunderscore the interdependence of nursingeducation,practice,and research,"according to ANA Prerident Eunice Cole,RN."Donna has demonstrated the valoe ofresearch in nursing t improve patient careand enhance nursing education,"she said. Diera is a Profesaor at both the School ofNursing and the Inatitution for Socinl andPolicy Studies,Yale Univerasity,New Haven.A researcher,educator,coneultant,author,and lecturer,Diers has prompted clinicallyrelevant nursing research as a foundationfornursing education.While servingas Deanof the Yale School of Nursing from 1972 to1985,she helped develop and refine the YaleModel,a faculty practice program of jointappointmente between the achool andvarious clinical agencies.She has been aconsultant to achoola of nuraing and medical(Cont.on pagE4) # REPRESENTATIVES of SNA'repreaenting induetee into the American Nursea'Asoociation Hall ofFame shown here are (from left to right)Rosalie Klein,Wiaconain;Donna Poole,Waahingon;E CarolPolifroni,Connectient;Eileen G.Hunkle,Pennayluania and Laurie K Glass,Wiaconain. Nurses'AssociationHonors Connecticut Margretta Styles,Dean of the School ofN

FAQs

What is the focus of the Connecticut nurses profiles in the article series?

The series highlights nurses from Connecticut who hold elected and appointed positions within the American Nurses Association, emphasizing their work at the national level.

Which award is mentioned, and what does it recognize?

Donna Diers is noted as receiving the American Nurses' Association Jessie M. Scott Award, recognizing career contributions that underscore the link between nursing education, practice, and research.

How is the ANA cabinet on Nursing Services described in relation to ANA governance?

The text explains that after the 1982 reorganization into a federation model, the cabinets were set up as deliberative bodies with responsibilities charged by the House of Delegates and Board of Directors.

Sep 29, 2026

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