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Joseph's
Hospital School of Nursing in Emmitsburg, Maryland from 1955 to 1963, before going to doctoral studies in New York. She also served on the Board of Examiners of Nurses. While she was a doctoral candidate, she was also Administrative Chair of the Department of Nursing Education at St. John's. On August 1, 1968, after completing her doctorate, she became Dean of the Niagara University College of Nursing, a post she held for seven years, until 1975. In that role she also did individual and group psychological counseling. In 1972 she was elected President of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. That same year she raised 1.2 million for a building for the nursing school, and she worked on its design, which the College and University Conference later cited for excellence. She received the President's Medal from Niagara university in 1975, and resigned that same year to go to Rhinebeck, New York, to spend one year leading a child guidance clinic.
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training at
Providence Hospital in Washington, DC, founded by the Daughters of Charity. Her first assignment was as a clinical instructor of student nurses. A fellow nurse recalled, "She put a high priority on the academic and technological preparation of the professional nurse who would literally be entrusted with the lives of many... in order to meet the total needs of ill, discouraged, frightened, or hurting people." She gave people cards with the saying, "...thus we will merrily meet in heaven..."
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In 1976 Armiger became the first director of the
Consultation Center for Clergy and Religious of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, on the grounds of Mt. St. Joseph High School, winning the post over 30 other national candidates. At that time the notion of sisters and priests with emotional problems was
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that sisters and priests are expected to "have it all together--spiritually, emotionally, intellectually..." Her center would address broad-range concerns from depression to alcoholism to career and vocational suitability. She also served with the
Archdiocesan Association for Spiritual Renewal and
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She died of leukemia at the
Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, after having concealed her illness until the last six weeks of her life. She had gone to New York for intensive treatment. Some newspapers incorrectly listed her age as 54, but she was 64. In 1982, the AACN created the Sister
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She entered the
Daughters of Charity right after high school, on September 14, 1933. Before deciding on a nursing career, she spent 10 years teaching in Catholic primary grade schools, St. Francis School in Staunton, Virginia, and Lourdes School in Utica, Maryland. She completed her basic nursing
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was forced to leave the race for U.S. vice president after admitting to having sought treatment for depression, so mental health treatment as a responsible activity was very much in the news, with many considering the
Eagleton outcome a disgrace and a setback. She told reporter Weldon Wallace of
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in Boston, Massachusetts, then run by the
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, but now independent. She was part of the team overseeing the amalgamation of several programs into what became the Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Then she went on to serve on the faculty at St.
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After earning her master's degree in 1947, she moved into leadership quickly, working as an assistant professor of graduate nursing students and directing undergraduates at
Catholic University of America's Providence division at
213:. Founded in 1922, Sigma is the premier honor society for the nursing profession. Armiger's fledgling honor society was granted a formal charter for membership to Sigma on March 4, 1978. Armiger was also a member of the
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The
Dynamics of Clinical Instruction in Nursing Education: The Proceedings of the Workshop on the Dynamics of Clinical Instruction in Nursing Education, Conducted at the Catholic University of America, June 11 to 22,
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with a B.S. in nursing in 1944. She continued for a master's degree in nursing education administration, and a minor in guidance counseling in 1947, and she would eventually publish her master's thesis
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Armiger wearing the cornette that she and other Daughters of Charity nurses and sisters wore. Image provided by the Archivist of the Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg, Maryland.
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Armiger and two others, Frances Wollner, MSN, and Mary Kornguth, MS, founded Niagara University's Nursing Honor Society in 1975, in order to become eligible for
130:. Elsa was the middle of seven children. She attended St. Martin's Grade School and then when the family moved switched to the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes in
118:(1972–1974). The AACN gives the Sister Bernadette Armiger Award to nurses in the US who show outstanding leadership in education at the collegiate level.
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Alice M. C. Thompson, editor (London: Library Association for the Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom, 1968).
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She was born Mary Elsa Armiger (Elsa) to Sara L. Harcourt Armiger (known as Sallie, Sally, or Muma) and Joseph Griffith Armiger, an accountant for the
381:"American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and the Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs: Purposes, Roles and Relationships" in
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Bernadette Armiger Award. Besides the award, Niagara University also has a Sister Bernadette Armiger Memorial Fund for graduate studies in nursing.
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Armiger and Father John G. Nugent at Niagara University. She was the dean of the College of Nursing, and he was the president of the university.
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The History of the Hospital Work of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the Eastern Province of the United States, 1823-1860
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in Jamaica, New York, graduating in 1968. She received further education in health and health delivery systems at the
114:(April 7, 1915 – May 21, 1979) was a Catholic nun, nursing college dean, mental health advocate, and president of the
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367:"Ethics in Nursing Responsibility," in Samuel Standard, MD, and Helmuth Nathan, MD, editors,
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Should the Patient Know the Truth? A Response of Physicians, Nurses, Clergymen, and Lawyers
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Should the Patient Know the Truth? A Response of Physicians, Nurses, Clergymen, and Lawyers
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Bullough, Vern L.; Church, Olga Maranjian; Stein, Alice P.; Sentz, Lilli, eds. (1988).
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134:, both run by Daughters of Charity. Then she went to Seton High School, later known as
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inspired her to enter the order in 1933 (some sources say 1931). She graduated from
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Wallace, Weldon (September 8, 1976). "Counseling for religious set up in diocese".
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Wallace, Weldon (September 8, 1976). "Counseling for religious set up in diocese".
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359:"Patient-Centered Clinical Instruction in Medical and Surgical Nursing," in
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159:, Israel, in a program sponsored by the Israeli Nurses Association and the
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and is the compilation of Kathleen Smyth. It was cross-referenced with
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American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary, article by Kathleen Smyth
364:(Washington. D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1955), 119-.
151:). In 1964 she began her studies for a doctorate in psychology at
613:. Albany, NY: Daughters of Charity Northeast Province. p. 1.
409:"Personnel Management: Action Research Supervisory Development,"
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Board member, Counseling Center for Clergy and Religious of the
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Service: Nursing, Research, and Education Advisory Committee,
692:. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. p. 7.
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Proceedings of the Mental Health Institute on Psychotherapy
437:"Challenge and Opportunity: Society's Need for Nursing,"
395:"Planning and Carrying Out a Clinical Teaching Program,"
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Standard, MD, Samuel; Nathan, MD, Helmuth, eds. (1955).
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416:"Concepts and Practices: Evaluation of Student Nurses,"
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Board member: Health Association of Niagara County, Inc.
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Daughters and Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
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novel. Her center's opening came just four years after
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458:"Questioning the Right to Die: Reprise and Dialogue,"
423:"Tools and Techniques: Evaluation of Student Nurses,"
515:. American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
430:"Appraisal Interview: Evaluation of Student Nurses,"
902:"Sister Bernadette dies at 64; headed office here".
16:Roman Catholic nun, nurse and academic (1915–1979)
479:"An Educational Crisis in Preparation of Deans,"
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318:U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
224:
799:"Deans Ask Association of Collegiate Schools".
335:A Bibliography of Nursing Literature 1859-1960,
385:(New York: National League for Nursing, 1974).
349:(New York: St. John's University Press, 1965).
268:Board member: New York State division of the
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451:"Mutual Expectations of Lay and Religious,"
374:"Patient-Centered Clinical Instruction," in
331:American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary,
140:Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
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116:American Association of Colleges of Nursing
486:"Information: Prescription Against Pain,"
105:Nursing leadership, Mental health advocacy
37:
964:20th-century American Roman Catholic nuns
817:
668:
611:Lives of the Deceased Sisters, 1978-1979
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559:
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383:National League for Nursing Publications
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170:
871:
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138:, and now closed. Her contact with the
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836:"Sigma Theta Tau, History at Niagara"
765:"People: Sister Bernadette Armiger".
274:Board member: Niagara chapter of the
444:"Sister-Nurses Claimed by Cholera,"
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728:"News: Sister Bernadette Armiger".
402:"Objectives of Nursing Education,"
194:Catherine Labouré School of Nursing
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404:The Maryland State Medical Journal
320:. 1973 certificate of recognition.
299:American Psychological Association
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974:History of Catholicism in Indiana
855:Annual Index to Hospital Progress
509:"Sister Bernadette Armiger Award"
420:43 (January 1962), 70-71, 162-63.
190:Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center
748:"Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau"
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532:. New York: Garland. p. 6.
465:"Is There a Nursing Shortage?"
434:43 (April 1962), 96-97, 162-63.
376:The Year Book of Modern Nursing
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286:The American Journal of Nursing
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472:"The Scholarship in Nursing,"
144:Catholic University of America
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934:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
919:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
904:The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
889:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
874:The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
786:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
715:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
656:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
641:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
626:Lives of the Deceased Sisters
609:Cunane, Sister Oliva (1979).
579:The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
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225:Mental health care for clergy
490:20 (September–October 1976).
427:43 (March 1962), 76-79, 134.
7:
989:Mental health professionals
801:American Journal of Nursing
767:American Journal of Nursing
730:American Journal of Nursing
448:12 (September 1964), 54-56.
413:41 (September 1960), 94-98.
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371:(New York: Springer, 1955).
293:American Nurses Association
219:National League for Nursing
215:National Nurses Association
161:National League for Nursing
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256:Other positions and awards
462:16 (October 1968), 26-28.
378:(New York: Putnam, 1956).
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476:22 (March 1974): 160-62.
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136:Seton Keough High School
128:Internal Revenue Service
122:Early life and education
994:Mental health activists
979:Catholics from Maryland
455:47 (April 1966), 75-78.
406:8 (April 1959), 152-54.
270:American Cancer Society
853:"Bernadette Armiger".
818:Bullough, ed. (1988).
669:Bullough, ed. (1988).
592:Bullough, ed. (1988).
560:Bullough, ed. (1988).
543:Bullough, ed. (1988).
469:21 (May 1973), 312-16.
441:10 (June 1962), 32-35.
399:38 (June 1957), 77-79.
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157:University of Tel Aviv
840:Nursing Honor Society
773:(4): 862. April 1968.
754:. Niagara University.
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153:St. John's University
736:(3): 21. March 1964.
329:This list came from
167:Teaching and nursing
807:(5): 852. May 1972.
312:Delta Epsilon Sigma
186:Providence Hospital
64:Baltimore, Maryland
842:. Niagara College.
752:College of Nursing
276:American Red Cross
263:Diocese of Buffalo
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112:Bernadette Armiger
28:Bernadette Armiger
453:Hospital Progress
432:Hospital Progress
425:Hospital Progress
418:Hospital Progress
411:Hospital Progress
397:Hospital Progress
354:Chapters in books
237:The Baltimore Sun
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446:Nursing Outlook
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303:Sigma Theta Tau
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232:Thomas Eagleton
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211:Sigma Theta Tau
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205:Sigma Theta Tau
198:Labouré College
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132:Utica, Maryland
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513:AACN Awards
94:Nationality
948:Categories
495:References
265:, New York
57:1915-04-07
932:Cunane.
917:Cunane.
887:Cunane.
784:Cunane.
713:Cunane.
654:Cunane.
639:Cunane.
624:Cunane.
390:Articles
297:Member,
291:Member,
217:and the
97:American
89:Catholic
86:Religion
46:Personal
861:. 1963.
307:Psi Chi
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