Background
Diers, Donna Kaye was born on May 11, 1938 in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Daughter of Don Carlos and Ilene Helen (Poffenberger) Diers.
Diers, Donna Kaye was born on May 11, 1938 in Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Daughter of Don Carlos and Ilene Helen (Poffenberger) Diers.
Bachelor of science in nursing, University Denver, 1960. MSN, Yale University, 1964.
Staff nurse, Yale Psychiatric Institute, New Haven, 1960-1962; member of faculty, Yale University School Nursing, New Haven, since 1964; Anne W. Goodrich professor, Yale University School Nursing, New Haven, since 1979; dean, Yale University School Nursing, New Haven, 1972-1975; director, Yale Health Services director, Cmty. Health Care Plan, New Haven, since 1972.
(Research for nurse practitioners by Donna Diers)
Member advisory committee Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1980-1986. Member research review committee National Center Health Services Research, Washington, 1981-1986. Fellow American Academy Nursing.
Member American Nurses Association (J.M. Scott award 1986), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences.