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Francine LoRusso, RN, MHA, vice president, patient services, Heart and Vascular Center, Transplantation Center and Medicine Services, recently received the Doris M. Armstrong Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Administration from the Connecticut Nurses Association (CNA). The award recognizes exceptional work in practice, education, administration, political action and service to the CNA. The Armstrong Award is one of the CNA’s Diamond Jubilee Awards, which are named after distinguished leaders in the state’s nursing history and represent the highest honor the CNA bestow on its members.