Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Whether they're starting clinicals in their first semester as undergrads or helping patients through research and care, the members of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing work together and across disciplines to drive positive impact in world-class hospital systems and our surrounding communities. Follow along with the latest news from one of the nation’s top nursing schools.
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Nursing’s Susan Painter offers intentional support to combat unintentional overdoses
Since the nation’s opioid crisis began in the 1990s, unintentional overdose deaths have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. And through the years, Susan Painter has seen the heartbreak—and insufficient support for families and healthcare providers grieving these deaths…
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January 28, 2021
In 2019, the World Health Organization Declared 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”—a Prediction that Proved Prescient Amid the Pandemic
Janine Galeski has long helped families say goodbye to their loved ones. As a family nurse practitioner on a palliative care team in a Northeast Ohio hospita...
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January 22, 2021
I am pleased to announce the appointment of two new leaders to our research programs.
Agata Exner, PhD will co-lead the Cancer Imaging Program with Jim Basilion, PhD and Zhenghong Lee, PhD. Dr. Exner is a translational researcher with collaborative industry ties....
January 20, 2021
FPB Faculty, Jesse Honsky, DNP, MPH, RN, PHNA-BC and Shannon Wong, CPNP, MSN, BSN, RN, have been volunteering at the Phase 1A vaccination clinics, also called Points of Dispensing (POD).
Led by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and Cleveland Department of Public Health, Honsky and Wong have learn...
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January 15, 2021
Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have developed an improved approach to treating actinic keratosis, a pre-cancerous skin condition usually treated with photodynamic therapy that patients often report as painful.
Findings from a cl...
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December 21, 2020
As we end December, I, for one, am glad to see 2020 fade into the rear-view mirror. Almost like the Alfred Hitchcock movie (rear window), the whole year looked and felt wrong—unlike anything we have ever experienced. It threw immense challenges at us, pushed many to our limits, and tested us in ways...
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December 16, 2020
Jaclene Zauszniewski
Jaclene Zauszniewski, the Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing and one of Case Western Reserve University’s 2020 Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners, and her research team received $2.6 million to study stress management in caregivers of people with ...
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December 15, 2020
Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehe...
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December 11, 2020
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance today announced $500,000 in total funding for two colorectal cancer (CRC) studies through its Chris4Life Research Program.
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Vinay Varadan, PhD, will investigate how multifactorial mechanisms involve...
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December 11, 2020
As Cleveland Clinic's Aaron Gerds, MD, finishes his term as chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Committee on Communications, he will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of ASH Clinical News, the organization's magazine for American Society of Hematology members and non-members alike – o...
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December 03, 2020
Class Year: Class of 2022Program/major: Nursing
Clinical hours helped third-year nursing student Emily Van Pyrz maintain a sense of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though there were added safety measures of daily temperature checks, symptom screenings and verification stickers every time she...