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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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Protecting the community: Faculty, staff and students make masks to help prevent spread of COVID-19
While staying home is a crucial part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are times it’s not possible, whether it’s essential work or a trip to the grocery store. Masks provide protection in those instances. Some faculty, staff and students have stepped up to make masks for members of…
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The Behavior of Social Distancing: New study seeks participants to evaluate behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Six feet apart. It’s the safe distance metric response for to the COVID-19 pandemic heard for weeks as states across the United States put their citizens in a holding pattern with stay at home orders shuttering non-essential businesses, closing public gathering places and limiting restaurants to…
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J. Alan Diehl appointed Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer
J. Alan Diehl has been appointed deputy director and chief operating officer of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a collaboration of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals. This newly created role will provide substantive oversight of the cancer center to…
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Four named winners of Faculty Distinguished Research Awards
For the past 15 years, Research ShowCASE has brought the Case Western Reserve University community together to celebrate remarkable inventions, solutions and discoveries of research. In recent years at this event, the university has recognized outstanding faculty contributions with the Faculty…
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Hospital patients can do their part in COVID-19 fight
Case Western Reserve University nurse scientist explains why hand hygiene is important for patients, not just doctors and nurses, in hospital setting A clinical researcher who has studied the lack of hygiene practices among hospital patients is urging hospitals—and those who end up there—to do…
Changes to Shared Resource Leadership
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) is pleased to announce that Lan Zhou, MD, PhD has accepted the role of Scientific Director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Hematopoietic Biorepository Cell Therapy Shared Resource. Dr. Zhou is an associate professor of pathology and…
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Q&A with Shanina Knighton, infection preventionist
This Q&A has been adapted from a social media thread from late February 2020 between Shanina Knighton, an instructor at KL2 Clinical Research School and the Frances Payne Bolton (FPB) School of Nursing’s Twitter and Instagram feeds. It has been updated to reflect Ohio’s recent Stay at Home…
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Nurse-scientist warns against reliance on gloves against virus
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing infection prevention and control expert says untrained store workers unaware of easy transfer of germs including viruses, bacteria Shanina Knighton, a nurse-scientist/researcher at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing who helped get the word out about…