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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.

Recent News

A Class Act
By Michelle Koski with Helen Jones-Toms | Forefront Magazine, Spring 2019 Sixty years ago, the BSN Class of 1959 graduated from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and headed out into the world with their newly minted nursing degrees. Over the decades, they have had careers, families and…
Student Spotlight: James Sobieski
By Caitlin Fertal | Forefront Magazine, Spring 2019 As a trainer for the Stop the Bleed program at Case Western Reserve University, second-year nursing student James Sobieski has taught life-saving skills to hundreds of students with Case Western Reserve University Emergency Medical Service (CWRU…
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View from the Top
How do you get there from here? Nurse leaders share how to set new sights in your professional horizon. By Elizabeth Lundblad | Forefront Magazine, Spring 2019 Policymakers, entrepreneurs, academicians, and philanthropists joined fellow alumni on campus last fall to kick-off the Marian K.…
Lighting The Way
By Jessica Ullian Lacount | Forefront Magazine, Spring 2019 During her April 2012 “Leadership in Organizations and Systems” DNP course, Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN gave her students an assignment she offers each year: write a letter to yourself, dated one year from today, saying what…
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International nursing conference focuses on patient safety
Experts look to technology to address third-leading cause of U.S. deaths: medical error Nurses are poised to take the lead on ensuring patient safety in an American health care system, where they already make up 35% of the workforce, according to Mary Dolansky, co-chair of an international nursing…
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What’s next? Eight outstanding CWRU grads share their on-campus experiences—and post-graduation plans
This Sunday, May 19, approximately 2,000 Case Western Reserve University students will take part in commencement ceremonies, beginning with the university-wide convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center and followed by diploma ceremonies throughout the…
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Carol M. Musil named next Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing dean
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a double alumna of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will become its next dean. Carol M. Musil, interim dean at the nursing school since August and the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor of Nursing, succeeds Mary E. Kerr, who…
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Father-daughter graduates to celebrate special commencement day May 19
That’s six Case Western Reserve degrees for the Martin family and counting Commencement day, Sunday, May 19, will be especially busy for the Martin family. So busy that they’ve made special arrangements. “We’re here for the whole day,” said Richard Martin. “We boarded the dog for two days…
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Creatively expressing nursing science
Students from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing work with Cleveland Institute of Art class to create “Infecting the Human Experience” show; opens Friday at CIA Art and science will blend together Friday when students from the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) and Case Western Reserve…