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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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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing receives grant to increase number of nurses with PhDs
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University was selected for the second straight year as one of 31 schools to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses earning doctorate degrees. The schools comprise the fifth cohort of grantees of the Robert Wood Johnson…
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Happy New Year
The holiday season is over … the wrapping paper that was strewn about the room has been collected and discarded; the lights unstrung and put away, the needles from the greens swept up. The New Year is upon us. It’s 2018. We are now in our 175th anniversary year. It will be August before we…
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Nursing’s Mary Quinn Griffin named assistant provost for outcome assessment
Mary Quinn Griffin, a professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and an institutional researcher, has been recently appointed assistant provost for outcome assessment and accreditation. In this role, she will be responsible for leading the university’s coordination of educational…
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Documentary screening of Freedom to Marry
The university community is invited to a screening of the documentary Freedom to Marry Thursday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women (Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248). A panel discussion will follow the screening. Free food and beverages…
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Nursing student invents "cooling vest" to help surgeons beat heat stress
Nurse entrepreneur’s homemade innovation may soon be available worldwide As an operating room nurse, Jill Byrne saw how heat shortened the tempers and focus of stressed, sweating surgeons. “When even brilliant and confident surgeons look like they’ve been in a dunk tank, you worry about their…
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The Monument Quilt—created by and for survivors of rape and abuse—visits campus
More than 1,000 quilt squares, containing 2,200 personal stories, have been displayed in 22 cities across the United States As a national touring collection of stories from survivors of rape and abuse, the Monument Quilt will visit Cleveland, with a display on Case Western Reserve University’s…
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Nursing school to give away cupcakes in honor of National Midwifery Week
In honor of National Midwifery Week, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will give away 1,000 mini-cupcakes today (Oct. 6). Each cupcake represents 10 births in Ohio attended by certified midwives (approximately 10,000 births). The nursing school will give away the cupcakes at 11 a.m. at…
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Inaugural Summit on Leadership and Quality Improvement
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will host the inaugural Summit on Leadership and Quality Improvement Thursday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Glidden House. In this interdisciplinary, action-oriented conference, you will engage with internationally recognized thought leaders…
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Nursing Dean Mary Kerr to step down effective June 30
After leading the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing since 2011, Mary E. Kerr has announced she will resign as dean effective June 30 of next year. Kerr, an alumna of the school and former official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said she elected to step down both for personal…
Did You Know: Frances Payne Bolton Ohio Historical Marker
Case Western Reserve University has a rich history—so rich, in fact, that several sites around campus have been designated with historic markers. This month, we’ll take you around campus to highlight some of the university’s most historic spots. An Ohio Historical Marker stands outside the Frances…