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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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5 questions with...Julia Blanchette, PhD nursing student working to save camp for children with diabetes
Julia Blanchette (CWR ’14), a PhD student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, still remembers how distressed she was when she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 7. She also has never forgotten how much better she felt about living with diabetes when she attended a summer…
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Larry Weed
I saw in the New York Times that Larry Weed, aged 93, passed away on June 3rd. In case you don’t recognize the name, he was the father of the problem-oriented medical record (POMR). I am old enough to recall POMR as novel when I was in medical school, and like most innovations, it had supporters…
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Longtime professor to lead international nursing organization
Elizabeth “Liz” Madigan becomes CEO of Sigma Theta Tau International this fall After a quarter-century at Case Western Reserve, Elizabeth “Liz” Madigan is taking her talents to the international stage. The accomplished researcher and educator has accepted the position of chief executive officer…
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Godspeed, Class of 2017!
For a brief period of time, the cafeteria is quiet at noon, the garage is not full and you can park close to the door, and the workmen are putting away tables and mirrors and party items. Graduation is over for 2017. The School of Medicine graduated one of its most accomplished classes last month.…
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Nursing’s Shirley M. Moore recognized for research
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society of Nursing recently honored Shirley M. Moore, the Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing and associate dean for research. Moore won the 2017 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Awardfor Excellence in Research.
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PhD candidate wins Cleveland Clinic Foundation Innovation Award
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation honored Jill Byrne, a PhD student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, with an Innovator Award for Outstanding Innovation in Delivery Solutions. Byrne was selected for her work on a surgical cooling vest. She is studying the effects of the vest for her…
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Heavy Metal
We are picking up a lot of heavy metal these days. Mark Chance, vice dean for research, has been named a Distinguished University Professor and will receive his silver medal at the August convocation. Mark Griswold returned from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance meetings in Hawaii…
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Case Western Reserve, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein of São Paulo, Brazil, to hold health research and education symposium in Cleveland
Event will explore global health issues of importance Case Western Reserve University, including the School of Medicine, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo, Brazil, will be holding a three-day…
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In Defense of the NIH
It’s early in the budget process. Almost always, the President’s budget is modified in Congress. The current proposal will not stand. Nonetheless, it is still disheartening to learn of a budget that proposes a $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health—over 18% of its total. Over the…
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U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings released
Thanks to gains in research and admissions, Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine maintained its top-25 position in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings. For several other programs, improvements in individual categories weren’t enough to avoid slight dips in their…