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 nursing’s Hedy Leiter, Class of 2026
For students at Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, graduation is a moment to pause and take stock of just how far they’ve come. What began as a pursuit of science and skill evolved into something more—an understanding of the responsibility that comes with caring…
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August 16, 2017
Convocation is coming up in a week, signaling the formal start of the CWRU academic year, but things are already gathering momentum. Our new medical students have begun Block 1 and our physician assistant students have had their anatomy final exam. Our bioethics masters program is headed for record…
August 04, 2017
A program that partially forgives student loans for doctoral students who go on to teach nursing is expanding at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, thanks to a new $1.5 million federal grant. The grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration…
July 07, 2017
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…
July 03, 2017
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…
June 28, 2017
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…
June 20, 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.…
May 19, 2017
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.
May 19, 2017
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…
May 15, 2017
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…
March 28, 2017
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…