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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

Nursing’s Christopher Burant selected for Diekhoff teaching award
A couple of things are certain for graduate students taking any research statistics course that Chris Burant teaches. He will let his class know right away the material is so challenging they may feel as if they are climbing a steep mountain. He also lets them know he is their safety line, so they…
Housework keeps older adults more physically, emotionally fit, according to new study
Kathy D. Wright Older adults who keep a clean and orderly home—because of the exercise it takes to get the job done—tend to feel emotionally and physically better after tackling house chores, according to new findings by a Case Western Reserve University nursing school researcher. “House cleaning…
“From Tidal Waves to Terrorism” will bring air medical responders to campus to learn and share information on air medical transport
Case Western Reserve University’s Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing will bring air medical transport responders from around the world to campus for the inaugural Ebersbach Flight Nursing Summit. The daylong event is Tuesday, May 5, in the first floor lounge in the nursing…
University of Southern California professor to present on how social network theory applies to health research
Thomas Valente, professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, will give a presentation on “Social Network Analysis and Health,” on Wednesday, May 6, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building, Room 105…
Researchers uncover obstacles that prevent people with RHD in Uganda from receiving life-saving penicillin
Penicillin has nearly eradicated rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the United States. But 15 million people still suffer from the disease worldwide, and 1.4 million die each year, according to the World Heart Federation. Access to penicillin can prevent deaths from RHD. Researchers from Case…
Conference explores how health-care workers can transition patients for better and safer outcomes
Mary Naylor, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, will frame conversations about transitioning chronically ill people from home or care facilities to hospitals and back again. She will speak during “From Here to There and There to Here”—the…
Discontinuing statin therapy for patients with life-limiting illnesses is found safe and beneficial
Maryjo Prince-Paul, an assistant professor of nursing from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and other researchers in palliative care can now answer questions from patients with terminal illnesses about stopping statin medications. Research published in the…
HIV patients may soon be prescribed home exercise to help ward off chronic illnesses
Allison Webel In addition to antiretroviral medications, people with HIV may soon begin receiving a home exercise plan from their doctors, according to a researcher at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. “People with HIV are developing secondary chronic…
Study finds more weight-loss approaches needed for people with neurological disabilities
Nutrition and weight-loss research in adults with disabling conditions is still in its formative stages Matthew Plow A review of nutrition and weight-loss interventions for people with impaired mobility found strategies are sorely lacking for people with neurological disabilities, according to a…
Doctoral student wins 2015 Northeast Ohio Top 25 under 35 Movers & Shakers Award
Heather Rice, a third year doctoral student, Legacy Fellow and Jonas IV Nurse Leaders Scholar at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, recently received a 2015 Northeast Ohio Top 25 under 35 Movers & Shakers Award from the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club. The Cleveland Professional…