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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How one PhD student is rethinking support for families in the ICU
Jacob Hoffa, PhD candidate at the School of Nursing, is combining clinical practice with research to improve outcomes for both patients and caregivers.
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September 15, 2017
With geographic barriers limiting treatment options for many people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a Case Western Reserve University researcher will use a new $4.9 million award to test online- and teleconference-based adaptations of methods that reduce fatigue and improve quality of life when…
September 11, 2017
The university community is invited to the Advanced Management Issues in HIV Care conference Sept. 14–15. The conference will offer an advanced focus on the management of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The conference will be of interest to health care professionals…
September 01, 2017
Neurocritical Care Boot Camp Prepares Future Advanced Care Practitioners Story by Helen Jones-Toms
Photographs by Roger Mastroianni Amid the antiseptic stillness of the cadaver lab is a quiet hum of conversation. Students and instructors huddle around two…
September 01, 2017
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Madigan (GRS '92) By Michelle Koski This fall, Elizabeth Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN, heads to Indianapolis for her new role as chief executive officer of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Madigan, who became the Independence Foundation…
September 01, 2017
In Pursuit of Nursing Research By Shelly Koski The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is known for educating the most innovative nurse scientists in the nation. Forefront asked to four of the school’s post-doctoral fellows what inspired them to become a nurse scientist and what advice they…
September 01, 2017
Story by Jessica Ullian
Photographs by Gary Yasaki Nursing has long occupied a unique position in health care around the globe, combining expertise in clinical research with commitment to patient well-being. Now, with unprecedented technology and data collection tools, the health care industry is…
August 30, 2017
Shirley Moore can’t recall a time in her life, even as a girl on the family’s Ashtabula, Ohio, dairy farm, when she didn’t want to be a nurse, to care for others. But Moore, the Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing and associate dean for research at the Frances Payne Bolton School of…
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…