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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Nursing’s Susan Painter offers intentional support to combat unintentional overdoses
Since the nation’s opioid crisis began in the 1990s, unintentional overdose deaths have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. And through the years, Susan Painter has seen the heartbreak—and insufficient support for families and healthcare providers grieving these deaths…
Recent News
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 t...
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 tables...
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 Prof...
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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 Nu...
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 ...
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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 (...
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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 cam...
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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 and...
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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 des...
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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. ...