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
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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....
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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 diss...
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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 wit...
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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 symposiu...
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March 20, 2017
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 yea...
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March 14, 2017
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 over...
March 14, 2017
US News and World Report declares us among the top 25 medical schools in the United States. We are pleased to be in such company and delighted to be acknowledged for our achievements as an outstanding institution of biomedical learning and discovery.
Of course, rankings such as these can’t capture ...
March 01, 2017
Fonya Atabong Reflects on Her Journey
By Michelle Simakis
Her plans to return to Cameroon as a Fulbright Scholar brought back a lot of memories for Fonya Atabong, DNP, RN (NUR ’12).
Atabong, an assistant professor of medical surgical/pediatric nursing at Northern Virginia Community College, grew ...
March 01, 2017
The Science Behind Making Healthy Decisions
By Kristin Ohlson
“Lack of knowledge is not the problem,” says Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean of research and the Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. “It’s not that people don’t know what hap...
March 01, 2017
BSN Students in the Community
By Susan Griffith
Photos by Daniel Milner
Undergraduate nursing students at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing have performed health screenings on approximately 40,000 Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) elementary schoolchildren since 2003. This unique ...