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…
Recent News
March 23, 2015
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…
March 20, 2015
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…
March 19, 2015
As a precursor to the showing of the documentary Ken Burns Presents: Cancer—The Emperor of All Maladies, ideastream (90.3 WCPN, WVIZ/PBS and bewell.ideastream.org) has embarked on a project to cover regional cancer stories from a range of perspectives. Within this series, the Case Comprehensive…
March 18, 2015
Case Western Reserve University nurse scientist Amy Zhang, who has long examined quality-of-life issues in cancer patients, wondered whether depression in African-American cancer patients has been under-recognized for treatment. Accurately assessing depression in cancer patients is difficult in…
March 09, 2015
Susan Mazanec After studying cancer survivors and their family caregivers, researchers at Case Western Reserve University concluded that the period between the final cancer treatment and first post-treatment checkup may be an ideal time for the entire household to jumpstart a healthy…
January 06, 2015
Fatigue and pain, along with other symptoms, prevent many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from exercising. But a new how-to guide for a home-based exercise program, tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s nursing school and the Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic,…
January 05, 2015
It appears that men have figured out what women have known for years: nursing is a great profession. Just ask the current class in Case Western Reserve University's master entry-nursing program. While the number of men in nursing has increased in recent years, Case Western Reserve University has…
December 22, 2014
Acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP) students, specializing in flight nursing at Case Western Reserve University, will soon be training in the nation’s first state-of-the-art simulator built in an actual helicopter. The simulator creates the sense of treating critically injured patients from…
December 12, 2014
Shanina Knighton, a PhD student in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, placed first in Girl Power Pitch Night—an event geared toward college-aged, female entrepreneurs—on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Knighton’s project is a product aimed to improve hand hygiene for patients. The event was hosted by…
December 01, 2014
A five-year, $2.35 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research will allow researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University to study how brain activity motivates the chronically…