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…
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January 09, 2017
An elderly woman is laid on a stainless-steel table, her hands folded, with a white sheet covering her face. For many of the Case Western Reserve University students in this class—Perspectives on Dying and Death: Normalizing the Inevitable—it’s their first time seeing death up close.
Maryjo Prince...
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December 15, 2016
Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see their own heath suffer from the demands of taking care of them.
With a four-year, $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, nurse scientists at Case Western Reserve University will con...
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December 02, 2016
Joachim Voss, who holds the Sarah C. Hirsh Professorship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and directs the Sarah Cole Hirsh Center for Best Nursing Practices Based on Nursing, received the 2016 President’s Award from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
The organization recognized Vo...
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November 18, 2016
A decade ago, undergraduate nursing students at Case Western Reserve University began a program that has since provided health screenings and tips on healthier living to thousands of Cleveland public school students.
This week, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will receive an Innovations ...
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October 26, 2016
Forgoing a reliance on motivation, families can adopt healthy behaviors—eating better and exercising more—by following a new approach that focuses on the redesign of family daily routines.
In a series of pilot tests of the approach—known as “SystemCHANGE”—by nursing scientists at Case Western Reser...
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October 19, 2016
Of the 3.5 million nurses in the United States, only 2,400 hold the distinction of membership in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). More selective still is the academy’s designation of Living Legend—only a handful are chosen each year.
Now, count Joyce Fitzpatrick among their ranks.
An interna...
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October 05, 2016
For the fifth year in a row, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will celebrate National Midwifery Week by giving away 1,000 mini cupcakes—one cupcake for every 10 babies born annually into the hands of certified nurse midwives in Ohio.
The cupcakes, supplied by Main Street Cupcakes, will be...
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August 16, 2016
$1.2 million gift provides initial funding
Judson Services Inc. and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University recently announced a collaborative effort to create an endowed position that will serve both organizations.
The cornerstone of what will be named the Phe...
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August 12, 2016
Joyce Fitzpatrick, the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, will receive the American Academy of Nursing’s honest honor: Living Legend.
Fitzpatrick, who previously served as dean of the nursing school for more than 15 years, is one of just five s...
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August 11, 2016
Gregory “Greg” Graham was so admired by his distance-learning students that, invariably, when he was introduced the first time they gathered on campus, they’d erupt in applause.
Graham’s dedication to teaching was so great, colleagues, at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing said, that he eve...