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
May 04, 2015
Thomas Valente, professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, will give a presentation on “Social Network Analysis and Health,” on Wednesday, May 6, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building, Room 105 (Frohr...
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April 15, 2015
Penicillin has nearly eradicated rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the United States. But 15 million people still suffer from the disease worldwide, and 1.4 million die each year, according to the World Heart Federation.
Access to penicillin can prevent deaths from RHD. Researchers from Case Western...
April 08, 2015
Mary Naylor, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, will frame conversations about transitioning chronically ill people from home or care facilities to hospitals and back again.
She will speak during “From Here to There and There to Here”—the 2...
April 07, 2015
Maryjo Prince-Paul, an assistant professor of nursing from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and other researchers in palliative care can now answer questions from patients with terminal illnesses about stopping statin medications.
Research published in the J...
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April 01, 2015
Allison Webel
In addition to antiretroviral medications, people with HIV may soon begin receiving a home exercise plan from their doctors, according to a researcher at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
“People with HIV are developing secondary chronic illnes...
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 t...
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 20/30 Cl...
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 Canc...
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 gen...
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 lifestyle.
“A...