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
July 17, 2014
Esperanza Inc. honored four Case Western Reserve University scholarship winners at the Fiesta of Hope luncheon on June 27. Santiago Chabrier, an engineering major, Isaac Martinez, a nursing major, Alberto Rodriguez, a music education major, and Elizabeth Reyes, a nursing major, were among the 103 sc...
June 27, 2014
Case Western Reserve University awarded Lizzy Benway, a junior nursing major, the fourth Douglas W. Nock Endowment Scholarship. The award recognizes and provides financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students or admitted high school graduates who have advanced the mission of the Lesbian,...
June 26, 2014
Without proper infection prevention in hospitals, and now homes, the Clostridium difficile bacteria poses a major health threat, cautions a Case Western Reserve University infection control researcher.
While mainly a concern in hospitals, cases of the C. difficile infection (or C. diff) are on the ...
June 06, 2014
Before she was born, Irena Kenneley’s family immigrated to the United States from Lithuania after years of persecution under Russian communist rule post-World War II. Growing up on Cleveland’s East Side, Kenneley initially struggled in school, where subjects were taught in English, not her family's ...
May 20, 2014
A study from the Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing provides a profile of women with the dual responsibilities of full-time paid work and unpaid care for an elderly family member.
“We often hear caregivers talk about ‘how much time and effort it takes’ to provide...
April 04, 2014
Shanina Knighton, a PhD candidate at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, received third place in the Peter Galen - Brien Holden Vision 2014 Competition.
The Peter Galen - Brien Holden Vision competition is a graduate competition for open to all CWRU graduate students for biomedical-related ...
March 24, 2014
Of an estimated 65 million Americans who provide some type of care to an ill family member, about 7 million live at least an hour from the relative they’re caring for.
The issue, then, is how to get these “distance caregivers” in the room when doctors meet with their patients and local, hands-on ca...
March 13, 2014
Many mothers with children on life-sustaining medical devices, such as ventilators and breathing or feeding tubes, suffer physical and psychological distress from the stress of juggling treatments, appointments, therapies and daily family pressures.
But researchers from the Case Western Reserve Uni...
February 27, 2014
The campus community is invited to the next Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group event for a look at public and university policies regarding health care.
The event, led by Elizabeth R. Click, university medical director and assistant professor of nursing, will be titled "The Pursuit of Wellness ...
February 19, 2014
New technology offers potential to begin connecting multiple medical systems
Although trauma, heart and stroke patients benefit from being transferred from a local hospital to a higher-level care facility, it’s unclear why patients transferred with non-urgent medical conditions show at least a 30 pe...