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To Recruit and Retain Nursing student’s parents establish fund for clinical faculty Writer: Anthony Fossaceca When Beth and David Daigle were helping their daughter, Celia Daigle, explore college options, Case Western Reserve quickly emerged as the top choice for the entire family. Two primary fac...

A Bond Abroad Growing as nursing professionals—and colleagues—far from home Writer: Matthew Merchant After a seven-hour flight to Antigua, Guatemala, and a rough truck ride into the mountainous region, a small group of Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing students—and one faculty member—arrived l...

Celebrating a Century School of Nursing marks milestone with centennial gala Writer: Matthew Merchant It was an evening 100 years in the making. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing celebrated the centennial of its namesake endowment with a gala at Tinkham Veale University Center during Homecomi...

This letter appears in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. From the Dean To the alumni and friends of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, As we begin a new year, I can’t help but reflect on the accomplishments that the previous one has brought to our community. We celebrated the...

Rethinking Care A new paradigm for patients and caregivers at the end of life Writer: Ilima Loomis What constitutes high-quality care at the end of a person’s life? Current standards say the best medical care focuses on keeping the patient comfortable in their last 30 days, with few, if any, aggres...

Class Notes, Honors & In Memoriam These items appeared in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. Class Notes Submissions received between May 24 and Nov. 28, 2023. Rob Davis, DNP, RN (NUR ’97, ’05, ’08), was inducted as a fellow at the Academy of Wilderness Medicine at the academy’s confer...

Class Year: 2025 Program: Master of Science in Nursing Nursing is a second career for Valerie Lakes. Though growing up she was always interested in the STEM fields, the 35-year-old from Oxford, Ohio, spent five years teaching seventh grade near Columbus before becoming a nurse. “When the time cam...

The American Lung Association, the Reid Wiley Charitable Foundation, and the Frances Payne Bolton (FPB) School of Nursing invite you to attend the Wiley Asthma Program Kickoff Event at the Samson Pavillion at Case Western Reserve University on January 26, 2024, from 12-1:30 p.m. This event will high...

In this Medtronic podcast, John Gallagher presents on the Nellcor pulse oximetry technology, the history and evolution of pulse oximetry and how skin pigmentation influences the accuracy and clinical application of pulse oximetry. Listen to and view Gallagher's presentation on YouTube or explore th...

Team skills are not new, especially in geriatric care. In 2003, now President of The John A. Hartford Foundation, Dr. Terry Fulmer, led an initiative to improve interprofessional geriatric care through the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program (GITT). This program spread across the US a...