Hands-on Learning at FPB
Our curriculum is rooted in immersive, practical education designed to give you real-world experience that complements your classroom education. This experience-driven focus prepares graduates of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) to enter the nursing profession.
Our graduates are comfortable and confident with caring for patients in a variety of clinical settings because the robust clinical practice and simulation experience is a constant from the first semester at Case Western Reserve University. Tour FPB's clinical lab spaces and our simulation centers available to students to use during their studies.
![Nursing students wearing PPE work in a clinical lab class in fall 2020.](/nursing/sites/default/files/styles/subfeature_705x528_/public/2021-03/Lab_Work_Fall_2020.jpg?h=809415d0&itok=qj_KN42O)
In the Center for Nursing Education, Simulation and Innovation (CNESI), students advance their skills through immersive clinical simulations.
![Dropper/pipette with liquid hovering over test tubes](/nursing/sites/default/files/styles/subfeature_705x528_/public/2020-02/Spring%20Research%20Awards%20Banner.jpg?h=84991fa7&itok=DiddD2G_)
Learn more about the Biomarker and Basic Science Laboratory, a 1,600-square-foot wet lab facility.
![Picture of two students working on a dummy patient during a flight simulation exercise.](/nursing/sites/default/files/styles/subfeature_705x528_/public/2018-06/Flight-Nursing-Critcal-Care.jpg?h=4f768d83&itok=fiabxSGm)
In the flight and ambulance simulators, students experience a comprehensive emergency and critical care transport environment.
![Metro Health Cadaver Lab](/nursing/sites/default/files/styles/subfeature_705x528_/public/2018-06/CWRU052417_881-480x720.jpg?h=93c3c260&itok=tSIAPdL6)
Cleveland is home to some of the world's best and largest healthcare systems. Students have access to these resources through our clinical, research and service partnerships.