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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 ӰƵ’s 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.

Recent News

New book, ”Nurses Making Policy,” urges nursing profession to speak up
The new book Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom (Springer Publishing, 2014) implores nurses to speak up and be heard, from the hospital corridors to the floors of Congress. Be the voice for change, advised Rebecca M. Patton, the past two-term president of the American Nurses…
Lunchtime presentation to address oral health for aging adults
The campus community is invited to attend a University Center on Aging and Health brown bag lunch presentation on systemic oral health care in the older adult population. The lunch will take place Friday, Nov. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. on the first floor of the Frances Payne Bolton School of…
Nursing school receives Innovations in Professional Nursing Education award
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing received the Innovations in Professional Nursing Education award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The nursing school won the award in the category of Academic Health Centers, and it was given in recognition of a number of the…
Nursing school receives nation’s largest Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant
For many students at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at ӰƵ, finding a way to pay for their advanced nursing degrees just got easier. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the nursing school a $3.16 million Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)…
Nursing school receives grant to study how cancer patients make end-of-life decisions
The choice to die at home surrounded by loved ones comes too late for some cancer patients. Why that happens and how to change the process so more patients may die as they wish is the focus of new research individuals at ӰƵ's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will…
Nursing school to give away cupcakes tomorrow in recognition of National Midwifery Week
For the third straight year, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at ӰƵ is celebrating National Midwifery Week by giving away 1,000 mini cupcakes—one for every 10 babies born annually into the hands of certified nurse midwives in Ohio. The event starts at…
Dads of newborn twins shorted almost as much sleep as moms, study finds
Mothers of twins struggle to get sufficient, uninterrupted sleep, what with double feedings and all. But a new study by researchers at ӰƵ’s nursing school finds that fathers don’t fare much better. “Both mothers and fathers are coming up short on the recommended eight…
Study finds caregivers with family members newly diagnosed with mental illness suffer anxiety
Researchers at ӰƵ's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing who studied the emotional distress of caring for a family member diagnosed with a mental illness found anxiety is high for the primary caregiver at the initial diagnosis or early in the course of the illness,…
Nursing school to launch new MOOC on health care quality improvement
“Take the Lead on Health Care Quality Improvement”—a new free massive open online course (MOOC) offered this fall by ӰƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing—targets ways frontline health care workers can deliver safer and better care to patients. The principles to…
Learn about graduate nursing programs at Sept. 6 open house
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will host a Graduate Nursing Open House, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 6. The open house will include information about the Graduate Entry Nursing Program and Master's of Nursing for prospective students with a non-nursing undergraduate…