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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 APP’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.

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Nursing’s Marie Grosh named board member of Refuge International
For nearly two decades, APP students have traveled to San Raymundo, Guatemala, to deepen their clinical knowledge, broaden their cultural competence and provide care to communities with limited access to healthcare. Marie Grosh, DNP, assistant professor at Case…
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Nursing’s Sarah Gutin Barsman earns 2025 Nurse of the Year award
Sarah Gutin Barsman, PhD, lead faculty of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program at APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, earned the 2025 Nurse of the Year award from March of Dimes last month. Offered through March of Dimes’ Heroes in Action award series,…
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The power of community as an anchor—and a guiding force
For first-year nursing student Alicia Lee, relationships tie into everything she does.
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A CWRU year in review: Take a look back at some of the top stories at CWRU in 2025
A lot happens at APP in a single calendar year. We wish graduates “good luck” in May as they take the next steps in their lives and months later, welcome new students as they begin their college journeys in August and greet alumni when they return for homecoming. But,…
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2025 in review: APP in the media
Journalists routinely turn to APP faculty first. Whether it’s breaking news or subject-matter analysis, reporters look to CWRU to help make sense of the stories shaping our world. Perhaps more importantly, our researchers often drive the headlines in the media with their…
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Faculty and staff members retire after 25+ years of service to CWRU
APP has been a home to many students-turned-alumni over the years. But for those who dedicate much of their professional lives to the university, it has come to feel like a home, too. We invited faculty and staff members with more than 25 years of service to Case…
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On to the next chapter: Three faculty retire from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
A retirement celebration was held in their honor on Dec. 3.
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Winter pinning ceremony welcomes nurses to the profession
Thirty-nine Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing students were recognized at the pinning ceremony on Dec. 5.
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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing names two faculty members to leadership roles
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing recently appointed Jaclene Zauszniewski (NUR '89; GRS '92, nursing) and Deborah Lindell (NUR '03) to leadership roles. In October, Zauszniewski was named associate dean for faculty affairs. In her role, she hopes to significantly shape the advancement of…
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Nursing’s Esther Bernhofer receives national Margo McCaffrey Excellence in Nursing Award
Esther Bernhofer, PhD, MA, RN, PMGT-BC, an associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, received the American Society for Pain Management’s Margo McCaffrey Excellence in Nursing Award at the organization’s mid-October conference. This national honor recognizes a nurse who…