Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
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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…
January 09, 2014
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will host a Graduate Nursing Open House on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The open house will include information about the Graduate Entry Nursing Program/Master's of Nursing, Master's of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD…
December 16, 2013
Is that caffeine jolt worth the extra hours of studying or long workday? In the long run, no, according to Michael Decker, associate professor at APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and a national sleep expert, because of the effects of caffeine and the changes…
August 11, 2013
One of life’s toughest decisions is whether to continue or withdraw life-sustaining therapies for loved ones who are unable to make their own health care decisions. The goal of a two-year, $460,000 National Institute of Nursing Research-supported project at APP’s…
August 08, 2013
Diabetes is best managed with a healthy diet, exercise and medication. But could steady doses of self-management support from others who have diabetes also help people with this condition maintain healthy blood sugar levels? Researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western…
August 06, 2013
APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing received a $2.5 million federal grant to provide loans that encourage students pursuing advanced degrees to become nurse educators. Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) introduced the Nurse Faculty Loan Program…
July 25, 2013
Researchers at APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will assess the effectiveness of palliative care home health visits in treating people with HIV and other chronic illnesses in a new four-year, $1.7 million study funded by the National Institute of Nursing…
July 21, 2013
New research in the Journal of Newborns & Infant Nursing Reviews concludes that so-called “kangaroo care” (KC), the skin-to-skin and chest-to-chest touching between baby and mother, offers developmentally appropriate therapy for hospitalized preterm infants. In the article, “Kangaroo Care as a…
July 19, 2013
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Independence Foundation Professor Elizabeth Madigan received the Ruth Corcoran and Nancy Langston Nursing Education Research Grant from the National League for Nursing. The grant will support her project, "Development…