http://fpb.case.edu/News/index.shtm The latest news and announcements from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. Assistant Professor Irena Kenneley, PhD, APRN-BC, CIC reveals in the April issue of Home Healthcare Nurse about home healthcare workers who report about acquiring infections after visiting patients. Such events illustrate how bacteria from someone sick can infect others, she says.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/infectionprevention_kenneley.shtm Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:25:17 -0400 In the Journal of Nursing Measurement, Clinical Research Scholar and Instructor Melissa Pinto, PhD, RN explains that the lack of data regarding stigma associated with mental illness in adolescents makes it very difficult to address the growing problem and getting teenagers the help they need.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/stigma_pinto.shtm Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:07:17 -0400 After seven years at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project transitions this summer to the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, under the leadership of Associate Professor Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/qsentransition.shtm Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:26:17 -0400 FPB's partnership with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the world's largest specialty nursing organization, will give AACN's more than 80,000 members eligibility for partial scholarships from FPB to explore becoming clinical leaders or researchers with an intensive FPB health policy course.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/aacn_fpb.shtm Mon, 07 May 2012 09:55:17 -0400 Addressing NIH figures showing that hearing-loss rates double among people with diabetes, research associate Ann Williams discusses this connection on the website Everydayhealth.com.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/hearingloss_williams.shtm Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:50:17 -0400 Lucy Jo Atkinson Professor in Perioperative Nursing Rebecca M. Patton addresses how workplace bullying can adversely affect nursing staff dynamics in a new publication by the American Nurses Association.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/patton_workplacebullying.shtm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:39:17 -0400 Selected PhD students committed to careers in research receive $10,000 grants matched by the FPB School of Nursing; the awards help prepare them to address the needs of future patients.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/jonasfellowship2012.shtm Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:17:17 -0400 Visiting undergraduate nursing students from Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan took part in numerous educational and cultural activities at FPB throughout the spring semester, further advancing FPB's international health programs. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/asianvisitors2012.shtm Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:43:17 -0400 A research survey tool called the Depression Cognition Scale (DCS), developed by Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing Jaclene Zauszniewski, is being used to determine when negative thinking establishes a pattern for the onset of clinical depression. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/depression_zauszniewski.shtm Tue, 04 Apr 2012 11:37:17 -0400 Brandon, a junior in FPB's BSN program, discusses some of his career goals and busy extracurricular activities around the Case Western Reserve University campus. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/pach_5questions.shtm Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:28:17 -0400 Professor Elizabeth Madigan was on a red-eye flight from Bogota, Colombia to New York City when a fellow passenger required emergency assistance. Madigan stabilized him and stayed close until their plane arrived at its gate, where paramedics were waiting. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/madigan_flight.shtm Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:27:17 -0400 Carl W. and Margaret Davis Walter Professor of Pediatric Nursing Susan Ludington speaks to The Today Show about the likely role kangaroo care played two years ago in the life of little Jamie Ogg, who had been born premature and declared dead. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/kangaroocare_today_ludington.shtm Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:23:17 -0400 Professor Barbara Daly and Associate Professor Sara Douglas led a research study that emphasizes the importance of patients having discussions related to quality of life before they become chronically critically ill. "It's difficult for family decision makers as well as many health care providers to discuss quality-of-life issues because they often associate quality of life with end-of-life discussions," says Douglas. However, she adds, "Don't confuse quality-of-life discussions with end-of-life ones."]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/ICUdiscussions_dalydouglas.shtm Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:15:17 -0400 As part of a project funded by the Prentiss Foundation to combat child obesity and hypertension, BSN students measured heights and weights and read blood pressures of more than 75 fifth-graders at Harvey Rice School and George Washington Carver School. This aspect of the BSN program's ongoing community service learning requirement is set to reach 3,000 kids in 70 schools throughout Cleveland by mid-April. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/bsn_clevelandschools2012.shtm Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:33:17 -0400 Jeanne Hitch, a project manager at the France Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was among a small group who gathered at a private home in Cleveland Heights with Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Senator Sherrod Brown, and representatives from local health care organizations to hear experiences from some local women about how the Affordable Care Act has already helped them. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/sebelius_hitch.shtm Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:40:17 -0400 Instructor Laurine Gajkowski's BSN students collaborated with Miles at Cranwood School teachers and administrators in a hands-on service learning experience to teach kids about heart health, blood pressure, and obesity. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/musicheartprogram.shtm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:17:17 -0400 As you think about your special Valentine today—and the way he or she makes your heart flutter—it's a good time to remember that a few changes in diet and exercise can improve heart health for people of all ages, Associate Dean for Research and Professor Shirley M. Moore says. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/hearthealth_moore.shtm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:35:17 -0400 As part of her senior year BSN Capstone project, Erika Cheung found herself on the Alaskan tundra spearheading community efforts to combat a major health problem among the area's youth: sexually transmitted infections. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/alaskacapstone.shtm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:17 -0400 A small study by Allison Webel suggests that the different roles HIV-positive women play in society can influence how they manage their disease. In particular, the findings indicate that women who are mothers, faith believers, pet owners, or AIDS advocates often cope better with HIV/AIDS. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/hivaids_webel.shtm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:16:17 -0400 Instructor Allison R. Webel discusses her research, which appears as an article entitled "The Relationship Between Social Roles and Self-Management Behavior in Women Living with HIV/AIDS" in the online journal Women's Health Issues. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/pets_webel.shtm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:16:17 -0400 Assistant Professor Valerie Toly, PhD(c), RN, CPNP has conducted research on mothers of technology-dependent children, finding that successful integration of these children into life's day-to-day functions and events improves the overall cohesion of the family. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/technology_toly.shtm Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:46:17 -0400 Dorothy E. Ebersbach '54, who served as one of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and then worked for years as a public health nurse, combined her love of flight and her dedication to nursing in a $2 million gift to establish the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/ebersbachflight.shtm Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:03:17 -0400 PhD student Ana Laura Solano Lopez is one of four graduates of the University of Costa Rica with special scholarship support to attain a doctoral degree outside her country in order to enhance Costa Rica's nursing research programs. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/lopez_phd.shtm Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:41:17 -0400 As a means to improve healthcare access for those affected by last year's damaging earthquake, dual doctorate (DNP/PhD) student and family nurse practitioner Monique Balthazar plans to create a mobile health clinic to reach inhabitants of the remote, mountainous areas of Haiti as well as people in tent cities around Port-au-Prince. ]]> http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=3748 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:35:17 -0400 "Say 'ahhh.'" That is what Case Western Reserve University student doctors and nurses were telling patients with sore throats and other health problems Saturday, Oct. 22, during the grand opening of the Student-Run Free Clinic at The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, 12201 Euclid Ave. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/srfc_opening.shtm Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:43:17 -0400 Assistant Professor Elizabeth R. Click discusses the secrets of a well-balanced life, one that meets both the modern demands of work and family and our own personal needs. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/click_healthyliving.shtm Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:42:17 -0400 Effective October 3, Dr. Fitzpatrick will help lead and broaden the ANF's philanthropic work in nursing and healthcare. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/fitzpatrick_anf_chair.shtm Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:24:17 -0400 Nurse practitioner and PhD candidate Beth Faiman is studying whether an over-the-counter medication known as Glutamine could ease chemotherapy side effects for people with blood and bone marrow cancers. She is one of few researchers studying the drug's effectiveness. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/faiman_chemotherapy.shtm Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:08:17 -0400 DNP student Fran McGibbon's graduating thesis examined parents of firefighters who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center ten years ago. "The parents always struck me as an example of people that experienced such terrible tragedy but were forgotten about in the aftermath," she says. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/mcgibbon_911.shtm Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:32:32 -0400 In 201 Careers in Nursing, co-author Joyce Fitzpatrick reveals that these days nurses do much more than monitor blood pressure and take a patient's temperature. They travel the high seas, work as crime scene investigators, and serve as expert witnesses. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/fitzpatrick_careers.shtm Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:31:32 -0400 Associate Dean for Research and Mellen Professor of Nursing Shirley Moore spoke at the American Association of Diabetes Educators conference last month on a new trend in self-management programs for diabetes: SystemCHANGE. She developed it as an ecological theory that considers four main influences of environment on behavior: family, physical, social, and community. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/moore_systemchange.shtm Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:32:32 -0400 Elizabeth Ford Brooks Professor of Nursing Joyce Fitzpatrick is an author of a new study in the International Journal of Nursing Practice that examines how nurses' attitudes towards exercise can influence their patients' commitments to a healthy lifestyle. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/fitzpatrick_rolemodels.shtm Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:18:32 -0400 As a response to the ongoing worldwide nursing shortage that extends to nurse faculty and via the efforts of Dr. Jaclene Zauszniewski, FPB has acquired nearly $1.5 million in new federal funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for U.S. students in graduate nursing programs who include in their program of study courses that prepare them to become future nurse educators. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/nflp.shtm Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:57:32 -0400 Dr. Lotas has sent many undergraduates abroad for field study. Now, the associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the FPB School of Nursing will cross international borders herself as a Fulbright Scholar at the Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing at the Lebanese American University of Beirut (LAU) in Lebanon. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/lotas_fulbright.shtm Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:43:32 -0400 Assistant Professor Polly Mazanec is the lead investigator on a study funded by the National Institutes of Health that analyzes the increasing role and challenges that distance caregivers--those living 100 miles or more from a sick family member--are demonstrating in the care of advanced cancer patients. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/mazanec_distancecaregivers.shtm Tue, 09 Aug 2011 9:58:32 -0400 Beginning this fall, FPB will introduce mandatory perioperative nursing content to its undergraduate curriculum, becoming one of the first nursing schools in the country to do so. Atkinson Scholar of Perioperative Nursing Rebecca Patton and BSN Program Director and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program Marilyn Lotas are overseeing this innovative new program. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/perioperativenursing.shtm Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:06:34 -0400 Assistant Professor Elizabeth Click writes this week's special NetWellness column for The Plain Dealer, in which she demonstrates how research suggests that taking naps throughout the day can be one way of recovering a bit of the sleep debt that many people live with on a daily basis. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/click_sleep.shtm Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:37:12 -0400 More grandparents than ever are taking on the responsibilities of parenting their grandchildren, when the grandchild's parents are out of the picture. Dr. Carol Musil speaks to USA Today about how this new role is causing extra worry. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/musil_grandparents.shtm Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:55:45 -0400 After 20 years, Mary E. Kerr has returned to her alma mater as FPB's new dean and the inaugural holder of the May L.Wykle Endowed Professorship in Nursing. She comes to Case Western Reserve University after serving as the deputy director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. Get to know what's on her iPod, which books she would bring with her on a deserted island, her favorite spot in Cleveland, and more. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/kerr_5questions.shtm Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:01:45 -0400 Assistant Professor Irena Kenneley comments on contaminated environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities in an article for Infection Control Today, discussing the impact of such contamination on patients and recommending continuous training to environmental services and housekeeping personnel. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/kenneley_hygiene.shtm Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:56:45 -0400 Dr. Bolton, a CWRU trustee, presented on the landmark Institute of Medicine's 2010 report in her lecture entitled "The Future of Nursing: Human Caring for All" on June 4. As Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she was recently named One of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine and was also given an Honorary Alumna Award by the FPB Alumni Association and Dean May Wykle at the end of the discussion. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/Alumni/boltonlecture.shtm Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:56:45 -0400 Before stepping down as dean later this month, Dean Wykle will join a distinguished group of peers in July to be inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. She is among 15 exemplars from the field of nursing to receive the honor during the Sigma Theta Tau International's 22nd International Nurse Research Congress, July 14, in Cancun, Mexico. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/wykle_halloffame.shtm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:53:45 -0400 Assistant Professor Elizabeth Click comments in The Plain Dealer about the detrimental effects of disrupted and inadequate sleep on the millions of Americans--including nurses and other health care professionals--who regularly work outside the typical daily schedule. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/click_shiftworkers.shtm Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:18:45 -0400 A KL2 Clinical Research Scholar and instructor at FPB, Dr. Melissa Pinto-Foltz wants to find the magical elixir that helps teens speak up, seek help, and then stick with treatments that get them feeling better. ]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/pintofoltz_teenstigma.shtm Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:58:45 -0400 President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Mary E. Kerr will become the new dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, effective July 18. She comes to Case Western Reserve after five and a half years as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/newdeankerr.shtm Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:42:45 -0400 Representing a new milestone for FPB's Graduate Entry program, 32 students received their Master of Nursing (MN) degrees on May 15. They are the first class to study and complete FPB's revised and enhanced pre-licensure curriculum, which was developed under the direction of Dr. Deborah Lindell over the past two years.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/firstMNclass.shtm Wed, 25 May 2011 14:45:29 -0400 Infection control expert Irena L. Kenneley calls for a need for mandatory standards for hand-washing monitoring and antimicrobial stewardship committees to oversee use of broad-spectrum antibiotics that wipe out the good bacteria along with the bad, as well as new technologies that can detect the presence of the bacteria after rooms have been thoroughly cleaned.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/kenneley_bacteria.shtm Tue, 24 May 2011 9:38:29 -0400 Despite the passage of the American Disabilities Act 20 years ago, people with limiting physical issues are still being barred from research studies. Via the National Institutes of Nursing Research/National Institute of Health funded Full INclusion of persons with Disabilities in self-management (FIND) Lab, FPB researchers Ann S. Williams and Shirley M. Moore want to change that restriction.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/moore_williams.shtm Thu, 12 Apr 2011 10:20:29 -0400 Students from the FPB School of Nursing and School of Medicine have been training together to provide primary care at a student-run clinic for Cleveland's underserved community. Supervised primarily by family physicians at the Free Medical Clinical of Greater Cleveland, the interprofessional teams participating in this pilot manage all aspects of patient care, from preliminary intake and assessment of vitals to clinical evaluation and plan of care.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/freeclinic.shtm Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:15:29 -0400 To meet the growing demand to fly patients from an accident or disaster scene or from one hospital to another, flight nurse and nursing PhD alum Andrew Reimer '09 and Associate Dean for Research Shirley Moore call for new competencies and training for flight nurses in their article for the Journal of Advanced Nursing, "Flight Nursing Expertise: Towards a Middle-Range Theory."]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/reimer_flightnurse.shtm Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:43:29 -0400 Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, FPB's Elizabeth Ford Professor of Nursing, and Assistant Professor Mary Quinn Griffin collaborated with Deborah Walton Smith of Gonzaga University on the exercise study, whose findings are reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners article, "Exercise and exercise intentions among obese and overweight individuals."]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/quinngriffin_fitzpatrick_exercise.shtm Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:10:29 -0400 A student team from FPB and the School of Medicine represented Case Western Reserve University in the CLARION Interdisciplinary Case Competition on April 16-17 in Minneapolis. Of twelve teams invited to participate, CWRU was one of only two new universities to participate this year. http://fpb.case.edu/News/lindell_clarion.shtm Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:20:29 -0400 Evanne Juratovac, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC has been selected to participate in the Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health.]]> http://fpb.case.edu/News/announcements.shtm Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:18:29 -0400 Clareen Wiencek, PhD, CNP, ACHPN has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). http://fpb.case.edu/News/announcements.shtm Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:17:52 -0400 Congratulations to FPB's four SOURCE 2011 Summer Research Scholars, selected by the Support of Undergraduate Research & Creative Endeavors (SOURCE). These undergraduate students will engage in experiential learning by working on faculty research projects. http://fpb.case.edu/News/announcements.shtm Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:18:59 -0400 Further solidifying the FPB School of Nursing's close partnership with Japan's Aichi Medical University College of Nursing, a group of undergraduate nursing students from Japan arrived with two faculty members to Cleveland on March 12 to embark on a ten-day training program designed to enhance their first-hand knowledge of American nursing education and healthcare systems. http://fpb.case.edu/News/aichi2011.shtm Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:17:13 -0400 http://fpb.case.edu/News/damato_twins.shtm Associate Professor Elizabeth G. Damato comments on a Boston study analyzing divorce rates among parents of twins. She adds that these parents' stress and lack of sleep may be worse than in parents with one baby, thus serving as a potential contributing factor to the higher divorce rates. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:15:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/cellarconference2011.shtm The 19th Florence Cellar Conference, "Aging 2.0: Technology, Trends and Transitions," will be held on April 8, 2011 and is one of the first conferences in northeast Ohio that brings together researchers and technology developers interested in assisting older adults. Speakers will address the landscape of health care technology targeted at older adults, emerging and future trends in technology, and related policy and ethical issues. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:15:00 EST http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/frances_payne_bolton_made_mark.html The Plain Dealer honors Frances Payne Bolton, the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio and the creator of the U.S. Cadet Nursing Corps, who made her mark in politics, nursing education, and philanthropy. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/geropsych.shtm The FPB School of Nursing was a major contributor to a special video produced by the American Academy of Nursing's geropsychiatric collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation. It features FPB's own Dean May L. Wykle, who was one of the first nurses to receive an academic award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She shares her thoughts on her legacy of research in gerontology and psychiatric/mental health, and she is joined by other notable figures that include Kitty Buckwalter (the University of Iowa), who was an early Cellar visiting professor at the FPB School of Nursing. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/rankings2011.shtm U.S. News and World Reports released its annual rankings for graduate-level health care education programs in March 2011, and there was good news for the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. While the school itself remains at #15 across the country for its overall graduate programs, the nurse anesthesia programs rose to #7 and #11, while nurse midwifery went up to #17. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/taiwan2011.shtm Continuing FPB's tradition of hosting international students for extensive training programs, Taiwan's Chang Gung Institute of Technology Department of Nursing sent eight undergraduate nursing students and a faculty member to FPB to engage in an intensive month-long training program incorporating a wide variety of nursing-related educational and clinical activities. Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/korea2011.shtm Four BSN students from South Korea's ChoonHae College of Health Sciences, along with Professor of Nursing Kyongrin Lee, visited the FPB School of Nursing for a two-week training program in January and February intended to boost the level of nursing education in their home country. Dr. Lee hopes to expose her students to the diversity of nursing practice and education. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/madigan_postdocfunding.shtm Professor Elizabeth Madigan is one of the principal investigators on the new, one-year $228,000 grant from the National Institute of Health's Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Nursing Research, which will support three post-doctoral trainees in anthropology, epidemiology, and nursing from Case Western Reserve University. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/duffy_nursinghomes.shtm Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the University Center on Aging and Health Evelyn Duffy, DNP, ANP/GNP-BC, FAANP spoke to WKYC Channel 3 News about the efforts of nursing homes to reduce the number of falls by their residents. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/maloni_secondopinion.shtm Professor Judith Maloni reports that despite the fact that doctors recommend bed rest for nearly a million pregnant women each year, this might not be the healthiest practice for them and their babies. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/newfaculty_patton.shtm FPB alum and immediate past president of the American Nurses Association Rebecca M. Patton, MSN'98, RN, FAAN is bringing her extensive perioperative nursing experience to FPB by filling the newly-created faculty position initially called the Atkinson Visiting Instructor in Perioperative Nursing. Her new role began on January 4, 2011. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/icu_daly_douglas.shtm While a much hailed communication intervention works for families making decisions for chronically-ill loved ones in medical intensive care units, two FPB nurse faculty researchers found the intervention was less effective for surgical and neurological ICU patients. Barbara Daly and Sara Douglas attribute the varied results to different types of patients served by the three types of ICUs and differences among ICU cultures. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/International/news.shtm#holidays2010 Home for the Holidays is the event sponsored by FPB's International Health Programs office celebrating every country represented by our many international students. Students cook traditional dishes, so everyone has the opportunity to taste various kinds of delicious food from all over the world. This year's event was held on Friday, December 17. Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:30:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/capstoneposters2010.shtm The Intersections: SOURCE Undergraduate Symposium and Poster Session was held on December 3, 2010 in Adelbert Gym. The event was sponsored by SOURCE, SAGES, and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Now in its sixth year, this symposium and poster session is where undergraduates from throughout Case Western Reserve University present their research and creative projects. Intersections is an opportunity for the university community and others to see the broad and diverse work that is being done across campus by our outstanding undergraduates. It is also a fun and informative celebration featuring bright creative students, wonderful food, and supportive faculty mentors. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/moore_behaviorlab.shtm FPB's Associate Dean for Research Shirley M. Moore, in collaboration with the School of Medicine, received a one-year, $647,000 grant from National Institutes of Health, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to establish the new Behavioral Science Measurement Resource Laboratory, which will merge FPB's FIND Lab (Full Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Research) with the School of Medicine's Survey Development Lab and the Behavioral Measurement Core Facility. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/anderson_chair.shtm Emerita professor and former administrator Ruth Anderson, MN '45, MSN '54, PhD has made a commitment to endow a faculty chair at FPB and support the next generation of teaching. The Ruth Anderson Professorship — an unrestricted chair to be appointed at the dean's discretion — is the school's 14th endowed chair. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/11/exhibit_on_midwifery.html Gretchen Mettler, director of FPB's nurse midwifery program, comments on the new exhibit of an obstetric manikin Case Western Reserve University's Dittrick Medical History Center. Tue, 16 Nov 2010 9:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/obesity_moore.shtm Associate Dean for Research and SMART Center Director Shirley M. Moore is one of the principal investigators of the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research (COPTR) initiative, funded by the National Institutes of Health as a major new intervention to reduce overweight and obesity rates in children. "The COPTR program in Cleveland is a multi-level approach to a multi-level problem," Moore says. "It was the strength of our institutions’ existing relationships which set our community apart from others. Given the magnitude of our obesity problem, we are bringing together top experts to devise a sustainable solution for our children." Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/bedrest_maloni.shtm Although millions of pregnant women in the United States have been put on bed rest or restricted activity to treat or prevent pregnancy complications over the past few decades, a new research article by Professor of Nursing Judith A. Maloni indicates that bed rest can be detrimental in terms of bone loss, fatigue, boredom, loss of muscle function and muscle atrophy, sleep problems, sore muscles, weight loss by the mother, lower fetal weight, depression both during pregnancy and postpartum, nasal congestion, reflux, indigestion, and back and muscle aches. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 9:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/webel_womenHIV.shtm Allison R. Webel, a clinical research scholar and instructor at FPB, has received a one-year grant from Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center for AIDS Research to test ways to promote lifestyle changes in women infected with HIV. The grant allows her to test the effectiveness of a self-management intervention developed by Shirley Moore, who is FPB's associate dean of research and director of the SMART Center. Webel will work with both male and female patients and their families to make and monitor environmental changes in physical and mental wellness habits. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/bestcenter_faculty.shtm Joining a group of about 20 university researchers focused on end-of-life issues throughout Case Western Reserve, faculty members Maryjo Prince-Paul, Jacquelyn Slomka, and Jong-Won Lim are set to launch pilot research projects at FPB's Building End-of-life Science through Positive Human Strengths and Traits (BEST) Center to improve the quality of life for those with advanced or terminal illnesses. Each has received $30,000 to launch a new project, and over the next year they will concentrate 75 percent of their time on research. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/lotas_prentiss.shtm Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and BSN Program Director Marilyn Lotas has secured a grant from the Prentiss Foundation that will enable third-year nursing students to implement blood pressure screenings and obesity-reducing interventions over the next five years at a demonstration school in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/09/28/esmart_technologies_may_help_young_adults_manage_mental_illness Hirsh Professor Dr. Katherine Jones discusses new findings from the Joint Commission that more widely available evidence-based practice resources have led to better care in America's hospitals. Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/09/28/esmart_technologies_may_help_young_adults_manage_mental_illness Melissa Pinto-Foltz, PhD, RN, a postdoctoral scholar and instructor, joined an FPB-based research team that is developing and testing a software program called Electronic Self-Management Resource Training to Reduce Health Disparities (e-SMART-HD). Her goal is to improve the access to mental health services and mental health self-management for adolescents and young adults. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpbnursingcapstone.blogspot.com/ FPB's nursing program doesn't just take place in classrooms and hospital settings. Rather, our students travel throughout the local community, the United States, and the globe to work hands-on with a variety of populations as part of their Senior Capstone. Select members of this year's senior class are blogging from Cameroon, China, our newest capstone site in Alaska, and other locations to share how they are putting to use in remote, real-world settings what they've learned in class and during their clinical hours. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.meditationcushionsblog.com/meditation/sleep-music-helping-old-persons-slumber-effectively Recent studies by researchers in the Buddhist Tzu-Chi Standard Hospital in Taiwan and FPB shows that by listening to delicate sounding music through bedtime, more aged adults can have longer and better get to sleep. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/gary_interview.shtm Recently, Medical Mutual of Ohio Kent W. Clapp Chair and Professor of Nursing Faye Gary has been named FPB’s first Associate Dean for Minority Affairs and Health Disparities. She discusses her vision for this new position in the following interview. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/dualdoc_baum.shtm Eric Baum is the first student to take advantage of FPB's new dual doctorate DNP/PhD program, which provides an opportunity to simultaneously pursue both doctoral degrees and take courses concurrently in research and clinical leadership in nursing. As envisioned by Associate Dean for Doctoral Education and PhD Program Director Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, the dual doctorate program allows students to complete their coursework in three to four years. The DNP and PhD degrees overlap on 11 of the 55 credits required, and after factoring in exams, proposal defenses, and completion of two research studies, the entire program takes about five years. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/think/2010/08/12/detecting_depression_in_caretakers_of_mentally_ill_adults Dr. Jaclene Zauszniewski has designed the Depressive Cognition Scale (DCS) to help determine the level of stress and depression on adult caretakers caring for a family member afflicted with a serious mental illness such as depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/dominicanrepublic.shtm Although Eduardo Locci one day plans to take to the skies as a flight nurse and care for trauma patients, this summer he spent two unforgettable weeks as a volunteer nurse/medical assistant for a clinic called A Mother’s Wish in the Dominican Republic town of Los Pajones, which is a 30-minute drive from Santiago. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/makeitstick_dolansky.shtm As Assistant Professor Mary A. Dolansky's research indicates, survivors of cardiac events often have a hard time sticking with exercise programs after their recovery. Her study analyzed the activities of 248 people one year after they had completed a 12-week rehabilitation following a cardiac event such as a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty. Only 37 percent of these subjects exercised three times a week to keep their hearts healthy. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/sttiawards2010.shtm Shirley M. Moore, Susan M. Ludington, and two FPB alumni are among 22 nurses honored as leaders, mentors, scholars, and role models by Sigma Theta Tau International in 2010. Their awards, which were conferred at the 21st International Nursing Research Congress in Orlando, Florida, “recognizes nurse researchers who are STTI members who have achieved long term, broad national and/or international recognition for their work and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves.” Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/07/comic_book_helps_families_in_m.html Families who live in migrant camps usually don't have cars, are many miles from a grocery store, and don't have the time or kitchen tools for a lot of food preparation. The "convenient" choices they make -- food high in fat, sugar, and salt -- tend to degrade their health, though they don't always realize it, says Jill Kilanowski, assistant professor of nursing, who designed a colorful new intervention tool to help families make healthier choices. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/insulinpens.shtm Adjunct faculty and researcher Ann Williams demonstrates that visually impaired people with diabetes administer their insulin properly, and in some cases they do so better than their sighted counterparts. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.case.edu/think/breakingnews/postheartattack.html FPB researchers checked up on 248 individuals one year after completing a 12-week rehabilitation following a cardiac event-a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty -- and found that only 37 percent exercised three times a week to keep their hearts healthy. "The study points out that interventions are needed to keep people exercising," says Mary Dolansky, assistant professor of nursing and the lead investigator of the study. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/macygrant.shtm FPB and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have received a $640,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation for the new Interprofessional Learning Exchange and Development (I-LEAD) Program. The project will involve several experience-based components to improve communication and collaboration among nurses and physicians in the interest of public health and to reflect changes in the healthcare system. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/640270.html Only about one-third of cardiac patients were doing regular heart-healthy exercises a year after a heart attack, bypass surgery or angioplasty, researchers have found. The research team, led by Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN, followed 248 patients after they completed a 12-week cardio rehabilitation program to help train them to exercise. Exercise patterns in the longitudinal study were tracked through heart monitors worn by the patients. After one year, only 37 percent of the patients were exercising even three times a week, the investigators found. Women were less likely than men to exercise, while younger men were more likely than women or older men to stick with their exercise program, the study authors noted. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/olinnaward.shtm Kathleen O'Linn, who joined the university in 1994 and serves as the human resources manager for FPB, is supportive of causes and programs that have a transformational effect on people's lives. This shows in her work with the school’s Food for Thought professional development program and her leadership in the university’s Staff Advisory Council. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.sanduskyregister.com/sandusky/2010/jun/16/blog-health-study-seeking-people-65 Two Case Western Reserve University researchers are studying the health of older women to gain an understanding as to why some women of older age with a chronic illness do better than other women with the same illness. The study is funded by the University Center on Aging and Health. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/nutritioncomic.shtm Two Latina mothers are heroes in the new comic book, Small Changes Big Results. Their quest is to create a healthier lifestyle for their children and families and combat obesity, just like real-life moms in Latino farm workers' families who are concerned about the growing obesity problem among young children. Assistant Professor Jill Kilanowski says the goal of the project is to help families make healthy choices. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/DeanWykle.shtm On Monday, June 7, Dr. May L. Wykle, the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor and Dean of Nursing, announced that she will be stepping down as dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing effective January 1, 2011. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/index.shtm#Dowling_bottle Bottle feeding manufacturers offer an array of products that claim to be best for babies. Associate Professor Donna Dowling has been studying bottle and nipple systems and has tips for parents. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/06/02/nursingbook The quiet actions of unsung heroes from the rainforest of Guatemala to the city streets of Harlem will be celebrated during the 2010 International Year of the Nurse in Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing Joyce J. Fitzpatrick's new book, Giving through Teaching: How Nurse Educators are Changing the World (Springer Publishing). Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Regional-Articles/Features/Improving-Patient-Doc-Communications.aspx FPB is leading an interdisciplinary research team in a two-year, $1.3 million National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities study called "Electronic Self-Management Resource Training to Reduce Health Disparities (e-SMART-HD)." Professor John Clochesy, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM, who is director of the study, discusses its goal of effecting long-term improvements in healthcare outcomes for those with chronic illnesses by providing an interactive, culturally relevant, accessible, and easy to use computer-based simulation system. Source: ADVANCE for Nurses. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.case.edu/magazine/springsummer2010/healthcare.html Think talks to 1998 FPB alum and current American Nurses Association president Rebecca Patton, MSN, RN about the merits of healthcare reform. Wed, 26 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/05/in-home_palliative_care_a_vita.html Assistant Professor Maryjo Prince-Paul, PhD ’07, MSN ’96, and alumnus Eric Baum, CERT '06, MSN '09, were featured in the Plain Dealer for their work in palliative care. The article discusses Prince-Paul's research and details a day in the life of Baum. Source: The Plain Dealer. Thu, 20 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/casedaily/2010/05/07/thedaily FPB's Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Nora Hennessy, MNO has received a sponsorship from the University's Office of the Provost and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women to attend the 2010 HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, which prepares and advances women for leadership in higher education. Fri, 07 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/05/kent_state_university_and_cwru.html Co-investigators Mary Dolansky of FPB and Joel Hughes of Kent State will use the grant to assess how the mental status of a group of 400 patients with heart failure affects the way they manage their complex condition. They hope that the NIH-funded study, called “Heart ABC: Adherence, Behavior and Cognition,” will help identify which types of cognitive impairment are related to specific problems in managing heart failure. Source: The Plain Dealer. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/05/05/hovorkaprize2010 The winner of this year's Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize is Robert H. Binstock, who is professor of aging, health and society for both the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Medicine and in FPB. Throughout his distinguished career, Binstock has established himself as a leader in his field, with a record of exemplary achievement in research, scholarship and contributions to the university and broader local and national communities. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ehstoday.com/health/news/nurse-certification-linked-job-satisfaction-8462/ Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing Joyce Fitzpatrick's study, “Certification, Empowerment, and Intent to Leave Current Position and the Profession Among Critical Care Nurses,” uses a national online survey of more than 6,500 members of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to examine job satisfaction and empowerment. The study appears in the May issue of American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC). Mon, 03 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://fpb.case.edu/News/capstoneposters.shtm#firstplace Amy Catalani and Emily Konen, who showcased their research poster entitled "Are You Positive You Are Negative: HIV Awareness in Parma, Ohio," at Intersections: SOURCE Undergraduate Symposium and Poster Session on Friday, April 16, won First Place. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:00:00 EST