Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Case Western Reserve University
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Established	1898[1]
Dean	Carol M. Musil
Location	Cleveland , Ohio , U.S.
Website	https://case.edu/nursing/

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is the nursing school of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. The school is named in honor of Frances Payne Bolton, a former congresswoman from Cleveland's 22nd District.^[2]

History

Originally known as the Lakeside Hospital Training School for Nursing, the school was founded in 1898. Kate Benedict Hanna Harvey (1871-1936), an heiress to the M. A. Hanna Company fortune and philanthropist, spearheaded its establishment.^[3] In honor and after endowment by Frances Payne Bolton, the school was renamed in 1935 to the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.^[1]

Case Western Reserve created the world's first applied doctorate of nursing in 1979.^[4]

In 2019, the main offices were relocated into the Health Education Campus's Samson Pavilion, on the campus of Cleveland Clinic.^[5]

Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy was created in 2021, and is located on the Health Education Campus.^[6]

Programs

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing educates health care professionals. It offers undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, including:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Graduate Entry (MN)
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
• Dual Doctorate DNP/PhD Program^[7]

References

1. "History of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing".
2. "History: Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University". nursing.case.edu/about/history/. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
3. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
4. "Doctor of Nursing Practice".
5. "Is CWRU-Cleveland Clinic Health Education Campus end of big-box era as Clinic shifts focus? – Steven Litt". July 21, 2019.
6. "New $2.5 million gift to Case Western Reserve will establish home for nurse leadership academy". February 19, 2021.
7. "Programs". nursing.case.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.

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