NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, they were the first women to fly U.S. military planes. About 200 of these female aviators, mostly in their late 80s and early 90s and some in wheelchairs, came to the Capitol to accept the medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress.
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FPB alumna JoAnn C. Green, MSN '01, RN, a critical care nursing consultant and Clinical Education Specialist at Tampa General Hospital, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in nursing consultancy services and clinical education. Read more. |
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Four faculty visitors from Wuhan University School of Nursing (Hubei, China) spent February at FPB to enhance their nursing skills by observing FPB faculty members with their students in the classroom, lab, and various clinical sites. Their training program at FPB allows them to return to Wuhan University and make significant changes to the curriculum. Read more. |
Nurses Day at the Statehouse: Informed Voices for Health Policy Marilyn Lotas, Sr. Rita McNulty, Kathleen Montgomery, and Susan Tullai-McGuinness were among the FPB faculty who attended the annual Nurses Day at the Statehouse program in Columbus on Wednesday, February 24. They and several FPB students joined their peers from nursing education programs and professional organizations from across Ohio.
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Both Crain's Cleveland Business and The Plain Dealer report on the FIND Lab's recent workshop to discuss methods of including people with disabilities in research studies. They also mention the FIND Lab's two-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research. As principal investigator Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN explains:
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Holders of the Certificate of Professional Nursing can now apply for the Master of Nursing (MN), which is awarded to students who complete the pre-licensure phase of the Graduate Entry program. Nurses with an MN can go on to earn an MSN (Master of Science in Nursing), DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice), or a PhD. Download the CPN to MN application packet to learn more. |
FPB clinical research scholar Allison R. Webel, PhD, RN discusses how she adapted the well-known Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale (a questioning tool used by clinicians) to be effective for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Webel's post-doctoral research at FPB is focused on women living with HIV/AIDS and their chronic care management. Read more. |
...and Case Western Reserve University has more than 150 different projects that are being paid for, at least in part, with stimulus money. This includes FPB's six grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including the new FIND Lab. 90.3 WCPN radio mentions the FIND Lab's "focus...on figuring out how to accommodate people with disabilities so they can participate in research trials." Read more. |
In line with First Lady Michelle Obama's mission to fight childhood obesity, Peg Heinzer, PhD, PNP-BC, CRNP, continued her community partnership with an East Cleveland elementary school in which she provided dance mats to children for a daily morning exercise program. WKYC Channel 3 (Cleveland NBC) reports on the positive impact of her project. Read more. |
EVENTS
| Mar 12 | SMART Center Conference: Research into Policy: Making the Journey |
| Mar 15 | Quality and Safety Presentation |
| Mar 23 | Current CWRU Student Open House |
| Apr 7 | FPB Open House |
| Apr 9 | Freshman Friday |
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
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FPB FAST FACTS
20,000 |
approximate number of service hours BSN students provide to local schools each year |
| 1,600+ | number of clinical hours (nearly twice the national average) each BSN student fulfills before graduating |
713 |
students |
87 |
full-time faculty |
13 |
endowed professorships |
#1 |
nursing school in Ohio |
#4 |
among all private university nursing programs in the country |
#15 |
national graduate school ranking in U.S. News & World Report |
17 |
faculty who are Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing |
1st |
practice doctorate in nursing in the country |
1st |
flight nursing program in the country |
1st |
acute care nurse practitioner program in the country |
Endowed in 1923 and named after Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) The most endowed professorships of any nursing school in the country FPB alums have served as presidents of all major nursing organizations Over 7,000 living alumni, with 40% living in Ohio |
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An Effort to Broaden the Research Universe
A New Way to Advance Your Career in Nursing
Scaling Symptoms and Self-Efficacy for HIV
The Stimulus Bill Is One Year Old...
Dance Program Makes a Difference