War's Sounds, Smells, and Sights Are Too Familiar for FPB 2013 Graduate

BSN student Paula Simpson, who graduates this August, is a former chief wardmaster in Mosul, Iraq and a 16-year Army reservist. Her perspective on nursing is one that few of her 2013 graduating classmates will ever have.

“I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. So I never said the Pledge of Allegiance or knew the words to the Star Spangled Banner, but I wanted to be an Army nurse,” she said. “I felt a calling.” Read more.

A Gift of a Mother's Love

The children of 2012 Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Association President's Award winner Rebecca Eden honor their mother's passion for nursing education with the Rebecca Plotkin Eden Scholarship Fund. Read more.

FPB's Hickman "Pays It Forward" and Earns the Jackson Award for Mentoring

Assistant Professor Ronald L. Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC was nominated by four of his undergraduate students for the prestigious J. Bruce Jackson Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring.

"I call this paying it forward for the kinds of mentoring I received," a humbled Hickman says. Read more.

Affirmation Model May Help in Weight Management

Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN used the "appreciative inquiry" affirmation model to investigate how families take part in their adolescents' weight-management efforts. Dr. Moore reported the findings from focus groups of 44 parents or guardians at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

"My experience is the energy that comes from [appreciative inquiry] is so amazing in terms of moving people forward," she says. Read more.

New Study Finds Mothers with Postpartum Depression Would Welcome Online Professional Treatment

Mothers suffering from postpartum depression after a high-risk pregnancy would turn to online interventions if available anonymously and from professional healthcare providers, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Read more.

Study Suggests Interacting with Avatars May Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults

Melissa Pinto, PhD, RN, KL2 Clinical Research Scholar and Instructor, has published a study suggesting that use of a virtual program called eSMART-MH can help 18- to 25-year-olds prepare for office visits and learn self-management skills. Read more.