Established | 1898[1] |
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Dean | Carol M. Musil |
Location | , , |
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]
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]
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing educates health care professionals. It offers undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, including: