Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Whether they're starting clinicals in their first semester as undergrads or helping patients through research and care, the members of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s work together and across disciplines to drive positive impact in world-class hospital systems and our surrounding communities. Follow along with the latest news from one of the nation’s top nursing schools.
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Nursing’s Susan Painter offers intentional support to combat unintentional overdoses
Since the nation’s opioid crisis began in the 1990s, unintentional overdose deaths have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. And through the years, Susan Painter has seen the heartbreak—and insufficient support for families and healthcare providers grieving these deaths…
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Research Brief: Meet a nursing professor improving the final moments for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Recent News
September 12, 2024
Alumna reflects on a career of nursing and advocacy
By Amanda Brower
After Sept. 11, 2001, Colleen Leners, an emergency trauma nurse in the U.S. Navy Reserve, was asked to volunteer for active duty with the U.S. Army. Answering the call, she served in the Middle East with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps...
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September 12, 2024
School photo day: A tradition amongst school children throughout generations. Many ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff remember the days of picking out just the right outfit to wear and hoping they didn’t have a poorly timed bad hair day. Afterall, those photos were featured in yearboo...
September 11, 2024
Bridging healthcare and environmental advocacy
Record-breaking heat, drought and floods, and more frequent hurricanes and tornadoes are the most visible symptoms of climate change. Less apparent are the impacts on the health and well-being of the people affected by this extreme weather: heat-relate...
September 11, 2024
Student-turned-teaching-assistant leads the way for aspiring nurses
By Matthew Merchant
When Tanner Purnhagen (CWR ’15) takes to the skies as a flight nurse, he carries more than just medical equipment; he brings a profound commitment to easing the fears of patients while they’re suffering a healt...
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September 11, 2024
Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community are invited to learn more about Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s Adult-ÂGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner major in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program during an online information session Wednesday, Sept. 25, from no...
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September 10, 2024
As a nurse, Megan Foradori tried to make sure no child in need of developmental support fell through the cracks.
Across pediatric nursing roles in multiple states, she saw firsthand how babies and toddlers are screened for crucial social, speech and developmental milestones—and fiercely advocated f...
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September 05, 2024
Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community are invited to learn more about Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). An online information session will be held Thursday, Sept. 19, from noon to 1 p.m.
Jesse Honsky, the post-master’s DNP program director...
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September 03, 2024
Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community are invited to learn more about Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. An online information session will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17, from noon to 1 p.m.
MSN-Âprepared nurses deliver evidenceÂ-base...
August 28, 2024
Each month, the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing sends an internal research newsletter to faculty, staff, students and researchers. A recap is posted here.
Message from the Associate Dean for Research
As we start a new academic year, I am excited ab...
August 20, 2024
The summer before the final year of my undergraduate education, I began searching for a graduate school. To pursue my dream job, I need a master’s degree, so heading straight into graduate school seemed the most logical choice. I had two specific criteria for the program I sought.
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