<p>For future/current applicants:</p>
<p>Case Western's Nursing Program is one characterized by hefty clinical experience. Over 1600 clinical hours are completed, with clinical hours beginning during freshman year. The majority of the hours are completed at either the Cleveland Clinic or the University Medical Center. Cleveland Clinic is roughly 10 minutes away from campus by bus ride, and the University Medical Center is on campus and about a 5 to 10 minute walk from most campus locations.</p>
<p>This year the Bolton Scholarship for nursing students was offered to each candidate admitted to the school. While the website reports that the upper range of the scholarship is $18,000, many students got $22,500 from Case this year, so I think that the scholarship website is outdated. Case's large funding for nursing students allows them to attract the brightest and best applicants, so the applicant pool is fairly competitive.</p>
<p>According to the freshmen I talked to, research opportunities are very available, with many students presenting at national conferences each year. The staff encourages student participation in research, resulting in highly skilled graduate nurses.</p>
<p>Case grads are well recruited upon graduation according to the students I spoke to, but with nursing jobs in Central Ohio drying up some students are forced to work harder to secure a job. </p>
<p>This information is not meant to be comprehensive, as I am not a Case student but rather I was admitted to Case's School of Nursing for Fall of 2010 , but instead it is meant to provide prospective students with reliable information.</p>