Dr. Shanna Botos

Background

Dr. Botos is a full-time Assistant Professor of Nursing at John Carroll University, having been the first faculty member hired into the program and the inaugural holder of the endowed Medical Mutual faculty position for three years. She also served as the inaugural chair of the Department of Nursing. During her time as the chair, she tripled the student cohort size and hired two new faculty members, laying the foundation for the program's continued growth before transitioning to her current faculty role. As a dual-certified pediatric nurse practitioner, she continues to practice on a PRN basis as an inpatient provider in the department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital in the regional hospitals. She has been practicing as a pediatric nurse for over 24 years, taking care of acutely ill children from birth to young adulthood, and has worked at Cleveland Clinic for over 17 years. One of Shanna's proudest accomplishments during her career was her time serving as the chair of the Cleveland Clinic Enterprise APRN Practice Council from 2015-2018. She was also selected as a fellow for the Johnson & Johnson Nursing Leadership program at Duke University, completing this fellowship in 2016. It was during this time that she found her passion for advocating and mentoring the next generation of nurses, integrating the importance of self care and resiliency into the foundation of her career path as a nurse educator. Her previous faculty appointment was at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, where she was the co-lead faculty who helped increase the pass rate for the National Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certification exam to over 80% per year. Dr. Botos' latest achievement has been the success of the Choose Ohio First Scholarship program, that she is the program director for at John Carroll University. This program secured just over 1 million dollars of scholarship funds over 5 years that will help over 70 students with their academic journeys while studying pre-health and nursing at John Carroll University.

Areas of Expertise

Clinical Expertise: Dr. Botos is a dual-certified Acute and Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with over 23 years of experience caring for acutely ill children from birth to young adulthood. She has practiced across multiple settings including pediatric hospital medicine, pediatric cardiology, and primary care, and continues to practice on a PRN basis at Cleveland Clinic.
Academic and Educational Leadership: She is a full-time Assistant Professor of Nursing at John Carroll University, where she was the inaugural faculty member and chair of the nursing department, building the program from the ground up — including curriculum development, simulation labs, accreditation, and growing the student cohorts. She also previously taught in the Acute Care Pediatric NP program at Case Western Reserve University.
Scholarly Contributions: Dr. Botos has contributed chapters to a published textbook in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, presented at national conferences, and her doctoral work produced a nationally recognized quality improvement project addressing the NP preceptor shortage. She also co-wrote a $1.09 million grant awarded through Ohio's Choose Ohio First program.
Leadership and Advocacy: She has held significant leadership roles, including chair of Cleveland Clinic's Enterprise APRN Practice Council, creator of the APRN Preceptor Council, and fellow of the Johnson & Johnson Nursing Leadership Program at Duke University. Her passion for advocating for the nursing profession runs throughout her entire career.

Education

Dr. Botos is a proud alumni from John Carroll University, class of 2000. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology, Pre-health track. She discovered her path towards nursing her senior year of undergraduate studies, so she went directly to graduate school to continue her studies at Case Western Reserve University - Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, in the post-graduate RN program to obtain her professional degree in nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing as a Pediatric Nursing Practitioner. During her studies at CWRU-FPB, Dr. Botos was a teaching assistant in the cadaver lab, teaching A and P lab for two years during her graduate studies. Her first nursing job was as a pediatric nurse at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital from 2002 -2005. After graduating from CWRU with her MSN in 2005, Dr. Botos started her family and practiced full time as a pediatric nurse practitioner before going back to school for her terminal degree that she started in 2017. She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree — nurse executive track — from The Ohio State University in May 2020. Her doctoral final project was titled, Shortage of Nurse Practitioner Preceptors: A Quality Improvement Project Addressing the State of Crisis within One Healthcare System. She created an APRN Preceptor Council at Cleveland Clinic, a preceptor registry, and a formalized process for APRN students doing clinical rotations at Cleveland Clinic. This innovative, pioneering program has changed how preceptors and students work together.

Courses Taught

• NURS 2250 - Basic Care and Comfort (Clinical/Didactic Course)
• Fall 2023 - present
• NURS 2400 - Health Promotion (Didactic only)
• Spring 2024 - present
• NURS 3250 - Obstetrics, Immediate Newborn Care, and Pediatrics (Clinical/Didactic Course)
• Fall 2024 - present
• NURS 3350 - Acute and Chronic Care Management (Clinical/Didactic Course)
• Spring 2025 - present
• NURS 4200 - Death and Dying (Didactic only)
• Fall 2025 - present
• AS 1045 - Advising for Academic Success (SANUM)
• Fall 2024 - present