Northwestern Medicine is trying to combat the nationwide nursing shortage with a program that trains non-clinical employees to take on clinical roles, and they’re opening up the program to more people ...

Taking care of her dad after his two hip replacements awakened Jasmine Barnachea’s desire to be a nurse, but she needed a way to jumpstart her health care education. So when Barnachea, a nutritional ...

Kiana Smith joined Northwestern Medicine two years ago as a Panera Bread employee before becoming a security guard in the emergency department. Time around patients sparked her interest in a clinical ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The need for nurses continues to grow in Chicago. To help bridge the gap caused by the nursing shortage, Northwestern Medicine launched a program where after four months, a person can ...

Through a partnership between the EKG Technician Certification Prep and Basic Nursing Assistant Training programs at Oakton Community College, students can navigate a streamlined schedule from one ...

COOS BAY -- Several Marshfield High School students are getting a jump start on their nursing careers before graduation. Ten girls are enrolled in the basic nursing assistant course. The class is part ...

GLEN ELLYN - Students in College of DuPage's Basic Nursing Assistant program achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the Illinois state Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program exams offered ...

MATTOON — For the spring 2013 semester, the Basic Nursing Assistant (BNA) Program at Lake Land College can accommodate more students than ever before, according to a college press release. “We have ...

Kabira Madani was 14 when she first realized she wanted to be a nurse. “I was back home in Morocco,” she said. “My mom suffered with gallstones and every time she had an attack my dad would give her ...