Des Plaines, Ill. (May 30, 2023) - A record number of local high school students have taken their first step toward a rewarding healthcare career by completing Oakton College's Basic Nurse Assistant ...

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 ...

A record number of local high school students have taken their first step toward a rewarding health care career by completing Oakton College's Basic Nurse Assistant Training early college certificate ...

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 ...

Over 80 high school students in the northern suburbs are ready to enter college or the workforce after receiving their Basic Nurse Assistant Training certificate from Oakton College on May 22.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...