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ANA-Illinois Elects Board Members
CONTACT: Susan Swart, 779-529-2012 syswart@ana-illinois.org Members of the ANA-Illinois elected Elizabeth Aquino PhD, RN as president of the professional association that represents the interests of Illinois’ 190,000+ registered nurses (RNs). The members also elected three other members to the nine-member board of directors – secretary, Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CMCN, ACM-RN; directors at large, Nicole…
Bylaws Forum Announced – September 10, 2019
Since March of 2017, ANA-Illinois has been involved in a membership pilot with ANA. The Value Pricing Pilot was adopted as a permanent membership option at the June 21-22, 2019 ANA Membership Assembly. ANA-Illinois will be working towards amending our bylaws to accommodate this new option. As a first step, ANA-Illinois has developed a Dues…
2019 ANA-Illinois Candidates Announced
2019 ANA-ILLINOIS CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED The election for the ANA-Illinois Officers and Directors will be held online September 16th thru October 1st. The election will be conducted electronically. Watch your email and this website www.ana-illinois.org for additional details. All terms are for two years. 2019 ANA-Illinois slate of candidates in alphabetical order by position. PRESIDENT …
CE Requirements for Illinois Licensed Nurses
CE REQUIREMENTS FOR ILLINOIS LICENSED NURSES LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES (225 ILCS 65/55-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 55-35. Continuing education for LPN licensees. The Department may adopt rules of continuing education for licensed practical nurses that require 20 hours of continuing education per 2-year license renewal cycle. The rules shall address variances…
Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation Call to Action
Join ANA-Illinois on Saturday, August 10th for the Stan’s Donuts 5k as part of the Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation campaign! All participants will receive a shirt, medal and of course FREE DONUTS! Please contact dfraczkowski@yahoo.com for any questions. Register for 5k here Learn more about Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation here
Call for Poster Presenters
Call for Posters The Program Committee would like to invite nursing students and nurses to participate in a poster presentation session to be held during the ANA-Illinois Professional Issues Conference, November 2nd in Springfield. We are particularly interested in posters that address the following areas: Nurse Advancement Nurse manager’s leadership and support Healthy workplace Strategies…
APRN Rules – 2nd Posting
We are almost there. Per the Flynn Report – the APRN Rules were moved to Second Notice this week, commencing the JCAR review period. These rulemakings will be considered at the May 14, 2019 JCAR meeting. ANA-Illinois & ISAPN received a copy of the proposed changes to the first posting rules. After careful review by…
New Regulation for Illinois Prescribers with Controlled Substance License
All Prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License Must Enroll in the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Beginning January 1, 2018, Public Act 100-0564 requires all prescribers with an Illinois controlled substance license to enroll in the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) https://www.ilpmp.org/ through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). Prescribers are additionally required to attempt…
Governor Rauner Signs HB 313 – Nurse Practice Act Sunset Bill
On September 20, 2017, Governor Rauner signed HB 313 – PA 100-0513 The signing of this bill completes a process that started back in April 2015 when the Illinois Coalition of Nursing Organizations met to work on revisions of the Nurse Practice Act. We should be proud of the work we accomplished. Let us remember…