Each year, the Illinois Nurses Foundation awards scholarships to qualified registered nurses and students. The Foundation has been able to support hundreds of nurses over the years thanks to the hard work and generous donations of nurses and nursing organizations in Illinois. Scholarship Process All applications and supporting material must be submitted online. Please be…
ANA-Illinois Call for Consents
Are you interested in becoming more involved with ANA-Illinois in 2020? Consider joining a committee and you will gain valued volunteer experience, help guide the work of the association and build lasting relationships with fellow nurses from around the state. Deadline for submission is Friday, December 6th. CONSENT TO SERVE HERE
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…
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CE REQUIREMENTS FOR ILLINOIS LICENSED NURSES LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES (225 ILCS 65/55-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 55-35.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…
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…
ANA-Illinois Announces New Lower Dues Rate!
New Lower Dues – only $15/month or $174/year! Joint members in ANA-Illinois and the American Nurses Association (ANA) is now just $15 a month – less than the price of a specialty coffee per week! You owe it to yourself and to your career to join the largest and most inclusive group of registered nurses…