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By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: February 12th, 2010

Of the two and a half million registered nurses in America counted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 109,000 of them tend to patients in the hospitals, clinics and homes of Illinois. They care for their charges from Chicago to Carbondale to Galena and do so much more than just check vital stats. In fact, a December, 2009 Chicago Tribune article reported how a team of registered nurses helped load a caravan of patients moving from an Elgin hospital to a new site five miles down the road. As a nurse, you may never take a break from caring.

Nurses are often the closest and most constant contact a patient has with caregivers, and the Land of Lincoln’s medical system relies heavily upon them.

Education Required to Become a Registered Nurse in Illinois

There are three basic ways to meet Illinois’ education requirement to sit for the Illinois nurse licensing exam. All Illinois RN schools must offer accredited nursing programs. You can

  • earn a bachelor’s of science degree from a four-year university,
  • earn an associate of science degree from a two or three-year community college,
  • earn a diploma from a hospital or medical center.

There are also opportunities to earn an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree if you have earned your bachelors already.

If you have attended nursing school outside the United States, the school must be credentialed by the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) Credentials Evaluation Service (CES), an educational records evaluation service or the International Education Research Foundation.

Through campus or online programs, aspiring Registered Nurses in Chicago, Aurora, Rockford and Joliet, Illinois may be able to prepare themselves for the possibility of employment in some of the largest hospitals and healthcare facilities in the state including the Chicago Lakeshore Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Park Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Online / Distance Programs

Campus: Online
Degrees:   Doctor of Nursing Practice - Executive Leadership, MS Nursing - Case Management, MS Nursing - Education, MS Nursing - Infection Prevention and Control, MS Nursing - Management and Organizational Leadership, and more...
Campus: Online
Degree:  Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN)
Campus: Online
Degree:  M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction: eLearning/Technology Education
Campus: Online
Degrees:   M.A.: Teaching - Professional Learning Communities (No IR, No Cert.), M.B.A. and M.S. in Nursing: Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems (Bridge)
Campus: Online
Degree:  Certificate of Learning Medical Coding and Billing
Campus: Online
Degrees:   BS - Nursing, MS - Nursing Administration
Campus: Online
Degrees:   MS in Education in Instructional Technology - Adult Learning-Higher Education, MS in Education in Instructional Technology - Adult Learning-Organizations, MS in Higher Education - College Teaching and Learning, MS in Nursing, MS in Nursing - Informatics, and more...
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Legal Nurse Consulting, Legal Nurse Consulting - Accelerated
Campus: Online
Degrees:   MPA - Governmental Management, MS in Higher Education - College Teaching and Learning, MSE in Instructional Technology - Adult Learning/Higher Ed, MSE in Instructional Technology - Adult Learning/Organizations
Campus: Online
Degree:  Nursing, MS
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Education, MS - Teaching and Learning (Online), Nursing, MS (Online)
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Doctor of Education - Teaching and Learning , M. Ed. in Teaching & Learning in Education Technology, M.Ed Teaching and Learning-Middle Grades , M.Ed. - Teaching and Learning, M.Ed. Teaching and Learning-Elementary Education , and more...
Campus: Online
Degree:  International Relations and Diplomacy
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN), Master of Science in Nursing
Campus: Online
Degrees:   LPN/LVN to RN - AS in Nursing (Licensed LPN/LVNs only), LPN/LVN to RN - BS in Nursing - Indiana St. - (Licensed LPN/LVNs only), Paramedic to RN, RN to MS in Nursing - Regis University (Licensed RNs only)
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Master of Public Health (International Public Health), MSc in International Management (Management of Health Systems)
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, M.S. in Nursing, M.S. in Nursing/Health Care Education, M.S. in Nursing/Informatics, M.S. in Nursing/Master of Health Administration, and more...
Campus: Online
Degrees:   Doctor of Education - Administrator Leadership for Teaching & Learning, Doctor of Education - Higher Education & Adult Learning, Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) - General, Ed.S. in Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning, M.S. in Adult Learning-Developmental Education, and more...

Illinois

Degrees:  Ed. S. Educational Psychology: Human Learning Development (School Psychology), Ed.D. Educational Psychology: Human Learning & Development, M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction - School Nurse
Degrees:  Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Certification - Family Nurse Practitioner, Master of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
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