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BCEN launches new certificate programMay 21, 2020 1:00 AM - The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing has launched BCEN EDvantage, a new emergency nursing certificate program designed to give final-year nursing students, recent grads and RNs aspiring to work in the emergency department a hiring and training advantage.
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Life Fitness to sell face coveringsMay 20, 2020 4:26 PM - Fitness equipment company Life Fitness is producing and sell non-medical, reusable face coverings in its global manufacturing plants.
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Meet the winners of the Daily Herald and College of DuPage Nominate a Nurse contest
May 20, 2020 9:47 AM - Barrington native Nicole Guido and College of DuPage alumna Julia Walczak are the winners of the Daily Herald and College of DuPage's Nominate a Nurse contest in honor of National Nurses Week. -
NCH resume elective surgeries and outpatient diagnostic services
May 20, 2020 8:21 AM - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) allowed hospitals across the state to resume elective procedures on Monday, May 11 once certain requirements related to patient and staff safety and availability of PPE and equipment were met. -
Study: McHenry, Will counties have higher-risk COVID-19 populations
May 19, 2020 7:47 PM - McHenry and Will counties have not been hit as hard by coronavirus as some other parts of the Chicago area but might see greater devastation if an outbreak occurs because they have a higher rate of chronic health conditions that are exacerbated by the disease, a new study shows. -
Healthy Partners helps outMay 19, 2020 1:33 PM - Homewatch CareGivers of Naperville has launched the Healthy Partners program to provide resources to those who need them most during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With added precautions in place, Northwest Community Healthcare resumes elective procedures
May 19, 2020 1:32 PM - Elective procedures have resumed at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights and other Northwest Community Healthcare facilities, the health care organization announced Tuesday. -
Lawsuit accuses Geneva nursing home of failing to follow coronavirus guidelines
May 18, 2020 7:12 PM - The family of a Bria of Geneva resident who died from coronavirus complications has sued the nursing home, claiming it failed to implement adequate measures to prevent the spread of the outbreak. -
Fearing COVID-19, older people alter their living wills
May 17, 2020 6:20 AM - For older adults contemplating what might happen to them during this pandemic, ventilators are a fraught symbol, representing a terrifying lack of personal control as well as the fearsome power of technology.
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Illinois' COVID-19 nursing home death toll nears 2,000
May 15, 2020 10:03 PM - The coronavirus death toll in Illinois long-term care facilities is approaching another somber milestone.
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