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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.