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Helpful Illinois Nursing and Traveling Nurse Links

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Do you need to apply for an Illinois Nursing License?

Do you need to renew your Illinois Nursing License?

Illinois Registered Nurse License Renewal Web Site

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Check out National Council of State Boards of Nursing for additional information on obtaining your license and compact nursing licenses.

Below is a link to the forms you need to apply for an Illinois Nursing License.

Illinois Department of Professional Regulation

James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph, Suite 9-300

Chicago, IL 60601

Phone: (312) 814-2715

Fax: (312) 814-3145

Springfield Office:

320 W. Washington Street

Springfield, Illinois 62786

Phone: (217) 785-0800

Fax: (217) 782-7645

Illinois Nursing License Forms Web Site:: http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/nurs.asp
Illinois Certified Nursing Aid Registry: http://app.idph.state.il.us/nar/index.htm
Illinois Registered Nurse License Renewal Web Site:: https://www.idfpr.com/dpr/RENEWAL/nurs.asp

Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois

Below is a list of all the Hospitals in Illinois:

Advocate Health Care – Chicago, Illinois
Alexian Brothers Medical Center – Elk Grove Village, Illinois
American International Hospital – Zion, Illinois
Bethany Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Blessing Hospital – Quincy, Illinois
BroMenn Regional Medical Center – Normal, Illinois
Carle Foundation Hospital – Carle Clinic Assoc. – Urbana, Illinois
Catholic Health Partners (St. Joseph Hospital, Saint Anthony Hospital, Columbus Hospital) – Chicago, Illinois
Central Dupage Health – Winfield, Illinois
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
CGH Medical Center – Sterling, Illinois
Children’s Memorial Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Christ Hospital and Medical Center – Oak Lawn, Illinois
Community Healthcare System – Munster, Indiana
Condell Health Network- Libertyville, Illinois
Crawford Memorial Hospital & Health Services – Robinson, Illinois
Community Hospital of Ottawa – Ottawa, Illinois
Community Methodist Hospital- Rushville, Illinois
Cook County Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Decatur Memorial Hospital – Decatur, Illinois
Edward Hospital(Edward Health Services Corporation) – Naperville, Illinois
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare- Evanston, Illinois
Freeport Health- Freeport, Illinois
Good Samaritan Hospital – Downers Grove, Illinois
Good Shepherd Hospital- Barrington, Illinois
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital – Melrose Park, Illinois
Graham Hospital – Canton, Illinois
South Suburban Hospital – Hazel Crest, Illinois
Highland Park Hospital – Highland Park, Illinois
Holy Cross – Chicago, Illinois
Illinois Masonic Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Illinois Valley Community Hospital – Peru, Illinois
Ingalls Health System – Cook County, Illinois
Jehangir Hospital- Pune, Maharashtra, India
Kishwaukee Community Hospital- DeKalb, Illinois
KSB Hospital – Dixon, Illinois
Little Company of Mary Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Loyola University Medical Center- Maywood, Illinois
Lutheran General Hospital – Park Ridge , Illinois
MacNeal Hospital- Berwyn, Illinois
Marion Memorial Hospital – Marion, Illinois
Mc Donough District Hospital- Macomb, Illinois
Memorial Medical Center – Springfield, Illinois
Memorial Medical Center – Woodstock, Illinois
Mental Health – Chicago, Illinois
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Methodist Medical Center – Peoria, Illinois
Mount Sinai Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Northwest Community Healthcare (Northwest Community Hospital) – Arlington Heights, Illinois
Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center – Peoria, Illinois
OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center – Pontiac, Illinois
Passavant Hospital – Jacksonville, Illinois
Pekin Memorial Hospital- Pekin, Illinois
Proctor Hospital – Peoria, Illinois
Provena Mercy Center – Aurora, Illinois
Provena United Samaritans Medical Center- Danville, Illinois
Provena St. Joseph Medical Center- Joliet, Illinois
Provena Saint Therese Medical Center- Waukegan, Illinois
Providence (Cook County) – Chicago, Illinois
Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
Resurrection Health Care- Chicago, Illinois (St. Francis Hospital, Resurrection Medical Center, Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Westlake Hospital)
Richland Memorial Hospital- Olney, Illinois
Riverside HealthCare- Kankakee, Illinois
Rockford Health System – Rockford, Illinois
Roseland Community Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center- Mattoon, Illinois
Saint Anthony’s Health Center - Alton, Illinois
Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston- Evanston, Illinois
St. Alexis Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital- Belleville, Illinois
St. Francis Hospital- Litchfield, Illinois
St. James Hospital – Chicago Heights & Olympia Fields, Illinois
St. John – Springfield, Illinois
St. John’s Hospital – Springfield, Illinois
St. Joseph’s Hospital of Highland – Highland, Illinois
St. Margaret’s Hospital – Spring Valley, Illinois
St Mary’s Hospital- Streator, Illinois
St. Mary’s Hospital – Decatur, Illinois
Sherman Health Systems- Elgin, Illinois
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers- Joliet, Illinois
Southern Illinois Healthcare – Illinois
Storger Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Swedish American Health System - Rockford, Illinois
Swedish Covenant Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Thorek Hospital and Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
Trinity Hospital – Chicago, Illinois
Trinity Medical Center (* Trinity Regional Health System) – Illinois/Iowa
University of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
West Suburban Hospital – Oak Park, Illinois
Victory Memorial Hospital- Waukegan, Illinois

Education

Masters in Nursing: Guide to Accredited Colleges offering a Masters Degree in Nursing
Allied Health Institute: http://www.vantageproed.com
Acute Care Education: http://www.ace.cc
Virtual Nursing College: http://www.langara.bc.ca/vnc

Continuing Education

American Nurses Credentialing Center: http://www.nursingworld.org/ancc
Nursing Spectrum: http://www.nursingspectrum.com
RN On-line: http://www.learnwell.org

Pharmacology

Nursing Books

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com
Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins Publishers: http://www.lww.com/nursing
McGraw Hill Professional Publishing: http://www.pbg.mcgraw-hill.com
Elsevier Science (formerly known as W.B. Saunders, Mosby, & Harcourt): http://www.elsevierhealth.com

Searchable Library Databases

National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov
On-line Medical Library: http://www.emedicine.com
CINAHL: http://www.cinahl.com

Nursing Practice

Informative Nursing Sites: http://www.nursingworld.org

http://www.nursingcenter.com

Medical Algorithmshttp://www.medal.org

Healthcare Organizations

American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov
Emergency Cardiovascular Care: http://www.cpr-ecc.org
FDA Information for Consumers: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/morecons.html
Infectious Diseases Society of America: http://www.idsociety.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: http://www.jcaho.org
National Cancer Institute: http://www.nci.nih.gov
National Coalition against Domestic Violence: http://www.ncadv.org
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: http://www.nfid.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations: http://www.nhpaco.org
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease: http://www.niddk.nih.gov
Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor: http://www.osha.gov
The Phenomenal Women of the Web: http://phenomenalwomen.com
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov

Nursing Organization links

Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses: http://www.medsurgnurse.org
Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association: http://www.astna.org
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing: http://www.aaacn.org
American Assembly for Men in Nursing: http://www.aamn.org
American Association of Diabetes Educators: http://www.aadenet.org
American Association of Managed Care Nurses, Inc.: http://www.aamcn.org
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: http://www.aana.com
American Academy of Nursing: http://www.nursingworld.org/aan
American College of Nurse Practitioners: http://www.acnpweb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: http://www.aanp.org
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses: http://www.aaohn.org
American Association of Office Nurses: http://www.aaon.org
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses: http://www.aascin.org
American Association of Neuroscience Nursing: http://www.aann.org
American Association of PeriAnesthesia Nursing: http://www.aspan.org
American Holistic Nurses Association: http://www.ahna.org
American Association of Critical Care Nursing: http://www.aacn.org
American Association of Colleges of Nursing: http://www.aacn.nche.edu
American Long Term & SubAcute Nurses Association: http://www.alsna.com
American Nephrology Nurses’ Association: http://www.annanurse.org
American Nurses Association: http://www.ana.org
American Nursing Informatics: http://www.ania.org
American Organization of Nurse Executives: http://www.aone.org
American Psychiatric Nurses Association: http://www.apna.org
American Radiological Nurses Association: http://www.arna.net
American Society of Pain Management Nurses: http://www.aspmn.org
American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses: http://www.asprsn.org
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: http://www.anacnet.org
Association of Operating Room Nurses: http://www.aorn.org
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses: http://www.apon.org
Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses: http://www.aorn.org
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.: http://www.apic.org
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: http://www.rehabnurse.org
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses: http://www.awhonn.org
Case Management Society of America: http://www.cmsa.org
Endocrine Nurses Society: http://www.endo-nurses.org
Emergency Nurses Association: http://www.ena.org
Home Healthcare Nurses Association: http://www.nahc.org/hhna
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association: http://www.hpna.org
International Nurses Society on Addictions: http://www.nnsa.org
International Transplant Nurses Society: http://www.itns.org
Intravenous Nurses Society: http://www.ins1.org
League of Intravenous Therapy Education: http://www.lite.org
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists: http://www.nacns.org
National Association of Hispanic Nurses: http://www.nahnhq.org
National Association of Neonatal Nurses: http://www.nann.org
National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists: http://members.aol.com/nanmt1
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses: http://www.orthonurse.org
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners, Inc: http://www.napnap.org
National Association of School Nurses: http://www.nasn.org
National Black Nurses Association, Inc.: http://www.nbna.org
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.: http://www.ncsbn.org
National Federation for Specialty Nursing Organizations: http://www.nfsno.org
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Inc.: http://www.nflpn.org
National Gerontological Nursing Association: http://www.ngna.org
National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org
National Nurses in Business: http://www.nnba.net
National Nursing Staff Development Organization: http://www.nnsdo.org
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing: http://www.noadn.org
National Student Nurses’ Association: http://www.nsna.org
Nurses Christian Fellowship: http://www.ncf-jcn.org
Oncology Nursing Society: http://www.ons.org
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: http://www.nursingsociety.org
Society for Vascular Nursing: http://www.svnnet.org
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.: http://www.sgna.org
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates: http://www.suna.org
Transcultural Nursing Society: http://www.tcns.org
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society: http://www.wocn.org

Medical Association links

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: http://www.surgery.org
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons: http://www.plasticsurgery.org

Nursing Journal links

American Journal of Nursing: http://www.ajnonline.com
American Journal of Epidemiology: http://www.aje.oupjournals.org
American Journal of Infection Control: http://www.apic.org/ajic
Advance for Nurses: http://www.advancefornurses.com
Nursing: http://www.springnet.com
Nursing Management: http://www.nursingmanagement.com
Advances in Neonatal Care: http://www.advancesinneonatalcare.org
Journal of Christian Fellowship: http://www.ncf-jcn.org
Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing: http://www.jopan.org
Journal of Professional Nursing: http://www.professionalnursing.org
Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews: http://www.nainr.com
Pain Management Nursing: http://www.painmanagementnursing.org
To look for many other nursing journals:: http://www.mosby.com

Nursing Malpractice Insurance links

Help for Nurses

National Fund for Nurses in Need: http://www.NursesHouse.org
Nurse Comedy links: http://www.nurstoon.com

Pediatric Specific Sites

http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/Internet_nf.html
eMedicine Pediatrics, a free online textbook of pediatrics. An extensive growing table of contents and a variety of online calculators. From eMedicine.com
Anesthesia and Critical Care articles, a section of PediatricLinx, a MDLinx news site.
GeneralPediatrics.com; a succinct index site for pediatric health care.
wwwSLACK: Pediatric Internet Directory
PediatricRadiology.com; a comprehensive source of pediatric imaging resources
Neonatology on the Web (extensive teaching file links and literature citations!)
International Pediatric Chat: the web site describing live “chat” for pediatricians on the Internet. Wednesdays at 13:30 (EST) has been set aside for pediatric intensivists.
Pediatric Anesthesia (Hospital for Sick Children)
PEDINFO: An Index of the Pediatric Internet
Harriet Lane Links; an extensive list from Johns Hopkins
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
American Academy of Pediatrics, includes
- Policy Statements
- Using the Internet for Pediatric Advocacy – A Resource Guide, from Pediatric Internet Resources
- The Pediatric Internet, by Andy Spooner (Pediatrics 1996; 98: 1185-1192)
- The Section on Critical Care
American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Surgery Update
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Emory’s MedWeb Pediatrics
ISABEL; a online pediatric differential diagnosis tool, with APLS protocols and other guidelines, from the ISABEL Medical Charity, UK. (available with free registration by health care professionals only)

General Medical Sites

Community of Science; “a collaborative network of scientists and their institutions” – see membership information for individuals or institutions
US Government Sponsored Sites
- healthfinder; the US Government’s gateway to health resources on the net
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, part of Center for Disease Control
- US Consumer Product Safety Gopher
- Food and Drug Administration, their Pediatric section; also now with MedWatch; The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
- National Institutes of Health
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- National Library of Medicine
- Social Statistics Briefing Room, The White House
Dermatlas; extensive, searchable collection of dermatology and histology images, from Johns Hopkins.
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines on the web. Compiled by Peter Sam. UCSF
Medical Computing Today; articles and links on clinical systems, education, the Internet, more
Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics; extensive lists of links on topics from Bacteria to Therapeutics, from Karolinska Institute Library
Neurosciences on the Internet
Frontiers in Bioscience: a journal, a library, and more
Physician’s Choice, with ratings and descriptions
Virtual Hospital
Healthlinks.net: a directory of selected health-related sites ($)
Yahoo Medicine
MedConnect(CME and cases)
- Now with the Internet Journal of Pediatrics (free registration required)
Medical Matrix: Internet Health Resources (excellent!) (free registration required)
American Medical Informatics Association
Managed Care Forum
Medscape (free but registration required)
Reuter’s Heath Information Service
Doctor to Doctor: International opportunities in medical education
On-Line Doctor Finder, from the American Medical Association
CiteHealth Provides reports for people researching their health care providers quality and communities at no cost.

Local Resources:

Medical Journals on the Web

Electronic Journal Index Sites:

FreeMedicalJournals.com, a compilation of links to freely available, full-text biomedical journals. From AMEDEO.
Directory of Electronic Health Sciences Journals, from Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Australia
Electronic journal services
- from the Bernard Becker Medical Library
- at Washington University School of Medicine; an example of listings of electronic journals and services available to individuals and institutions
Full Text Electronic Journals, a list with links to publishers’ sites and “third parties,” e.g., Ovid.
- From Duke University Medical Center Library.
Highwire Press’ list of free full-text journals, associated trial periods and when back issues become freely available of the journals they manage.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Research Medical Library; another alphabetical list
MedWeb: Electronic Journals and Newsletters: another extensive listing
PediatricLinx.com – an automated journal browser for pediatric articles

Third-party sites; fee-based or site license access to multiple journals from:

Pediatrics Journals

The Archives of Diseases of Childhood; full-text through July, 1999
Pediatrics Electronic Pages: full-text web publication
- from the American Academy of Pediatrics – now includes full-text of the print version for AAP members
- Also see their Collections page, listing articles by topic
The Journal of Pediatrics (contents with abstracts)
Infectious Diseases in Children
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Contemporary Pediatrics; full-text review articles free registration required with PDR.net
Journal Watch Pediatrics

Anesthesia/Critical Care Journals

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine – the first peer-reviewed scientific journal for our specialty is now online with full-text. Dr. Patrick Kochanek is the editor of PCCM and can be contacted at pccm@sccm.org
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Italian Internet Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Anesthesia
Critical Care,
- a BioMed Central journal, with full-text freely available online
Critical Care Rounds,
- from the Canadian Critical Care Society; free full-text, extensive single-topic issues.
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Update in Anesthesia
Thorax
Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Critical Care Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine (table of contents; articles by subscription)
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Anesthesia OnLine
- Also consider PubMed’s Journal Browser to view the contents (citations with abstracts as available) of the following journals directly:
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine
AMEDEO: Medical Literature Guide: Critical and Intensive Care; a free service to track new articles in selected journals relevant to critical and intensive care.

General Medical/Surgical Journals

AHRQ Web M & M; peer-reviewed, online medical journal highlighting patient safety lessons drawn from real cases of medical errors
Virtual Mentor, an AMA online ethics journal
JAMIA – Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
The Lancet
Canadian Medical Association Journal (now all full-text!)
Medicine and Global Survival
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery on the Web
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Science
The Scientist
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Postgraduate Medicine; full-text review articles
Neuroscience-Net (an entirely online journal)
Scientific American
Evidence-Based Medicine
ACP Journal Club
Medical Education Online
The New England Journal of Medicine (contents, abstracts, letters)
The New England Journal of Medicine announces their new website,
- and now allows free access to articles after six months of original publication, consistent with the call from The Public Library of Science initiative.
The Medical Journal of Australia
- is conducting an online peer review experiment
British Medical Journal (now with complete full-text access)
Including the comprehensive Guide to the Internet for Medical Practitioners
And full-text Collected Resources, such as in Adult and Pediatric Critical Care
AnesthesiaWeb; news, literature and guideline reviews, and “ask the experts” (free registration required)
MMWR
Nature and Nature Medicine
JAMA
Health Services Research
Annals of Internal Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Medical Computing Today
Annual Reviews of Biomedical Sciences
Journal of Post-Graduate Medicine; free full-text