Career News

Healthcare still hiring: Hospital employment ends summer swoon
Healthcare Finance News
Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector continued its rise in August, increasing by approximately 28,200 jobs. According to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the biggest healthcare job gains continued to be in ambulatory care services, where 16,900 jobs were added in August. Hospitals also gained jobs, adding 8,600 in August.

Illinois getting $2.8M for health care professions
Associated Press
Illinois organizations are getting $2.8 million in federal money to improve the health care work force.

Growing need for RNs motivates expansion of St. John's College
State Journal-Register
The economic downturn might have temporarily cooled the demand for nurses, but St. John’s College, the nursing school across the street from St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, is making plans for major expansion.

Silver Cross Hospital Supports Will County Workforce Development Summer Internships
For two months Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet supported the Will county Workforce Development Internship Program that is administered by the Workforce Investment Board of Will County and part of the Illinois Y.E.S. initiative program.

Northern Illinois University Holds Rural Health Careers Camp
Rural Health Careers Camp provides rural high school students with a hands-on opportunity to learn about and experience different health professions careers and to show them the opportunities available in health professions.  Students will receive information about education and training, academic requirements, financial aid, and college campus life.

Nurse Workforce Swells, Government Says
Kiplinger News
The number of registered nurses is on the rise around the country, a newgovernment survey shows. TheHealth Resources and Services Administration, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, reported last week that the number of licensed RNs grew 5 percent between 2004 and 2008. Nearly 450,000 nurses received their first American licenses during that time - a reflection of the nation's rising demand for nurses

A New Era in Nursing: Community Health and Aging Population Shift RN Employment
The fastest growing nursing jobs in coming years will require strong critical thinking skills, an ability to work independently and in coopration with other providers, an understanding of how healthcare systems work, and familiarity with the needs of older adults.

20 highest-paying jobs
CNNMoney.com
Anesthesiologists take home a median $290,000 salary annually. What other great careers from Money and PayScale.com's list of Best Jobs in America offer big paychecks?

Paris Community Hospital Introduces New Program
WTWO-TV/MyWabashValley.com 
Paris Community Hospital may be considered small, but it just made a big jump to an elite medical group. In September PCH became one of only 10 Illinois hospitals to offer a hospitalist program.

Internship program plants passion for health care field in Latino teens
Chicago Sun-Times
The 24-year-old Logan Square resident, who now attends nursing school at the University ofIllinois at Chicago, credits her introduction to Maria Rivera and subsequently her participation in Discovering Health Care Careers - a summer internship program headed by Rivera and started in 2001 by Children's Memorial in collaboration with Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Alliance to expose Latino teens to a wide range of health care careers - as the triggers for her passion for nursing.