Chicago Nursing Today

Vicki A. Keough, PhD, RN-BC, ACNP

Chicago Nursing Today Editor Diana Mirel spoke with the new Dean of Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (SON) to find what's ahead for the School of Nursing and the challenges facing nursing education today.

Edward Hospital nurses Geri Thayer, RN (left) and Lisa Winston, RN (right) join Chief Nursing Officer Patti Ludwig-Beymer, PhD, RN, CTN, NEA-BC, FAAN, in the celebrating Edward’s Magnet re-designation

The hospital is one of only two percent of hospitals that receive Magnet re-designation.

Denise Griggs, RN (left) and Precious Williams, LPN (right)

Two Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurses are honored at the 22nd annual event.

A patient in a new bed in the hosptial's neuro ICU

Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center recently acquired new bed technology for patients its neuro intensive care unit

Lynn Wagner, RN, MS, NEA-BC

Lynn Wagner, RN, MS, NEA-BC, brings 27 years of nursing experience to the hospital.

A rendering of the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital's modernization

The Hinsdale Village Board approved plans for the $75 million project.

Janice Phillips, RN, PhD, FAAN, Governor Pat Quinn and breast cancer survivor and advocate Angela Walker

Janice Phillips, RN, PhD, FAAN, was honored for her contribution to the Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities Act

Jennie Aguina RN, APCM, shows volunteer nurses Rosemary Waitkus and Darlene Downery, computers for charting notes, as Jacque Rohaly- Davis, MS, APN, AOCN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, oversees the retired nurses’ training

A retired nurse gives back to a profession that was always good to her.

Judy Whinfrey

Hewitt Associates and Central DuPage Hospital remember Judith A. Whinfrey

NMH nurses (from left to right) MaryEllen Downey, Kara Trosper and Colleen Hermanek with Chicago Cubs Micah Hoffpauir and Jim Adduci, and oncology patients Suzanne Abbott and Diana Dean.

Patients "grinned from ear to ear" at the chance to meet favorite players