Illinois jumped to the No. 2 spot on WalletHub’s yearly list of the best states for nurses!   Washington state was at the top of the rankings, which accounted for 14 nursing measures, such as pay, job openings and number of facilities per capita.

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UIS will implement a pre-nursing living-learning community for students in the fall of 2016 in Founders Residence Hall (FRH). The living-learning community will be in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) nursing program.

Within the nursing program, students can study for two years at UIS and then can sign up with the UIC nursing program. If accepted, students will complete the program with the remaining two years within the UIC nursing program, while remaining at UIS.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A partnership between University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Springfield and Memorial Health System is aiming to fix a local nursing shortage.

We're told there are hundreds of nurses needed in central Illinois hospitals and their importance cannot be overlooked.

Nurses are the unsung heroes of the hospital. They provide 90 percent of patients’ needs.

Hometown: Belleville, IllinoisMajor: CommunicationFuture Plans: Earn a master’s degree

Hometown: Aurora, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: DeVry Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science, Telecommunications Management

Graduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois at Springfield, Master of Arts, Environmental Studies with a concentration in Sustainable Development and Policy