NUR 103 
Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice
 Clinical Agencies
 

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 The clinical sites for NUR 103 are listed below.  The directions are from the general area of the school to the site. If you are going to be absent, call the nursing office at 635-1720.
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Presbyterian Home, McGaw Health Care Center, 3200 Grant Street, Evanston.  Tel= (847) 492-4840; Wear your uniform.  Be there at 7:30.
- Take Golf Road east, past Skokie Blvd. to Crawford Ave.  Turn left (north) on Crawford.  Turn right (east) on Grant St.  You will see tennis courts on your right.  Turn right into the parking lot after the tennis court and park in the spaces to your left.  Meet the instructor in the lobby of the McGaw Health Care Center.  The building is labeled.  It is on your right as you enter the driveway off of Grant Street.***Older Adult Setting 

Covenant Village 2625 Techny, Northbrook, Tel =  (847)480-6350 
Wear your uniform.  Be there at 7:30.
-Take Willow or Lake Ave. to Pfingsten (It is west of Waukegan Rd).  Go north on Pfingsten.  Turn right on Techny (first light north of Willow).  You will see Covenant Village on your right about 1/2 block from Pfingsten, right after the YMCA.  Meet your instructor  in the lobby.  ***Older Adult Setting 

The Moorings, 811 E Central Rd, Arlington Heights, Tel= 364-2435 
Wear your uniform.  Be there at 7:30.
Take Central about 1 mile west of Northwest Highway. It is on the south side of the street.  The entrance has a white wooden fence.  Stop at the guard house and ask for directions to the health center.  (Turn right at the second street and you will see it on your left.)  Park in the parking lot near the health center or across the street from it. Meet your instructor in the entrance to the health center.***Older Adult Setting 

Des Plaines Head Start located at Maryville Educational Center, 1170 N. River Rd., Des Plaines  Tel = (847) 298-1130 Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Be there at 7:30.
-Take Golf Rd west to River Rd.  Go north (right) past Central Rd.  You will see a blue sign on the west side of the street that says Maryville Educational Center.  Turn left (west) at that sign onto Providence St.  The first building on your right is the Hanley Development Center.  The Head Start program is located there.  Meet the instructor inside the entrance. 
***Pediatric Setting 

Holy Family Hospital Child Care Center in Holy Family Hospital on the corner of Golf Rd and River Rd in Des Plaines.  Tel= 847-297-1800 ext 1700Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Be there at 7:30.
From Oakton Community College, go west on Golf Rd.  Turn right or north on River Rd.  Turn left into the parking lot at Nazareth Rd (first traffic light).  Follow the driveway and turn left into the parking lot.  You will see a sign that says "Drop Off Area" next to one of the buildings.  This sign is next to the door of  the child care center.  Meet your instructor at the door.  Don't be late!
***Pediatric Setting

Palatine Head Start, 721 S. Quentin in the Township building, Palatine IL
Make sure you go to the Head Start Classroom, not the Day Care.  Meet your instructor in the lobby of the Township building.Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Be there at 8:00.  From Oakton, go west on Golf Rd to Algonquin Rd.  Turn right on Algonquin Rd.  Then turn right on Quentin Rd. Keep going past Euclid. The Township building is on the corner of Quentin and Illinois St.    ***Pediatric Setting 

Community Child Care Center of Palatine Township (through Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois), 721 S. Quentin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067. Tel= 847-991-1031
Make sure you go to the child care center, not the head start program.  When facing the building, the child care center is on the left.  Meet your instructor inside the front door.  Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred. No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.)  Be there at 8:00.  From Oakton College, go west on Golf Road to Algonquin Road.  Turn right on Algonquin Rd.  Then turn right on Quentin Road.  Keep going past Euclid.  The bulding is on the corner of Quentin and Illinois Streets.  ***Pediatric Setting

The Heritage, 800 South River Road, Des Plaines, IL.  Tel= 847-294-0128
Wear uniform.  Be there at 7:30. From Oakton College, go west on Golf Road.  Turn left or south on River Road.  Go past Miner Street and you will see the building on your right.  Park on the street.  Meet your instructor in the lobby.  ***Older Adult Setting

Public Housing- Arlington Heights, 215 West Miner St., Arlington Heights, 60005
Wear your uniform.  Be there at 8:30. From Oakton, go west on Golf Road.  Turn right on Route 12 (Rand Road).  Turn left on Euclid Avenue.  Turn left on North Vail Ave.  Turn right on West Wing Street.  Turn right on South Highland Ave. Arrive at 215 W. Miner St.  ** Adult Setting

Christopher House- 2507 N. Greenview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Be there at 8:00.  Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred. No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.  From Oakton, take 294 south to the Kennedy Expressway (I-90 east).  Exit at Fullerton Ave (exit 47A).  Turn left (east) off the ramp onto Fullerton Ave.  Turn Left on Greenview Ave.  You will see the building  on your right.  Park on the street.  Car pool with other people in your section if possible because parking is limited.  ***Pediatric Setting

Hanover Park Head Start, 7421 Astor, Hanover Park. Tel= 630-736-5863
Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Meet in the nursing lab at school at 7:30 am.  We will have preconference there and then go together to the clinical site.
From Oakton, go west  on Golf Rd about 12 miles to Barrington Rd.  Turn left on Barrington Rd and drive about 3 miles to Irving Park Rd.  Turn right on Irving Park Rd.  After about one mile, turn left on McKool Ave.  Turn left on Briarwood Ave.  Turn right on Astor Ave. ***Pediatric Setting

Prospect Heights Head Start, Prospect Heights Community Church, 400 N. Elmhurst Rd., Prospect Heights.  Tel= (847) 342-9772 Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Be there at 8:00. 
From Oakton, go west on Golf Rd.  Turn right  or northwest on Rand Rd.  Turn right or north on Elmhurst Rd.  It is in the Prospect Heights Community Church on the west side of the street. ***Pediatric Setting

Oakton Arms, 1665 Oakton Place, Des Plaines.  Tel= (847) 827-4200
Wear your uniform.  Be there at 7:30.
From Oakton, go west on Golf.  Turn left or south on River Rd.  Turn right or west on Oakton Street.  Turn left or south on Oakton Place.  ***Older Adult site
 

Henrich House, 1301 Ashland Ave., Des Plaines.  Tel= 299-6200
Wear your uniform.  Be there at 8:30.
Take Golf Rd. west to River Rd.  Turn left or south on River. Stay on River Rd past Miner St.  Turn right on Ashland.  The Henrich House will be on your left.  Park in the lot on the right across the street from the Henrich House.  Your instructor will meet you in the lobby.
***Adult Setting

Wheeling Tower, 200 N. Milwaukee Ave.,Wheeling.  Tel= (847) 520-4370 Wear your uniform.  Be there at 8:30.
-Take Milwaukee Ave north.  It is just past Milwaukee and Dundee Rd. on the west side of the street.
***Adult Setting 

Homeless Connections, 607 Lake Street, Evanston. Tel= 475-7070
From Oakton, go east Golf.  Turn right on Milwaukee.  Turn left on Dempster and go east to Chicago Ave.  Turn left on Chicago.  Homeless Connections is in the church on the northwest corner of Lake St and Chicago.  Facing the church, go to the right, between the church and the building next to it.  There is a door on the wall near the back of the church.  Meet your instructor there. Wear street clothes. (Business Casual.  Slacks preferred.  No jeans or dirty tennis shoes.) Be there at 6:45 am. (We will finish early.) ***adult setting
 

Lutheran Home, 800 W Oakton, Arlington Heights.  Tel= (847) 368-7393 (Wellness Nurse) Wear your uniform.  Be there at 7:30.
-Take Golf Rd west to River Rd.  Turn left (south) on River Rd.  Turn right  (west) on Northwest Highway (called Minor St in Des Plaines).  Turn right (north) on Wilke.  Turn right (east) on Oakton. Turn left on Kennicott. Turn right into the employee parking lot.  Meet your instructor in the lobby of Hearthstone- the assisted living building. ***Older Adult Setting
 
 
 
 

 

 
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Last update 09/03/02