2026 Nurses Day at the Capitol

Nurses Day at the Capitol 2026: Advocate and Impact Healthcare Policy

Join us for a pivotal day of advocacy! Nurses from all backgrounds are invited to unite at the Nurses Day at the Capitol. This vital annual event serves as a platform for you to engage directly with key health policy issues and voice your perspectives to shape the future of nursing.

Throughout the day, you'll have the unique opportunity to:

• Learn about the 2065 Legislative Priorities for nursing
• Hear from a panel of Nurses running for the Illinois House and Senate.
• Discuss critical issues with legislators in Springfield or your local district offices.
• Network during a complimentary lunch before heading to the Capitol to engage with elected officials personally.

Why Participate?

• Educate yourself and others on state health policy impacting nursing practice, education, and healthcare delivery.
• Advocate for your profession and community; the demand for nurse-led advocacy is at an all-time high.
• Earn 3.0 contact hours upon successful completion of the event requirements.

Make Your Voice Heard! This is your chance to influence healthcare policy and ensure that nursing views are integral in legislative discussions. Join us at the Capitol and stand for nurses across Illinois!

Registration Refund and Cancellation Policy

Refunds: Refunds on paid registrations will be issued for written cancellation requests received via email at jessica@sysconsultingsolutions.com.   A $75 administrative fee for registrants or a $25 administrative fee for student registration will be charged for refunds.

• A full refund, less administrative fee, will be issued for requests received no later than Monday, March 2nd.

• Fifty percent (50%) of the registration fee, less the administration fee, will be issued for cancellations between March 2 and March 22nd.

• NO Refunds will be issued after Monday, March 23rd.

• Returned Checks: An administrative fee of $35 will be charged for all checks returned to ANA-Illinois for insufficient funds.

No Shows: If you do not cancel in writing to ANA-Illinois and do not attend, you still are responsible for payment.

REGISTRATION INDICATES THE REGISTRANT'S AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING POLICIES

ANA-Illinois Event Policies

General Policies

• The recording and/or transmission of the Event in any format is strictly prohibited.

• All individuals and/or entities are strictly prohibited from electronically recording the Event.

• ANA-Illinois, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to modify the Event.

Consent Clause

By registering and participating in activities, which include sharing pictures with ANA-Illinois or tagging the Event in social media, the registrant consents to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant’s image, likeness, comments, or voice in both live and on-demand reproduction of the Event. Further, registrant consents to ANA-Illinois and its affiliates, employees, contractors and assigns use of any and all such image, likeness, comments, voice, videos in which registrant has participated, and any reproductions thereof, as well as registrant’s name, quotations from a verbal interview in whole or in part, in any manner ANA-Illinois, may deem proper, for any purpose, including without limitation commercial purposes. Registration may also include technology that monitors the registrant’s activities at the Event.

Code of Conduct

ANA-Illinois values the participation of each attendee and desires for all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of different backgrounds. Attendees are solely responsible for their actions.

ANA-Illinois will not tolerate harassment of any kind, including, but not limited to, harassment based on ethnicity, religion, disability, physical appearance, gender, or sexual orientation. This policy applies to all participants and attendees of all ANA-Illinois events. Harassment includes, without limitation, offensive gestures, verbal and written comments, deliberate intimidation, and sustained disruption of talks or other events. Attendees requested to cease harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately, and failure to comply may serve as grounds for removal from the Event.

When notified of individuals engaging in harassing behavior, ANA-Illinois, at its sole discretion, may take any action it deems appropriate, ranging from a simple warning to expulsion from current and/or future ANA-Illinois meetings, conferences, and events. Decisions to ban individuals from future events are the sole discretion of ISAPN.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact the organizer by email at susan@sysconsultingsolutions.com.

Cancellation Policies

ANA-Illinois reserves the right to cancel or postpone any or all Event-related activities due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of ANA-Illinois, which includes, without limitation, computer-related attacks, hacking, earthquakes, governmental regulation, fire, flood, labor difficulties, civil disorder, public health crisis, or acts of terrorism and acts of God (“Force Majeure Events”).