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An Illinois CNA program runs 120 hours, split into 62 classroom hours, 18 lab hours, and 40 clinical hours. A 12-hour dementia-specific module and 4 hours of CPR training sit on top of that base, so a full program doesn't stop at the 120-hour mark.

Full practice authority doesn't come from clearing just one condition. Illinois asks for 250 hours of education and 4,000 hours of clinical practice, both at once. Even then, the authority has edges. Surgery is excluded outright, and anesthesia is limited to local anesthesia.

Yes, on the drugs most likely to raise a flag. An Illinois APRN with full practice authority can prescribe benzodiazepines or Schedule II narcotic drugs only in a consultation relationship with a physician, and the two of them have to discuss the patient's condition at least monthly. That prescription doesn't clear without it.