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Heart Valve Disease

Your heart has 4 valves. These valves ensure that blood flows properly through the heart to the rest of your body. When you have heart valve disease, one or more of the valves does not work as it should. Heart Valve Disease …

Blessing-Rieman nursing students inducted into international honor society

Quincy, IL – More than 20 nursing students and a community leader were recently inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) as members of the Pi Pi chapter at Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences in Quincy, Illinois. The new members joined 128 other students and nurse leaders in the chapter.

When a healer needs healing

The Central School District in Adams County, Illinois, holds an annual Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Each year for the past 10 years, Jenny Hetzler, school nurse, attended the event in case her services were needed by any participating students.

Health Information Exchange at Blessing Health System

What is a Health Information Exchange (HIE)?Health Information Exchange (HIE) allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health care professionals and payers who participate in the exchange to electronically access and share a patient’s vital medical…

Maternity nurse receives DAISY Award

Macy Waterkotte, RN, Blessed Beginnings/Obstetrics, became the 50th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on May 27, 2020.

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA)/ STUDENT NURSING ASSISTANT (SNA) - GEN MED/HOSPITALIST/ODU

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $16.24 + ($2.00) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE STUDENT NURSING ASSISTANT/PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $15.92 + ($2.00) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE JOB…

Facing a mother’s worst fear with a strong will and great team

National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month: Gianna Capaccioli’s parents were surprised by one person who came to their hospital room in the hours after their daughter’s birth - Arshad R. Muzaffar, MD, FACS, FAAP, Blessing Health’s board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon.

Blessing Hospital retains Primary Stroke Center status

Blessing Hospital has been recertified as a nationally-recognized Primary Stroke Center. The recertification affirms the hospital’s readiness and ability to provide the highest quality stroke-related healthcare, which includes diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and education.

What should a prostate cancer screening include and when should screening begin?

Some providers do a blood test called a Prostate Specific Antigen test only (PSA). If a man’s PSA level trends up over time, it could be an indication of prostate cancer. Other providers order a PSA test and conduct a digital rectal exam (DRE). Blessing Health board-certified urologist William Severino, feels both tests deliver the most complete picture.

New level of care available to critically ill patients at Blessing Hospital

Patients experiencing severe heart or respiratory failure, or both, have access to a new level of care at Blessing Hospital through Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation technology, or ECMO for short.