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Application for Volunteer Service

If you are interested in sharing your time and talents as a Blessing volunteer, please complete this application, or call the Volunteer Services department at (217) 223-8400, ext. 6820. If you prefer to print and mail in your application,…

Centralized Staffing nurse earns DAISY award

Meredith Hyer RN, Centralized Staffing, became the 88th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY award during a ceremony on September 18, 2023.

Knee replacement leads woman to second career helping others in pain

Three weeks into retirement from a job she held for 31 years, 62-year-old Pam Porter decided she needed to get back to work. So, Pam got a new job – actually two of them. She was hired to do patient registration for Blessing Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Barry Werries. And her other job? “I am like a walking billboard for Dr. Werries.”

Blessing Cancer Center Raises Awareness of Cervical Cancer Prevention

January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. The Blessing Cancer Center is focused on effective treatment, early detection, and prevention of cancer. In honor of this awareness month, the Cancer Center encourages parents to speak with their family’s healthcare provider about the cancer-preventing vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV).

Blessing employees retire with a combined 79 years of service

Ann Mitchell, Patient Access Department; Kathy Boll, pharmacy technician, Brown Drug; and Tammy Haggerty, guest services representative, are retiring from Blessing Hospital.

Area patients help Blessing shape the future of rural healthcare

“When I am in the hospital, they put you in a room where you can’t open a window and you can’t get any fresh air,” she said. “I just can’t hardly stand it.”

Life changing events lead nurse to new mission

When you meet Jessica Nuebel for the first time, you could think that her 2017 breast cancer diagnosis was the driving force behind her decision to change jobs after more than 17 years, from a Blessing Hospital obstetrics and gynecology nurse to the navigator for patients of the Blessing Breast Center. Get to know Jessica a little bit better and you will discover that another life-changing event, one that occurred before her diagnosis, which set Jessica on the path that would change radically the trajectory of her career.

Pink. Pass it on in the District 5k Walk Registration

NOTE: Online registration for this event is now closed.The 19th annual Pink. Pass it on in the District 5K Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness is Saturday, October 25!The event begins at Washington Park in Quincy. Registration is open at 8:30 am, with…

Patient’s wife nominates nurse for DAISY award

Precious Thomas, RN, 3 North, became the 99th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY award during a ceremony on August 26, 2024, for her extraordinary nursing care.