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Women and Children unit RN earns DAISY award

Brogan McCutchan, RN, Women and Children unit, became the 77th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on October 25, 2022.

Anesthesiologist Earns Who's Your Angel Award

Quincy Anesthesia Associate’s Joseph Leonardi, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from patient Vicki McCarty and her daughter Erica Carmean. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel award on December 18.

Women & Children Unit CNA earns Honey Bee award

Latoryia “Tory” Gay, CNA, Women & Children Unit, became Blessing Hospital’s 47th Honey Bee award winner during a presentation on August 17.

The Experience is Part of the Care We Deliver

There is an item on the To-Do List of Blessing Health System employees that is not on most other lists—making true human connections with each person served every day.

Proper nutrition to decrease breast cancer risk

Nutrition is a modifiable risk factor that if guidelines are followed can decrease breast cancer risk tremendously.

Blessing Health System offers new lab testing options for patients with weakened immune systems

While COVID-19 can infect anyone, people with weakened immune systems are at a high risk to contract the virus. For that reason, Blessing Health System offers new options for patients with weakened immune systems to get regular lab work they may need.

New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Adams County, Illinois

On April 28, 2020 the Adams County Health Department announces six new cases of COVID-19 in Adams County. We are also removing one previously reported case, whose residency was determined to be out of our jurisdiction. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 39.

Blessing nurses ace TNS certification exam

First it was the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing’s May 2020 graduates exceeding the NCLEX pass rate by nearly nine percentage points. Now, 10 Blessing Hospital nurses have demonstrated their academic and clinical expertise by achieving a 100% pass rate on their first attempt at passing the Illinois Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) examination.

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.”

This is not your typical “first-ever” surgery

The words printed on Marla Harper’s shirt said it all, “Think Happy Thoughts.” A week from the day she wore the shirt, Marla would have a mastectomy. In her 68 years of life, this would be her first surgery.