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Positivity and high-tech care help woman battle history, habits and cancer
It would be easy to say Robin Boernson should have known better. Her mother and five aunts were smokers and each died of lung cancer, her mother at age 54.
ICU nurse earns DAISY award
Tana Logue, RN, Intensive Care Unit, became the 83rd Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY award during a ceremony on April 23, 2023.
Respiratory therapy team chooses its top performer for the year
Dakota Nuyen, registered respiratory therapist, Blessing Hospital, received the 2024 RT Excellence award based on her nomination by a coworker Desiree Singh.
New heart procedure reduces stroke risk and fear
Talk with Jim Waterkotte for a while and you know he is one of a kind. But not in every way. Jim had taken a blood thinner for 10 years. So do as many as three million people each year in the United States. Jim took the blood thinner to control life-threatening clotting associated with his heart’s abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (Afib).
Discharge planner earns Honey Bee award
Amy Rainbolt, inpatient discharge planner, Inpatient Care Coordination, received Blessing Hospital’s 42nd Honey Bee award during a presentation on April 11, 2022.
PCA earns Honey Bee Award
Rachel Trowbridge, patient care assistant, Centralized Staffing, became the 15th Blessing Hospital support staff member to receive the Honey Bee Award during a surprise presentation recently.
Patient has a soft spot in his heart for Blessing Home Care
For most of his 78 years, Gary Vogel says his health has been, “generally, really good.”
Surgeon presents free educational seminar on arthritis
Blessing Health orthopedic surgeon and joint revision specialist Sean Moroze, MD, will discuss the causes of arthritis and available surgical treatments during free educational presentations in Hannibal on Tuesday November 5, and on Thursday, November 7 in Quincy.
Special trip allows couple to “leave their diagnoses at home”
The first snowflakes have fallen. All we have left of the summer of 2022 is fond memories. Patrick and April Folweiler of New London, MO, may have the most special memories of any of us.
Surgical nurse’s ability to connect with special needs patients earns DAISY Award
Illini Community Hospital registered nurse Lexy Ghrist says watching her best friend raise a child with Down Syndrome shaped her approach to nursing. It also led her to receive an international DAISY Award.