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Man discovers age doesn’t have to hurt
James Allan Olson thought what was happening to his body was natural, the results of aging. He was in his 70s, weighed 275 pounds, was diabetic, had high blood pressure, sleep apnea, edema (swelling) in his legs, was feeling tired all the time and often short of breath.
Centralized Staffing RN Earns Who's Your Angel Award
Amanda Childress, RN, Centralized Staffing and Wayland Mutter, Intensivist, QMG, Blessing Intensive Care Unit, received Who’s Your Angel nominations from Will Spear and family. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel awards on January 11.
Medical Oncology nurse earns DAISY Award
Ashley McCaughey, RN, 6 North/Medical Oncology, became the 65th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on October 26, 2021.
Illini Community Hospital seems to have the secret to success for RN recruitment
The Illini Community Hospital RN pipeline is primed and pumping. The nursing staff consists of no less than 13 registered nurses, Pike County natives, who have professionally “grown up” in the hospital.
Publications
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Support Groups
We encourage you to contact support group organizers in advance if you have questions.Addiction/Substance AbuseAddicts VictoriousMeets each Tuesday from 7-8 p.m. at Horizons in Quincy (224 S. 8th). The Women's Group meets each Thursday from 4-5…
Volunteer group makes final payment on $250,000 pledge
The Blessing Volunteers in Partnership (BVIP), a volunteer group at Blessing Hospital that supports health related causes, has made its final payment on a $250,000 pledge that helped build the Teresa Adams House in Quincy, and made the last pledge payment considerably earlier than expected.
Blessing Health psychiatrist earns statewide award
Daniel Boeder, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Blessing Health, recently received the 2024 Jay G. Hirsch Memorial Award sponsored by the Illinois Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Blessing Hospital Opens New Operating Rooms
Blessing Hospital is prepared to meet the region’s surgical needs into the future with the completion of its year-long Surgical Services expansion project. A hybrid operating room hosted its first procedure on February 27 and the new multipurpose operating room opened on February 14.