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Nursing Excellence

A Message From Our Chief Nursing Officer Nurses at Blessing Hospital have been providing exceptional nursing care to patients and families for over 125 years.…

Blessing Hospital receives national recognition for stroke care

Blessing Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.

EpicCare Link

Blessing Health System + EpicCare Link EpicCare Link is a secure, web-based portal that connects healthcare providers to patient information stored in Blessing Health System’s electronic health record (EHR). EpicCare Link helps providers across…

Blessing Cancer Center retains national accreditation

The Blessing Cancer Center has again earned accreditation from The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons, as the result of a recent survey. Blessing Hospital has held CoC accreditation since 1966.

Woman calls unique breast health service a lifesaver

Some people call it junk mail. It’s unsolicited material from businesses and organizations that can be aggravating at times as it clutters a home mailbox. Katie Thomure believes one of those mailings saved her life.

Nurse practitioner providing specialized care to premature babies at Blessing Hospital

One in ten babies in the United States is born prematurely, according to the March of Dimes. Prematurity can cause problems for babies throughout their lives. Until recently, most premature babies born at Blessing Hospital were transferred to a neonatal unit in Springfield, Illinois or St. Louis, Missouri. That is changing now that Lacy Nichols, APRN, NNP, is on the job as Blessing Health’s neonatal nurse practitioner.

Blessing Care Coordination department earns maximum national accreditation

Blessing Health System’s Care Coordination Department has earned the maximum three-year Case Management Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Blessing-Rieman College retains national accreditation; sees enrollment increase

Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences has earned reaccreditation for a 10-year period from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC.)

The power of mammograms - Sorry moms, sometimes daughters know best

It takes a while to admit it, sometimes many years, but most of us eventually realize that we learned valuable life lessons from our parents.

One Day Surgery nurse delivers for cancer patient

Abby Safar, RN, Surgical Services/Post Anesthesia Care Unit, made it her mission for her patient to receive the care he came for – no matter what it took. That passion and determination made her the latest ICARE award recipient, for Compassion, on January 30, 2025.