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One nurse’s journey to the bedside: “I wish I would have done it earlier”

Bev Armstrong’s path to a nursing career began late in life, with the arrival of her granddaughter. Born in Keokuk, Iowa, with a hematoma, the baby was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit in Iowa City.

Emergency Communications Registered Nurse

This program prepares the emergency department registered professional nurse to function as an Emergency Communications RN in the Quincy Area EMS System. The ECRN will be expected to coordinate appropriate treatment and medical orders to…

Air Evac Membership

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Blessing Health System 2020 Annual Report

Click here to view the Blessing Health System 2020 Annual Report. Physicist Stephen Hawking once said, Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. Based on that observation, the lives of each member of the Blessing Health…

Behavioral therapist helps patient find hope, earns ICARE award

Terry Henry’s ability to connect with a suicidal patient led to his nomination for and receipt of an ICARE Award for Excellence.

Donation is music to the ears of Blessing patients

Music can have a positive influence on the body, mind and spirit. A gift from a Quincy couple will enhance that effect for inpatients on Blessing Hospital’s three behavioral health units.

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 nurse earns DAISY Award

Molly Waterkotte, RN, BSN, Blessing Hospital, became the 26th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award.

“Quincy girl” helps deliver an award-winner

Janet Kayser-Shirrell is a dreamer. She grew up at 14th and Adams in Quincy. A favorite activity of young Janet was bike riding to her grandparent’s home on the north side of town and crossing Quincy’s most famous street on the way.