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Keeping this story alive can save others

After years of sophisticated medical care, including surgeries at a children’s hospital associated with Stanford University in southern California, Madilynn’s doctor came to the decision that she needed a heart-lung transplant to live. For a number of reasons, she was not a candidate.

Blessing program helps people put the “C” in CNA

The first “class” of employees has completed the Blessing Hospital Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Training Course.

Where families caring for families: It’s a Blessing thing

Megan Ogle began her journey with Blessing Health System in 2000 as an LPN/Certified Scrub Tech in the Obstetrics Department. After earning her RN degree, she remained a devoted part of Blessed Beginnings until 2012.

New Blessing Hospital Patient Discharge Lounge opens October 15

Blessing Hospital patients who meet medical criteria will no longer have to wait in their room for a ride home. Blessing will open a new patient discharge lounge on Monday, October 15.

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) - GENERAL MEDICAL/ONCOLOGY

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $19.02 + ($2.25) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing direct care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a RN and in cooperation with other…

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) - GEN MED/HOSPITALIST/ODU

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $19.02 + ($2.25) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing direct care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a RN and in cooperation with other…

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) - CENTRALIZED STAFFING

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $19.02 + ($2.25) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing direct care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a RN and in cooperation with other…

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) - CENTRALIZED STAFFING

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $19.02 + ($2.25) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL IF APPLICABLE JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing direct care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a RN and in cooperation with other…

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).

Pandemic (and a phone call) lead nurse back to Blessing

During my first day of orientation, I could barely contain myself. Maureen Kahn, president and chief executive officer of Blessing Health System and Blessing Hospital, discussed how the health system did not lay off one employee because of the pandemic. That just blew me away. I was almost in tears. They knew it would hurt their bottom dollar. They did it anyway, without question.