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VBAC

VBAC stands for vaginal birth after cesarean. Sometimes also called TOLAC, or trial of labor after a cesarean, VBAC is an option at Blessing Hospital for women who are eligible. Why choose VBAC? Women who have previously had a C-Section may…

Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

When a medical condition affects how you move, speak or feel, the impact on your daily life can be huge. To help you maximize your potential so you can live the fullest life possible, Blessing Hospital provides speech and lymphedema therapy on an…

Microtia

A condition that causes children to be born with small, deformed or missing ears. Microtia Patients with microtia are born with an unformed or unusually shaped ear. This condition can be part…

New graduate receives DAISY Award

Blessing Health System to assume ownership of Keokuk Area Hospital

Control of Keokuk Area Hospital in southeast Iowa will be transferred from current parent company, UnityPoint Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Blessing Health System of Quincy, Illinois, effective March 1.

How One Blanket Warms An Entire Family

Blessing Hospice hosts the “Memory Bear” program, making items including stuffed bears and pillows for their families out of textile items that belonged to their loved one.

New graduate receives DAISY Award

McKenna Uplinger, RN, 2 North, who joined the Blessing Hospital nursing staff after graduating from John Wood Community College’s nursing program in May 2019, became the 49th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on March 4.

Blessing Health System President honored

Maureen A. Kahn, RN, MHA, MSN, president/chief executive officer, Blessing Health System, has received two honors.

Shoulder Injuries

Your shoulder has the greatest range of motion of all the joints in your body. For this reason, your shoulders are more vulnerable to injuries like tears when you participate in certain sports, like tennis or baseball, or have a job that requires…

Article written by Blessing nurses published

Two Blessing Hospital nurses co-authored an article that has been featured in the online publication, Nursing Management.