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Rehabilitation Services

Blessing’s comprehensive rehabilitation program offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient therapy services, so you can find expert care close to home. Our experienced speech, occupational and physical therapists partner with our board-certified…

How a Conversation Between Strangers Saved a War Veteran's Life

A telephone call from a fellow veteran (but a complete stranger) helped convince Jim Nauert to go through with a lifesaving heart procedure.

Care Coordination staffer earns recognition

Tara Althoff, behavioral health consultant, Care Coordination, became the hospital’s 29th Honey Bee Award winner during a presentation on March 16.

CNA goes extra mile for dying patient; earns Honey Bee award

Progressive Care Unit CNA Amber Hudnut clocked out after work, but did not go home as most employees would. On this day she went to the bedside of a dying patient.

There is no place like home

Meet two 20-something Pike County, IL, natives who represent everything that is right with healthcare today and inspire a healthy dose of hope for a future.

Patient and nurse connect on a spiritual level, leading to DAISY award

Stormy Leazer, RN, and a patient she cared for believed a higher power brought them together. This exceptional bond led to Stormy receiving Blessing’s 118th DAISY award.

Hospice nurse earns DAISY Award

Keaton Dieker, RN, Blessing Hospice & Palliative Care, became the 68th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on February 9, 2022.

Blessing cardiothoracic surgery nurse practitioner earns advanced certification

Andrea Leone, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blessing Hospital, has earned Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner national certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is also a certified Family Nurse Practitioner.

ODU staffer earns Honey Bee award

Kourtni Shankland, certified nurse assistant, Gen Med/Hospitalist/ODU, earned Blessing Hospital’s 60th Honey Bee award during a surprise presentation on October 5, 2023

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.