Blessing opens retail pharmacy for patient convenience and compliance
Blessing Hospital has opened a retail pharmacy within the hospital to increase the chances patients will take the medication their provider has prescribed.
read moreBlessing Hospital has opened a retail pharmacy within the hospital to increase the chances patients will take the medication their provider has prescribed.
read moreA young woman recently came to the Blessing Cancer Center for her treatment and left with two tickets to Hawaii – courtesy of Make-A-Wish Illinois.
read moreHelen Zimmerman, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development, Blessing Hospital, retired on July 1 after 29 years of service.
read moreAfter 28 hours of labor with her first child, Elyn, Chelsey Graham did not reach the point where she could push, and underwent a C-section. “That was never part of the plan,” Chelsey said. “Of course, I don’t think many people plan to have surgery at the last minute. But that’s what happened,” Graham said.
read moreDustin Day moved his family – teen-age daughter and wife – from southern California to Palmyra, MO, to be closer to his wife’s family. The move had some unexpected benefits for Dustin including saving his life.
read moreFor stroke patients, receiving proper care as quickly as possible can be the difference between life and death, or life with a permanent disability. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has confirmed Blessing Hospital delivers stroke care that meets or exceeds national standards by awarding it with Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS recognition for 2022.
read moreBrenda Blickhan, Hospice, Nurse Practitioner, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from the Norman ‘Baldy’ Arnold family. The Blessing Foundation presented the Who’s Your Angel award on June 17.
read moreSomething powerful took place in the Blessing Hospital Emergency Center recently. It didn’t have to do with medicine. It was about faith.
read moreJessica Nuebel, MSN, RN, breast center navigator, Blessing Breast Center, has earned Breast Health Clinical Navigator status after meeting the requirements of the National Consortium of Breast Centers.
read moreThe Blessing Cancer Center has been selected as one of 51 study locations worldwide participating in a new metastatic breast cancer clinical trial. Metastatic cancer has traveled to other parts of the body from its site of origination. It is estimated that 20-30 percent of all breast cancer cases will become metastatic. The clinical trial is studying the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of a first-of-its-kind medication, Enobosarm.
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