Quincy native Lucas Hugenberg improving the health of our communities one patient at a time.

“I like to see the progress we can make together. I delve in to what is making them sick and find a way to help. I enjoy seeing patients get better, leave the hospital and continue to enjoy their lives.”

After doing that at Blessing Hospital as a bedside registered nurse, Lucas decided to expand his ability to help by earning his doctorate degree and becoming a nurse practitioner.

“As a bedside nurse I was implementing treatment plans. I grew to want to assist doctors in developing the treatment plans for patients and help improve lives in that way.  The nurse practitioner role allows me to have a different type of impact.”

Lucas’s reward comes when a patient or a patient’s family member thanks him for the care he provided.

“It’s reassuring, telling me that I am in the right profession and doing the right thing for my patients.”

Lucas also serves in another way – as a captain in the Illinois Army National Guard.

In his spare time, this husband and father enjoys hunting, trapshooting, yard work and gardening and helping on the family farm.