Bothwell Foundation to host ‘What Your Mama Never Told You’ event Oct. 16

Registration due by Oct. 10 The Bothwell Foundation’s Community Relations committee will host its fourth “What Your Mama Never Told You” event just for women at 7 pm Oct. 16 at The Venue in Sedalia. The free evening is another opportunity for women to hear information and ask questions about health topics important to them.…

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Physician Assistant joins Bothwell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Cade Chiles, PA

Cade Chiles, a certified physician assistant (PA), has joined Bothwell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and is now seeing patients in the clinic and assisting in surgery. A Warsaw native, Chiles earned a bachelor’s degree in Health Science from the University of Missouri in Columbia and recently completed a master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from…

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Nurse-midwives provide care for women of all ages

Cassie Caedo, DNP, CNM and Brittany Freeman, DNP, CNM

When you hear the word “midwife,” many people immediately think of childbirth, and that’s understandable. However, midwives can see patients in an office setting for many different reasons as well as deliver babies in the hospital. In fact, the word midwife comes from Old English and literally means “with women.” It is a role with…

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Family medicine physician joins Bothwell Family Medicine Associates

Alexandra Cooke, DO

Alexandra Cooke, DO, a board-certified family medicine physician, has joined Bothwell Family Medicine Associates and is now seeing patients of all ages. Cooke provides full-spectrum primary care including prenatal, obstetric and pediatric services, as well as women’s health, mental health, geriatric care and chronic disease management. She received her medical degree at Des Moines University…

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Bothwell Regional Health Center to offer free Stop the Bleed class

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a Stop the Bleed class free to the community on Friday, Oct. 10. The goal of STOP THE BLEED® is to train and equip bystanders to use medically proven bleeding control practices to stop severe blood loss. The person next to a bleeding victim may very well be the…

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Bothwell Foundation to host forum on sustaining local health care

The Bothwell Foundation will host Bothwell & the Bottom Line: What It Takes to Keep Care Local, a free forum for community members to learn about the financial landscape at Bothwell Regional Health Center and what it takes to maintain access to local health care. The event will take place at 5:30 pm Wednesday, Oct.…

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Grateful Sedalia woman thanks Bothwell’s emergency team for life-saving care

A Sedalia woman recently returned to Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Emergency Department (ED) with a bouquet of flowers and a grateful heart for the nurse she says helped save her husband’s life. Joni Hughes’ husband, Steve, came to the ED late on a Saturday night with heart issues and was stabilized and transferred to another…

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Bothwell Foundation to offer support seminar for caregivers Sept. 23

The Bothwell Foundation will host Prepared to Care: Support & Resources for Caregivers, a free seminar designed to assist individuals who are currently caring for a loved one or preparing to take on a caregiving role. The event will take place at 5:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 23 in Community Room C at the Heckart Community…

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Grief support group beginning Sept. 23 offers guidance for navigating loss

Bothwell Regional Health Center is offering an eight-week grief support group beginning Sept. 23 to help people process loss in a welcoming and compassionate setting. The group meets Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9 pm at Bothwell Hospital and is facilitated by Chaplain Rob Ayers, a certified grief recovery specialist. Grief can be a difficult and…

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Mergen receives prestigious nursing award

Bothwell Regional Health Center recently presented its latest DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Mattie Mergen. The DAISY Award is for patients and their families to nominate nurses who give outstanding, compassionate and skillful care. Mergen is a Registered Nurse (RN) in the hospital’s Critical Care Unit (CCU); she was nominated by Ramona Mefford, a…

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