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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Learn life-saving skills in a day; next CPR/AED class Sept. 20

Bothwell Regional Health Center will host Community CPR/AED and First Aid courses on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Bothwell Education Center, located at 600 E. 14th St. The CPR/AED session runs from 8 am to 12:30 pm and covers how to administer CPR to adults, children and infants, as well as how to use an…

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Bothwell and SFCC partner to grow nursing workforce

Bothwell Regional Health Center and State Fair Community College (SFCC) are collaborating on a program to help address the region’s nursing shortage by providing a tuition-paid path for students pursuing a Practical Nursing (PN) degree or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) at SFCC while working at Bothwell. Through the partnership, Bothwell covers the cost of…

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From the clinic to the sidelines: Helping families stay healthy

Dalton Lohsandt, MD

Has it been a while since you’ve seen a doctor? Do you have joint pains or a new injury? Would you like to be more active? Perhaps you have questions about general care or health care screenings.  I’m Dr. Dalton Lohsandt, a board-certified family and sports medicine physician with Bothwell Family Medicine. My clinic just…

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Family medicine physician joins Bothwell Family Medicine Associates

Abrea Cridlebaugh, MD

Abrea Cridlebaugh, MD, a family medicine physician, has joined Bothwell Family Medicine Associates and is now seeing patients of all ages. Cridlebaugh earned her medical degree and completed her family and community medicine residency at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She was part of the Rural Track Pipeline Program and received multiple awards for…

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Bothwell Auxiliary awards six nursing scholarships

The Bothwell Auxiliary recently awarded six $2,500 scholarships to area nursing students. Scholarships were awarded to Lexi Anderson, Kaitlyn O’Dell, Laura Granados, Sara McLemore, Mattie Mergen and Amber Fillicetti. Five of the six recipients work at Bothwell Regional Health Center.  Anderson is a Nurse Intern in Women’s Health and Newborn Care, and O’Dell is a…

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Bothwell Sleep Center reaches 15-year accreditation milestone 

Bothwell Regional Health Center announces that Bothwell Sleep Center has maintained accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) for 15 consecutive years, demonstrating its commitment to providing high-quality care for people who have sleep problems.  “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Bothwell Sleep Center on meeting the rigorous standards required to maintain…

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Saturday Sports Injury Clinic opening Aug. 30

For the eighth year, Bothwell Regional Health Center and Bothwell Peak Sport & Spine are offering a free Saturday Sports Injury Clinic for student-athletes beginning Aug. 30. Dr. Evan Stout, orthopedic surgeon at Bothwell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and Dr. Dalton Lohsandt, family and sports medicine physician at Bothwell Family Medicine, will evaluate athletes and…

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