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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…
Read MoreMergen 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…
Read MoreLearn 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…
Read MoreBothwell 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…
Read MoreFamily medicine physician joins Bothwell Family Medicine Associates
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…
Read MoreBothwell 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…
Read MoreBothwell 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…
Read MoreSaturday 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…
Read MoreNew physicians join Bothwell Rural Family Medicine Residency
Bothwell Regional Health Center and the University of Missouri School of Medicine recently welcomed two new resident physicians to the Bothwell-University of Missouri Rural Family Medicine Residency. Dr. Hayden Hackman and Dr. Joseph Stegman are the newest additions to the three-year program, which trains family physicians in a rural setting. They will spend their first…
Read MoreFirst resident physicians graduate from Bothwell-University of Missouri Rural Family Medicine Residency
Bothwell Regional Health Center and University of Missouri School of Medicine recently celebrated a milestone in their collaborative Rural Family Medicine Residency with the graduation of its first two resident physicians, Dr. Brittany Pendergraft and Dr. Levi Harris. The three-year residency began in 2019 after the University of Missouri received a federal grant and selected…
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