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Gundersen adds to baby record in 2021
There were more babies born at Gundersen Health System in 2021 than any other year in the history of healthcare organization.
A total of 1,776 babies entered the world at Gundersen hospitals, 80 more than the record set in 2020. Total deliveries increased 4.2 percent in 2021.
“This year has been remarkable,” said Obstetrics & Nursery Clinical Manager Amy Frauenkron. “For the ...
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Nurse practitioner celebrates 10 years of providing care in Wabasha
Nurse practitioner celebrates 10 years of providing care in Wabasha
This year marks a decade that nurse practitioner Zhonghua (Jessica) Xie has been providing care in southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Originally from China, Jessica attended nursing school in Japan and then spent four years working in an Intensive Care Unit in Asahi, Chiba, Japan.
In 2001, Xie came to the U.S. for graduate school. She pursued her bachelor’s and ma ...
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Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s, WSU partner to create a pipeline for rural healthcare
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s, WSU partner to create a pipeline for rural healthcare
By the time Carley Sylvester graduated from nursing school, she had lived in the Twin Cities, La Crosse, and Rochester. But she chose to return to her native Wabasha to start her career.
“There’s something about Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s that you don’t find at other places,” Sylvester said. “I’ve learned so much about how to treat people, how to be my own per ...
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Gundersen updates mask requirements for added protection against COVID-19
In the face of a dramatic increase in local COVID-19 cases and transmission, starting Jan. 12, Gundersen Health System will require all patients and visitors to wear medical-grade masks, cloth masks (tie or ear loop) with a nose wire, or N95 or KN95 masks without vents at all Gundersen locations.
Patients and visitors without those masks will be offered a medical-grade mask during ...
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After a life-changing diagnosis, RN is sharing her story to inspire others
After a life-changing diagnosis, RN is sharing her story to inspire others
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a rare neurological disorder, is one of the most painful medical problems. A Wabasha woman facing the rare neurological disorder hopes her story of courage, bravery and healing will inspire others facing the journey.
A lower back injury caused by lifting two heavy gas cans over her head onto her parents’ boat landed Chelsey ...
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New year, new name and locations for Gundersen regional ambulance service
New year, new name and locations for Gundersen regional ambulance service
Patients and communities served by Gundersen Health System will soon experience improved ambulance service and see a new name and look on vehicles.
Gundersen Tri-State Regional Ambulance is now Gundersen Health System Ambulance. In addition to its current locations in West Union, Iowa and Prairie Du Chien ...
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Critical Care nurse: COVID-19 is straining us, and it’s preventable
Critical Care nurse: COVID-19 is straining us, and it’s preventable
Critical Care nurses and staff are exhausted.
What if the next person who needs us is your mother?
Your child?
You?
We’re almost two years into a deadly global pandemic. Patients battling COVID-19 fill Gundersen’s Critical Care Unit in La Crosse, where I work as a nurse for 12-hour shifts ...
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Kurt Wilhelm, MD, retires after tenure of medical service to Boscobel
Kurt Wilhelm, MDDec.30, 2021,marked the end of an era at Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinicswith the retirement ofKurt Wilhelm, MD.A familiar name in Boscobel and surrounding communities, Dr. Wilhelm practiced Family Medicine at the Boscobel Clinic and provided emergency care at the Boscobel hospital. He also served as medical director for several local emergency service units andmedicaladvisor for variousschool districts.Dr. Wilhelminit ...
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La Crosse ExpressCare offers COVID vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine for eligible groups will be offered at the La Crosse ExpressCare Clinic in the Village Shopping Center starting Jan. 24 for scheduled appointments only.
La Crosse ExpressCare hours are 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Vaccine appointments at La Crosse ExpressCare can be scheduled by calling ...
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Gundersen Home Hospital expands to more patients
Program brings hospital-level care into patients’ homes, decreasing unnecessary hospital stays and improving patient outcomes
When Cliff Johnson had trouble breathing, his wife took him to Gundersen Health System’s Hospital in La Crosse. The nearly 80-year-old lives with claustrophobia and feared nights alone in a hospital room. That’s when he was approached about Gundersen Home H ...
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How a little-known heart attack changed this mom’s life
Brenda Creighton had just gotten home from work on a Friday evening in 2018 when she felt an immediate tightness and tension in her chest. The 45-year-old mother of two had no history of cardiac issues and had recently visited her primary care provider, ensuring she was in great health.
The pain in her chest continued and traveled down her left arm. And then the base of her neck and skull began to ache.
Creighton took an aspirin and l ...
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During American Hearth Month, take steps to protect your heart
Colleen McCurry, MDAbout 90 percent of women have risk factors for heart disease, yet many of them are unaware that it is the greatest threat to their health.“Women's symptoms of heart disease can be subtle compared to men's, and their response to them is often delayed,” said Colleen McCurry, MD, Family Medicine, Gundersen Boscobel. “Women may feel tired or easily fatigued, but they often make excuses to themselves about what is happening and dis ...
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Area organizations partner to assess community health needs
Area organizations are working together in partnership to help improve the health of their communities, and the region.
Partnering organizations include: Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics, Grant Regional Health Center, Crossing Rivers Health, Grant and Crawford County UW Extension, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and Grant and Crawford County Health Departments. The group conducted a community health needs assessment (CHN ...