Mercy Hospital Southeast

09/05/2025

Mercy Southeast is united against malnutrition! Learn how to help stop malnutrition during ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week next week, Sept. 8-12. Did you know? Malnutrition is associated with a variety of health complications, including increased mortality, immune suppression, muscle wasting, longer length of hospital stays and higher health care costs. Explore more at nutritioncare.org/MAW-25

09/03/2025

Thank you Bloomfield R-14 kindergartners for truly making a difference to our cancer patients and bringing a smile to their faces! ❤️

09/03/2025

Kristen Seyer, nurse practitioner, will now see patients at Mercy Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau and join a dedicated team of experts providing personalized, comprehensive cancer care for the whole person, not just the illness. Learn more about Kristen and Mercy Cancer Center: https://bit.ly/3HXFtuV

09/02/2025

Where do you go when you’re not feeling well? Primary care, convenient care or emergency room? Mercy offers many options for immediate care.

1. Choose one of our Mercy Primary Care locations in many Southeast Missouri communities for annual checkups, lingering pain or fatigue, general health management, immunizations and vaccinations, physicals and more. Set your location for a clinic near you: https://bit.ly/3HKrp8b

2. For non-life-threatening care, visit Mercy Convenient Care – Jackson or our walk-in clinic at Mercy Primary Care – 817 S. Mount Auburn in Cape Girardeau for coughs, colds or flu, sore throats, ear problems, minor injuries, stomach pain or nausea, or sprains and strains.

3. For serious or life-threatening problems, don’t wait! Visit the nearest emergency room or dial 911. Reasons to visit the ER include chest pain or rapid heartbeat, difficulty breathing, sudden dizziness or weakness, numbness in the face, arm or leg, bleeding that won’t stop, head injuries and more.

Learn the difference: https://bit.ly/4fWMf0x

08/30/2025

Congratulations to our ✨ FIRST-EVER ✨ Tulip Award winner, Jameka Redmond, patient care tech, for the outstanding care she provides in our medical telemetry unit at . Jameka received a bunch of nominations from patients and their families, but we wanted to highlight a couple below.

A patient nominated Jameka by writing: “Jameka was nice and helpful. She set the tone for the day. She has a pleasant smile and was very skilled. I was having problems ordering breakfast. Jameka took my vitals then went above and beyond to make sure I could order this morning before my medications got here. I really appreciate her for that! She’s a hard worker and I hope she becomes a nurse!"

A family member of a different patient said, “She is one of the kindest people we met while at Mercy. Everyone was nice to us, but Jameka went out of her way to explain what she was doing and why. She had a welcoming manner, and we fell in love with her. She showed great compassion for what was for us a scary time. We always found her patient, caring and always with a smile. We felt she deserves some special recognition for her work in making her patients and their families feel part of the healing process.”

08/28/2025

Congratulations to Amanda Williams, RN, for earning the DAISY Foundation Award for her compassionate nursing care she provides in our oncology progressive unit at !

Amanda received two nominations from family members for the care of their loved ones receiving inpatient chemotherapy. A patient’s spouse said, “Amanda not only took the time to know them as a person but our entire family and whoever came to visit them at the time. She treated them like they were her own family. She laughed with us and cried with us and fought for us. She quickly became a lifelong friend, and it feels like there wasn’t a time in our lives that we didn’t know her. ...She is the true definition of a nurse. She shows her compassion and care, knowledge, empathy and positivity every day she worked with us. Her quirky attitude made every day brighter and we are forever in debt to her for the experience she provided for us. Amanda is the honorary sister we didn’t know we needed but God knew we did."

Another patient’s mother nominated Amanda for her “above and beyond” care during the patient’s chemotherapy treatments. “Amanda checked in often to make sure we were doing well, and she always made sure even on her days off, the next staff member knew what was scheduled for the next day. She even came in on her day off on [the patient’s] last days of chemo.”

08/27/2025

Which would you do first with a new knee — pickleball or pilates? Download our knee replacement surgery guide here: https://bit.ly/46uVqCR

08/22/2025

Name a better way to start a Friday than with a birthday party! 🎉🎈 Complete with song, cake, balloons and a "birthday boy" ribbon, our caregivers celebrated Mr. Stevens as he turned 83 while in the hospital. It's the Mercy way to provide the most compassionate care for our patients and today, that looked like helping Mr. Stevens feel a little better on his birthday. ❤️

08/21/2025

The best offense is a good defense. Make sure you and your family are protected from measles.

08/21/2025

There are still spaces available for the American Red Cross blood drive at Mercy Hospital Southeast tomorrow, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reserve your spot: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time?zipSponsor=MercySoutheast&driveType=all

08/21/2025

The American Heart Association has recognized Mercy Hospital Southeast with its Get With the Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for our commitment to providing quality care for stroke patients. 👏

“We’re proud to be recognized for the care we provide stroke patients,” said Mary Green-Brown, Mercy Hospital Southeast stroke program coordinator. “This award validates the commitment of our stroke team — including Dr. Matthew Hileman, medical director of the stroke program — in meeting the needs of our region by providing quality, evidence-based care to stroke patients.”

Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/47DQ5tk

08/20/2025

Every journey begins with a first day! This August, we're welcoming 94 new physicians to Mercy as they begin their careers of service and healing. Just like the first day of school, there is energy and excitement in every step.

08/19/2025

They met a bear, made some fishy friends and had a blast doing it!

Sister Serafia and Sister Michael, Daughters of St. Francis, serve in Mercy’s Springfield communities and recently gathered for Mass and lunch with Bishop Rice. Afterward, they took their very first visit to Bass Pro Shops and the smiles say it all.

We’re so grateful for their joyful presence and for the many ways they help care for our communities.

08/18/2025

Our Mercy family just grew by one future nurse! Leighton, who spent her first weeks of life in the NICU at Mercy St. Louis, is now starting kindergarten with big dreams of one day wearing the Mercy badge herself. We hope all students enjoy a joyful and safe school year! 🍎

08/18/2025

Welcome back, Southeast Missouri State University! Here's to a fun, safe and healthy year in beautiful Cape Girardeau! ❤️🖤 If you're feeling under the weather, we have a convenient clinic inside Crisp Hall on campus.

Mercy’s Campus Health Clinic is led by Rachael Jenkins, Family Nurse Practitioner, and a skilled team of caregivers who offer many services for students including:
• Women's health
• Evaluation and treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, underlying depression, anxiety and OCD
• Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Work/sports physicals
• Lab services
• Immunizations

All health care provided to patients (18 and older) is kept between the patient and Mercy caregivers. The clinic also has reserved parking available right near the front door. Call 573-290-3510 to make an appointment, or stop by Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

08/17/2025

Now that’s playing with purpose! Pozo launched this home run using a –designed bat dedicated to his son Paul and pediatric stroke awareness. We're glad to be part of his big day!

08/17/2025

For , we'd like to celebrate the donors, caregivers and patients who make our work at Mercy Health Foundation possible.

Because of you, we can provide advanced technology, critical programs and compassionate care to those who need it most. Through generous donations and community support, we continue to build more healing spaces and equip them with the life-saving supplies that serve everyone who walks through our doors.

Every gift, every act of kindness, every moment of service makes a difference. Thank you for helping us carry out our mission.

Visit https://bit.ly/4fHiL6Q to join us today.

08/16/2025

They heal with compassion — and humor. Our caregivers shared their favorite jokes for .

08/15/2025

When passion meets purpose ⚾❤️ St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yohel Pozo invited to help design his game bat for MLB Players Weekend — turning it into a powerful symbol of hope for kids in the hospital and their families — a position he's familiar with personally.

08/15/2025

In the spirit of "gadugi" (working together for the greater good), Nation and broke ground on a new cancer center to expand life-saving care. An $8 million Cherokee Nation investment will help change the face of cancer care by spring 2027.

🪏 Cherokee Nation and Mercy Hospital Fort Smith recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a new cancer treatment center, a collaboration that will improve a...

08/15/2025

Are you ready for the back-to-school morning hustle? Hanna Baxendale, pediatric nurse practitioner at , shares three unexpectedly simple habits that could transform your mornings. From tweaking sleep schedules to rethinking screen time and health check-ins, her advice might be the game-changer your family needs.

Local medical professionals are urging families to begin adjusting sleep and screen time routines as the school year approaches.

08/14/2025

Recess could wait when Sister Angelique had a story to tell. In April 1998, she read to kiddos at the Mercy Co-Worker’s Children Center in St. Louis. She served at Mercy Hospitals in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas and spent many years at in radiologic technology. Many co-workers still remember the joy and energy she brought to both the classroom and the hospital halls.

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