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The Phelps Health Auxiliary and Volunteer Services Department hosts the VolunTEEN program each summer for area teenagers ages 14 to 18. Teens from several area school districts including Bland, Cuba, Dixon, Newburg, Rolla, Salem, St. James, Vienna and Waynesville participate in the program and learn more about helping other people, healthcare careers and workforce development. What VolunTEENs Do VolunTEENs are ...

The Phelps Health Balance magazine is published four times a year and can be sent to your home or business. Let us know what works best for you. We can either mail the free quarterly magazine to you or notify you via email when the digital copy is ready to view online. There is no cost to receive the magazine ...

Read Time: 2 Minutes Three Things to Know The Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association honored Dan Phillips, a chaplain at Phelps Health Home Health and Hospice, with the 2025 Employee of the Year Award for his outstanding dedication to hospice patients and their families. In addition to providing spiritual and emotional support, Dan uses his carpentry skills to build ...

Read Time: Four Minutes Information provided by Ariella Martin, FNP, of Phelps Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Summer is a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the weather. However, the summer months also can be tough on your skin. Ariella Martin, a family nurse practitioner who specializes in family medicine at Phelps Health, shares ...

Read Time: Two Minutes Often, we become accustomed to living with pain. We make excuses for why we feel the way we do, attribute the pain to age and resolve just to “live with it.” However, many times, there is a medical option that can help. Meet Lynn. She is an active 59-year-old. Lynn had degenerative issues from arthritis in ...

Read Time: Three Minutes If you are having a serious or life-threatening medical issue or emergency, you probably know to visit your nearest emergency department or call 911. However, what should you do if you are having trouble with allergies? What if you have cold or flu symptoms? Or you get a minor cut or burn? Should you call your ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Few people often see the inside of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Phelps Health. However, with COVID-19 cases on the rise again, fueled by the delta variant, more patients are being seen in the ICU. On June 30, three COVID-19 patients were in the ICU. A month later, on July 30, there were 11 COVID-19 ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Sports physicals -- or pre-participation physicals -- can help identify and address any health concerns that student athletes may have to make sure they can safely take part in sports. Getting sports physicals has become especially important for young athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some athletes have developed new health problems, including changes in heart and ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Roger Brookshire was 68 years old when he died from COVID-19. He was a former Rolla School Board member, built several homes in the area and raised cattle. He also was father to Keri Brookshire-Heavin, who serves as senior vice president, chief nursing officer and chief operating officer at Phelps Health. “My dad [was a] very ...

Read Time: Three Minutes Thanks to a federal grant, caregivers in Phelps Health’s service area and other regions in Missouri can be better informed, better prepared and better able to care for their own needs. A $3.75 million, five-year grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was awarded to the Saint Louis University Geriatric Education ...