Jun 24, 2025 | Cancer, Team Member Spotlights
Cancer survivorship doesn’t begin when the last treatment ends. It begins the moment a person hears the words, “You have cancer.” That’s the philosophy guiding oncology survivorship navigator Jimmie Wells, MSN, RN, OCN, and her work at St. Dominic Hospital. Cancer...
Jun 24, 2025 | Heart Health
When Katina Nelson woke up with chest pain that startled her from sleep, she didn’t immediately panic. “I kind of ignored the symptoms,” she admits. But by the next evening, the pain returned, tingling and insistent. With her healthcare background as a nurse with...
Jun 23, 2025 | About Us, Eating Well
When Addie Hester, a retired educator and proud Baton Rouge grandmother, first stumbled upon the Geaux Get Healthy Clinical Program at Our Lady of the Lake, she wasn’t looking for a miracle. She was looking for something practical. Something local. Something that...
Jun 3, 2025 | Team Member Spotlights
Two years ago, Christine Braddy, an Information Services Support team member at Franciscan, faced a life-changing reality. On Sept.11, 2023, she stepped on the scale and saw a number she could hardly believe. “A little less than two years ago I weighed more than I...
