Michelle Lewis, a cross-country truck driver, was driving through West Memphis when her water broke at just 24 weeks pregnant. She was taken to Regional One Health, and her daughter Ruby was born weighing just 1 pound, 12 ounces. Even though Michelle was far from home and her loved ones, she says she and Ruby [...]
Amanda Jemison was looking for personalized, supportive care along with the safety of a hospital birth for the birth of her daughter Elenore. She found the perfect combination at Regional One Health, which is the only hospital in Memphis where patients can give birth with the support of a Certified Nurse Midwife. Now adjusting to [...]
Regional One Health's Center for Innovation is helping evaluate a new product that aims to improve how nasogastric tubes are secured. Aspisafe Solutions is the newest participant in the center's Access Incubator program, and will test its NG Guard to see if it helps prevent dislodgements and pressure injuries associated with nasogastric tubes. It's [...]
Alisha Steele has spent 20 years as a NICU nurse at Regional One Health, touching the lives of countless Mid-South babies and families. Alisha can't imagine working anywhere else, and said she loves caring for her tiny patients. She encourages the community to support the NICU, noting families experience hardships when they have a baby [...]
Regional One Health's certified nurse midwives can help women of all ages live a healthier life. Their personalized, empowering style of care is ideal for everyone - young women seeking honest information and support, expectant moms who want a special birth experience and menopausal women who want to stay active and healthy. Our nurse [...]
Regional One Health's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital provides medical care and rehabilitation therapy designed to help patients get back to normal life following a serious illness or injury. Cynda Bearden was a patient in the Rehabilitation Hospital after a serious car accident, and she says the care she received helped heal her body and soul. Cynda, [...]
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and this year's theme is "Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support." Regional One Health's lactation team follows that motto every day by teaching expectant and new moms about breastfeeding and giving them the support and resources they need. Members of our lactation team are available to help with [...]
Tracey Edwards' daughter Ember was born at 27 weeks weighing just over 1 pound. Ember had a long fight ahead of her in the NICU...and with Tracey living 2 hours away, there were times she couldn't physically be at her daughter's side. It was a struggle, but Tracey got through it with support from [...]
Mickey Ashburn has been with Regional One Health for an amazing 55 years, most of them as a registered nurse in our Trauma Operating Room. Mickey works with a team that provides lifesaving care for the most critically injured patients by making sure they can get the emergency surgery they need within minutes of [...]
After Gia Broadway suffered life-threatening injuries from head to toe in a car accident, doctors told her she might never walk or work again. For a dancer, teacher, wife and mother, it was devastating news. But Gia wasn't about to give up - and her fighting spirit was matched by her world-class medical team at [...]