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Health Education

At St. Luke’s we don’t just provide expert care, we provide resources to help you be an expert in your own care too! We want our patients to have the best tools available to be well informed throughout their healthcare process. Depend on us for up-to-date quality information, hands-on health programs and access to over 4,000 health and wellness articles in our health encyclopedia.

Emergency Advice

If you have a pressing medical question or need assistance you can rely on the
My Nurse hotline, 712-279-3333, to have all the answers. Staffed by registered nurses 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, we’re here to help when you’re in a pinch.

The Poison Center is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with a poison emergency and find information for poison prevention. Call a poison expert at 1-800-222-1222.

Specialized Programs

Women can join a unique sisterhood through St. Luke’s Spirit of Women. Members save at area retailers, plus receive free health services, quarterly publications and VIP invitations to exciting women’s events – all for a $20 annual membership fee. You can even register online in just a few minutes.

At St. Luke's we take pediatric care seriously. We want to give children and their parents the tools they need to be healthy in and out of the hospital. Jasper’s Kid Zone is an interactive area where parents and kids can work together to find helpful health tips and fun games.

Additional Resources

Health-Diagnostic Tests

From the Harvard Medical Schools, this site offers you health information that answers your questions about diagnostic tests and procedures and tells you how to prepare for them.

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.