News and Updates

Leesa Richardson RN helps homeless people in Washington, MO develop the confidence to ask for help.

Each Saturday evening, Leesa Richardson RN serves low-income and homeless residents in Washington, Missouri as part of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Harvest Table Ministry. Leesa has been a Faith Community Nurse at Deaconess Nurse Ministry for three months. During her time at Harvest Table, she’s grown her ministry to engage with 25 –...

DNM Helps Launch Clinic at St. Andrew’s Senior Housing Community

Since January, Cindy Siple RN has served the nearly 75 residents at Zion Corner Apartments / Sammie E. Jones Residences in South St. Louis City by operating the Homer Schmitz Memorial Health Clinic, funded and managed by St Andrew’s Senior Solutions and Cape Albeon board. For many residents, her 5-day a week on-site presence has...

2016 Agency Audit

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Stacey Melliere RN Improves the Health of Over 100 People in Less Than a Year

It’s been a busy seven months for Stacey Melliere RN. She joined Deaconess Nurse Ministry late last year, and she’s already worked with hundreds of people living in St. Louis City to as far as South St. Louis County. Stacey is a firm believer that through compassion and present listening, trust is possible with her...

Salam Clinic is Recognized for its Interfaith Focus

Over the last five years, DNM Nurse, Virginia Springmeyer RN has supported the work at the the Muslim Community Services of St. Louis – Salam Clinic in Ferguson, Missouri. There, she and volunteer physicians from a St. Louis Muslim doctors group provide health services to low-income residents living in the community. They’ve provided free care...