Wellness
LiveSmart: Help Kids Avoid the “Summer Slide” – Make Time for Reading!
Summer’s here and the time is right for kids to keep on top of their reading!
Year: 2024
SPHP in the News
WAMC: Proposed Legislation Could Support Healthcare Workers in New York
Meredith Robison, chief nursing officer for St. Peter’s Health Partners Acute Care, and Dr. Susan Birkhead, interim dean, St. Peter’s Health Partners’ Schools of Nursing, speak on WAMC about proposed legislation that would provide a $5,000 stipend for preceptors.
SPHP in the News
Spectrum News: Bill Would Provide Stipend for New York Clinicians to Mentor Others
Susan Birkhead, DNS, MPH, RN, CNE, interim dean of St. Peter’s Health Partners’ Schools of Nursing, was interviewed by Spectrum News for its story on proposed legislation that would provide nurses who become preceptors with a $5,000 stipend.
SPHP in the News
Times Union: State Bill to Support Health Care Mentor Stipends Backed
State lawmakers introduce proposed legislation would provide $5,000 stipends to preceptors, during a news conference at the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing.
Inside SPHP
St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates Welcomes Dr. Yvonne Etowa
Yvonne Etowa, M.D., has joined Troy Internal Medicine, where she practices internal and primary care medicine.
Wellness
LiveSmart: Think it Might be a Stroke? Act FAST!
Strokes occur either when a blood clot or sudden bleeding cuts off the flow of oxygen to part of the brain. The sooner you get to an Emergency Department, the more treatment options are available. That is why, when someone suffers a stroke, you must act FAST!
Wellness
LiveSmart: Early Detection, Treatment Crucial in Fight Against Bladder Cancer
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month; know the signs, know the symptoms.
SPHP in the News
Spectrum News: Firefighter Cancer Risk
Dr. Jonah Marshall of Capital Region Urology discusses the cancer risks firefighters face from chemical exposure on the job during an interview with Spectrum News.
News
Novel Transcatheter Approach to Heart Repair a First for St. Peter’s Hospital
St. Peter’s Hospital performs its first-ever transcatheter closure of a ventricular septal defect, repairing a hole in a 70-year-old woman’s heart while avoiding open-heart surgery.
News
Transformational $1 Million Donation in Honor of Andrea Lewis Siek, RN will Support Nursing Education, Careers at St. Peter’s
Donation from local philanthropist Richard Siek, made in honor of his late wife, Andrea Lewis Siek, RN, will benefit SPHP’s Mission Scholars Program.