There is a nationwide blood shortage and it is impacting hospitals everywhere. Carolyn Whittaker, RN, an infusion nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital Cancer Care Center, spoke to WTEN about how the critical need for blood could affect cancer patients. […]
Two St. Peter’s Hospital workers, already being honored as healthcare heroes by JetBlue, cement their hero status after saving a man’s life while on vacation. […]
Maura Tuffey, RN, nurse manager at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed by WTEN for its story on New York state reaching the 70% first dose COVID-19 vaccination benchmark. […]
Isabel Polmatier, RN, a nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital, discussed the challenges of starting a nursing career in the middle of a pandemic, during an interview on Spectrum News. […]
Jorge Cerda, M.D., chief of the department of medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, appeared on WNYT-NewsChannel 13 to discuss the importance of vaccinating organ transplant patients against COVID-19. […]
The Women’s and Children’s Center at St. Peter’s Hospital, an affiliate of St. Peter’s Health Partners, has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care by BlueShield of Northeastern New York, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care Program. […]
Anne Lawton, community outreach nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital Cancer Care Center, was interviewed by WTEN/News10 for their story on “No Menthol Sunday.” “No Menthol Sunday,” which takes place on May 16, is a campaign that brings awareness to the harm menthol cigarettes do, particularly to the African American community. From the story: The vast majority, up to 90% of Black smokers, smoke menthol cigarettes. Tobacco companies have targeted young people and Black neighborhoods in marketing campaigns. A tactic that has been used for 70 years, according to the CDC. “So our Black communities were disproportionately burdened by these marketing campaigns,” Lawton said. Tobacco use contributes to the three leading causes of death for Black Americans: heart disease, stroke, and cancer said the CDC. “It’s so much to blame in lung cancer, bladder cancer, head neck cancers, there are at least 16 different cancers that it plays a role in,” said Lawton. … St. Peter’s Health Partners’ virtual smoking cessation program, The Butt Stops Here, will be offered for free beginning May 17. Registration is available […]
Congratulations to three SPHP Nurses on being named “Nurse of the Year” and to four SPHP “Nurse of the Year” finalists, all honored during the 2021 Times Union Salute to Nurses! […]
Samaritan and St. Peter’s hospitals have the highest hospital staff vaccination rates in the Capital Region, according to data published in the Daily Gazette. […]
A tree dedicated to frontline workers and to those who have lost their lives to COVID-19, was planted outside St. Peter’s Hospital. […]
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