Albany, GA | Dec. 7, 2021 – Evelyn Olenick, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has been named as an editorial board member for American Nurse Journal, the official journal for the American Nurses Association (ANA). Dr. Olenick’s three-year term began on November 1, 2021. As a …
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Albany, GA | Oct. 14, 2021 – Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has earned platinum level recognition for their work and dedication in support of organ, eye and tissue donation and public health, while continuing to serve on the frontlines in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) program is a …
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Albany, GA | August 12, 2021 – Fort Valley State University (FVSU) and Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. today announced an educational partnership to launch a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program that aims to address the critical need for nurses in rural Georgia. The $240,000 investment from Phoebe will support the development of the …
Albany, GA | May 27, 2021 – Suiting up in personal protective equipment to deliver a meal to a COVID-19 patient on an 8th floor acute care unit at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, nurse Darie Espiritu could hardly be farther from where he grew up in the southern Philippines. Yet, he couldn’t feel more at home. “Working …
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Albany, GA | May 20, 2021 – A new healthcare option is coming to Lee County. Thursday, Phoebe broke ground on an urgent care clinic at Lee Crossings on US Highway 19 South. The clinic will be located in a growing part of southwest Georgia, adjacent to a Publix Supermarket and Chick Fil A restaurant. “We …
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Albany, GA | May 13, 2021 – Beginning today, Phoebe is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone 12 and older, following decisions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). This week, the FDA authorized emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for 12 through …
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Albany, GA | May 7, 2021 – Chuck Mendenhall was a little boy in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, just four years old, when he first began dreaming of being a doctor. “I wanted to be a doctor as soon as I can remember. I spent a lot of time as a kid in the ER after falling off …
Albany, GA | April 21, 2021 – Phoebe marked an important milestone in its COVID-19 battle by administering its 50,000th COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. Following state guidelines, Phoebe began providing vaccinations to healthcare workers on Dec. 17, 2020, expanded its efforts to include Georgians 65 and older on Jan. 17, 2021 and opened vaccinations to ages …
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Albany, GA | April 13, 2021 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Phoebe received its first shipment of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in the last few days and has not utilized …
Albany, GA | March 24, 2021 – This week, Phoebe unveiled two new mobile wellness clinics that will hit the roads throughout southwest Georgia, bringing healthcare services directly to people in rural communities and underserved neighborhoods across the region. As a part of the program launch, Gov. Brian Kemp helped cut the ribbon on the units Wednesday, …
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Albany, GA | March 16, 2021 – A partnership between Phoebe and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) will increase the number of nursing students at ABAC and help address the growing nursing shortage in southwest Georgia. “We would like to hire 250 nurses today to alleviate our reliance on contract labor, but a labor pool that large …
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Albany, GA | March 11, 2021 – Phoebe hosted a Day of Remembrance Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the beginning of its COVID-19 fight. On March 10, 2020, Phoebe was notified that a patient who had recently been transferred from Phoebe’s main hospital tested positive for COVID-19 at another hospital in Georgia. Phoebe opened its incident …