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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 23-29, 2022, TO BE "CERTIFIED

REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Sosnowski, Coyne, F Lombardi, E Morgan, Cano, de
la Cruz, Lombardo, Lawson, and Murray

     Date Introduced: January 25, 2022

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, The week of January 23-29, 2022, has been designed as "National CRNA

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Week"; and

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     WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are advanced practice

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registered nurses. Providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150

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years, CRNAs are among the nation's most trusted professions; and

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     WHEREAS, Legislation passed by Congress in 1986 made nurse anesthetists the first

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nursing specialty to be accorded direct reimbursement rights by Medicare; and

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     WHEREAS, CRNAs are primary anesthesia providers in rural communities and continue

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to be the primary providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel; and

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     WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, from

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traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms to critical access hospitals; from

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ambulatory surgical centers to the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, pain

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managements specialists and more; and

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     WHEREAS, CRNAs are qualified to make independent judgments regarding all aspects

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of anesthesia care based on their education, training, and licensure; and

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     WHEREAS, CRNAs are trusted anesthesia experts on the frontlines, caring for patients

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safely and compassionately, delivering specialized, cost-effective care to all patients from

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newborns to seniors, and for every type of procedure in all types of facilities; and

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     WHEREAS, CRNAs are courageously serving on the frontlines of the ongoing

 

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coronavirus pandemic, using their advanced skills in airway management, intubation and

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ventilator management to care for the sickest patients, and leaving their homes and families to

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travel to hospitals and facilities across the country, so they can assist where the need is greatest;

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now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims the week of

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January 23-29, 2022, to be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" in Rhode Island and

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furthermore recognizes the importance of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and their

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role in providing high-quality care for the public; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Association of Nurse

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Anesthetists (RIANA).

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