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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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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, 2023, TO BE "CERTIFIED

REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, and Felag

     Date Introduced: January 24, 2023

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, The week of January 23-29, 2023, has been designed as "National CRNA

Week"; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

managements specialists and more; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

now, therefore be it

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

January 23-29, 2023, to be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" in Rhode Island and

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

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

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

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

Anesthetists (RIANA).

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