2024 -- S 2138 | |
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LC004398 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING JANUARY 21-27, 2024, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE | |
ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Frank A. Ciccone | |
Date Introduced: January 23, 2024 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, January 21-27, 2024, has been designed as "National CRNA Week"; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are advanced practice |
3 | registered nurses, who have provided anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more |
4 | than 150 years, and are among the nation's most trusted professions; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Legislation passed by Congress in 1986 made nurse anesthetists the first |
6 | nursing specialty to be accorded direct reimbursement rights by Medicare; and |
7 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are primary anesthesia providers in rural communities and continue |
8 | to be the primary providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel; and |
9 | WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, from |
10 | traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms to critical access hospitals; from |
11 | ambulatory surgical centers to the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, pain |
12 | managements specialists and more; and |
13 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are qualified to make independent judgments regarding all aspects |
14 | of anesthesia care based on their education, training, and licensure; and |
15 | WHEREAS, CRNAs are trusted anesthesia experts on the frontlines, caring for patients |
16 | safely and compassionately, delivering specialized, cost-effective care to all patients from |
17 | newborns to seniors, and for every type of procedure in all types of facilities; and |
18 | WHEREAS, CRNAs courageously served on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, |
19 | and used their advanced skills in airway management, intubation and ventilator management to |
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1 | care for the sickest patients, as well as left their homes and families to travel to hospitals and |
2 | facilities across the country, so they could assist where the need was greatest; now, therefore be it |
3 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims January 21- |
4 | 27, 2024, to be "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" in Rhode Island and furthermore |
5 | recognizes the importance of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and their role in |
6 | providing high-quality care for the public; and be it further |
7 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
8 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Association of Nurse |
9 | Anesthetists (RIANA). |
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