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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 | |
COMMEMORATING THE WEEK OF MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 12TH OF 2024, AS | |
"NATIONAL NURSES WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lauria, Ciccone, LaMountain, Euer, F. Lombardi, McKenney, | |
Date Introduced: May 09, 2024 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, National Nurses Week is held May 6th through May 12th in order to |
2 | coincide with and celebrate Florence Nightingale's birthday on the 12th. She was a nurse who |
3 | became famous for treating wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, and for her efforts in |
4 | establishing nursing as a profession. She was affectionately known as "The Lady with the Lamp" |
5 | because during the war, she made a lot of her ward rounds at night whilst carrying a lamp; and |
6 | WHEREAS, This week is a time to acknowledge, honor, and express our heartfelt |
7 | gratitude to Rhode Island's brave, dedicated, and determined nurses who day after day and month |
8 | after month care for us; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Registered nurses in the United States constitute this Nation's largest |
10 | healthcare profession; and |
11 | WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession met and |
12 | exceeded the different and emerging healthcare needs of the American population during the |
13 | pandemic and in a wide range of settings; and |
14 | WHEREAS, The American Nurses Association, as the voice for registered nurses across |
15 | this country, is working to chart a new course for a healthy Nation that relies on increasing |
16 | delivery of primary and preventive healthcare and requiring better utilization of all our Nation's |
17 | registered nursing resources; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Professional nursing has demonstrated itself to be an indispensable |
19 | component in providing safety and quality of care for hospitalized patients; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The demand for registered nursing services is greater than ever, due to the |
2 | aging of the American population, the continuing expansion of life-sustaining technologies, the |
3 | explosive growth of home healthcare services, and the need to develop coordinated networking to |
4 | prevent and contain new and emergent widespread infectious diseases; and |
5 | WHEREAS, More qualified registered nurses will be needed in the future to meet the |
6 | increasingly complex needs of healthcare consumers in this country and across the world; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The cost-effective, safe, and high-quality healthcare services provided by |
8 | registered nurses will be an increasingly important component of the United States healthcare |
9 | delivery system in the future; now, therefore be it |
10 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby joins the American |
11 | Nurses Association in celebrating May 6th through May 12th, 2024, as "National Nurses Week"; |
12 | and be it further |
13 | RESOLVED, That this Senate moreover urges all the residents of the State to join in |
14 | honoring and thanking the registered nurses who have selflessly cared for us all, and to celebrate |
15 | their efforts and accomplishments in improving our healthcare system, not just during this week, |
16 | but at every opportunity throughout the year; and be it further |
17 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
18 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the American Nurses Association, the United |
19 | Nurses & Allied Professionals, and the Rhode Island State Nurses Association. |
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