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| 2019 -- H 6060 Enacted 05/02/2019 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CELEBRATING THE WEEK OF MAY 6TH THROUGH MAY 12TH AS "NATIONAL NURSES WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Edwards, Jacquard, Diaz, and Slater |
| Date Introduced: May 02, 2019 |
| WHEREAS, National Nurses Week is a time to recognize and honor this year's theme "4 |
| Million Reasons to Celebrate" as a nod to nurses' sheer numbers and to extend an open thank you |
| and acknowledgement to #ThankNurse for enriching our lives and the world in which we live; |
| and |
| WHEREAS, Registered nurses in the United States constitute this nation's largest health |
| care profession; and |
| WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession meet the |
| different and emerging health care needs of the American population in a wide range of settings; |
| and |
| WHEREAS, The American Nurses Association, as the voice for registered nurses across |
| this country, is working to chart a new course for a healthy nation that relies on increasing |
| delivery of primary and preventive health care; and |
| WHEREAS, A renewed emphasis on primary and preventive health care will require |
| better utilization of all our nation's registered nursing resources; and |
| WHEREAS, Professional nursing has demonstrated itself to be an indispensable |
| component in providing safety and quality of care for hospitalized patients; and |
| WHEREAS, The demand for registered nursing services will be greater than ever |
| because of the aging of the American population, the continuing expansion of life-sustaining |
| technologies, and the explosive growth of home health care services; and |
| WHEREAS, More qualified registered nurses will be needed in the future to meet the |
| increasingly complex needs of health care consumers in this country; and |
| WHEREAS, The cost-effective, safe, and high-quality health care services provided by |
| registered nurses will be an increasingly important component of the United States health care |
| delivery system in the future; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
| Providence Plantations hereby joins the American Nurses Association in celebrating the week of |
| May 6th through May 12th, 2019, as "National Nurses Week"; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this House moreover urges all the residents of the State to join in |
| honoring the registered nurses who care for us all, and to celebrate their efforts to improve our |
| health care system and their accomplishments, not just during this week, but at every opportunity |
| throughout the year; 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 American Nurses Association. |
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