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| 2021 -- S 0868 Enacted 05/04/2021 |
| S E N A T 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: Senators Bell, Valverde, and DiMario |
| Date Introduced: May 04, 2021 |
| WHEREAS, National Nurses Week is a time to recognize and honor this year's theme “A |
| Voice to Lead – A Vision for Future Healthcare." It is also a time to acknowledge and express our |
| heartfelt gratitude to our State’s brave, dedicated, and determined nurses who are and have been |
| on the frontlines day after day and month after month for more than a year, working to save the |
| lives of our loved ones during the global COVID-19 pandemic; and |
| WHEREAS, Registered nurses in the United States constitute this nation's largest |
| healthcare profession; and |
| WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession have met and |
| exceeded the different and emerging healthcare needs of the American population during this |
| pandemic and 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 healthcare and requiring 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 for playing a |
| pivotal role in addressing the concerns and quelling community fears during the current |
| pandemic; and |
| WHEREAS, The demand for registered nursing services is greater than ever, due to the |
| aging of the American population, the continuing expansion of life-sustaining technologies, the |
| explosive growth of home healthcare services, and the need to develop coordinated networking to |
| prevent and contain new and emergent widespread infectious diseases; and |
| WHEREAS, More qualified registered nurses will be needed in the future to meet the |
| increasingly complex needs of healthcare consumers in this country and across the world; and |
| WHEREAS, The cost-effective, safe, and high-quality healthcare services provided by |
| registered nurses will be an increasingly important component of the United States healthcare |
| delivery system in the future; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby joins the American |
| Nurses Association in celebrating the week of May 6th through May 12th, 2021, as "National |
| Nurses Week"; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate moreover urges all the residents of the State to join in |
| honoring and thanking the registered nurses who have selflessly cared for us all, and to celebrate |
| their efforts and accomplishments in improving our healthcare system, 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, the United |
| Nurses & Allied Professionals, and the Rhode Island State Nurses Association. |
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