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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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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 Miller, Goldin, Crowley, McCaffrey, and Goodwin

     Date Introduced: May 07, 2019

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     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 Senate 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 Senate 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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