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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING JESSICA BRIER, RN, MS, CV CNS-BC ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE

MIRIAM HOSPITAL

     Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Cassar, Shekarchi, and Knight

     Date Introduced: June 18, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, If you combine the two aptitudes of nursing and leadership, both of which

require tremendous dedication, compassion, and skill, the end result is a job totally suited to the

talents and sensibilities of Jessica Brier; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Brier's nursing credentials and educational background are superlative.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Lake Forest College in Illinois, her

Associate's degree in Nursing from the Community College of Rhode Island, a Bachelor of

Science degree in Nursing from Rhode Island College, and a Master of Science Nursing degree in

Clinical Practice from the University of Rhode Island. In addition, through the years, she has

earned a plethora of advanced certifications from the American Nurses Credentialing Center; and

     WHEREAS, In 1983, Ms. Brier began in the nursing profession as a Staff Nurse with

Medical/Surgical and Intensive Care Units and in 1992, she joined the staff of Miriam Hospital as

an Assistant Nurse Manager with the CV Surgery Intermediate Care Unit. Utilizing her skills and

advancing her educational qualifications, she has been a Case Manager for Cardiovascular

Surgery, a Staff Nurse in the Emergency Room, a Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialist, the

Magnet Site Coordinator, and ultimately, a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Center

for Professional Practice Development at Miriam Hospital; and

     WHEREAS, Professionally, Ms. Brier is a member of numerous associations including

the Rhode Island State Board of Nurse Registration and Licensure where she served as President

for five years, and a member of the American Nurses Association and Rhode Island State Nurses

Association, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Sigma Theta Tau

International: Honor Society of Nurses, and a Life Member of the Miriam Hospital Women’s

Association; and

      WHEREAS, Earning the respect of her peers, Ms. Brier received the Jaffe Award for

Excellence in Nursing from Miriam Hospital, and the President’s Award from the RI State

Nurses’ Association. She also co-founded The Ocean State Clinical Nurse Specialist Consortium,

and has presented at myriad nursing conferences and been published in numerous medical

journals; and

     WHEREAS, Jessica Brier is an innovative and dynamic woman. She is a true role

model, and she is eminently worthy of our praise and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes and honors Jessica Brier on the occasion of her

retirement after thirty-six years of dedicated service in patient care and administration at Miriam

Hospital. We thank her for all her efforts, and wish her good health, fulfillment and much

success in all her future endeavors; 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 Jessica Brier, RN, MS, CV CNS-BC.

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