Title: Short Title: Designating May 6-12, 2012 as National Nurses Week; distribution
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Company: Oklahoma House of Reps

Resolution

ENROLLED HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 1038	By:	Fourkiller, Armes, Banz, Bennett, Billy, Blackwell, Brown, Brumbaugh, Cannaday, Casey, Christian, Cockroft, Condit, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Dorman, Enns, Faught, Glenn, Grau, Hall, Hamilton, Hardin, Hickman, Hilliard, Holland, Hoskin, Inman, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Key, Kirby, Kouplen, Liebmann, Lockhart, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), McCullough, McDaniel (Curtis), McDaniel (Jeannie), McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, McPeak, Moore, Morgan, Morrissette, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Peters, Peterson, Pittman, Proctor, Pruett, Quinn, Renegar, Reynolds, Richardson, Ritze, Roan, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Rousselot, Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Scott, Sears, Shannon, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Shumate, Steele, Stiles, Terrill, Thomsen, Trebilcock, Vaughan, Virgin, Walker, Watson, Wesselhoft, Williams and Wright of the House

			       and

		Jolley of the Senate

A Concurrent Resolution designating May 6-12, 2012, as Nurses Week at the State Capitol; urging citizens to honor registered nurses; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, the nearly 3.1 million registered nurses in the United States, of which 30,000 work and live in Oklahoma, comprise our nation’s largest health care profession; and

WHEREAS, the depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession meets the different and emerging health care needs of the American population in a wide range of settings; and

WHEREAS, the American Nurses Association and the Oklahoma Nurses Association, as the voice for the registered nurses, is working to chart a new course for a healthy state and 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 the better utilization of all of our nation’s registered nursing resources; and

WHEREAS, professional nursing has been demonstrated to be an indispensable component in the safety and quality of care of 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 technology, 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 community; and

WHEREAS, the cost-effective, safe and high-quality health care services provided by registered nurses will be an ever more important component of the United States health care delivery system in the future; and

WHEREAS, along with the American Nurses Association, the Oklahoma Nurses Association and other specialty nurses associations represented here in Oklahoma have declared the week of May 6-12, 2012, as Nurses Week with the theme “Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring”.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the Oklahoma State Legislature, in recognition of the many ways in which registered nurses strive to provide safe and high-quality patient care and map out the way to improve our health care system, designates the week of May 6-12, 2012, as “Nurses Week” at the Oklahoma State Capitol and urges all Oklahoma citizens to honor the registered nurses who care for all of us.

THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to Jane Nelson, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Nurses Association.

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 8th day of May, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Adopted by the Senate the 14th day of May, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate

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