Bill Text: PA SR233 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring perianesthesia nurses and designating the week of February 1 through 7, 2010, as "PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-01-25 - Introduced and adopted [SR233 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR233-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1610
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 233 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, MENSCH, PILEGGI, BAKER, BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN, ERICKSON, FONTANA, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, M. WHITE AND WASHINGTON, JANUARY 25, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 25, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Honoring perianesthesia nurses and designating the week of
February 1 through 7, 2010, as "PeriAnesthesia Nurse
Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There are more than 57,000 perianesthesia registered
nurses in the United States whose interests are represented by
the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses; and
WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nurses practice in all phases of
preanesthesia and postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, pain
management and special procedure areas; and
WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the perianesthesia nursing
profession meets the varied and emerging health care needs of
the American population in a diversified range of environments;
and
WHEREAS, The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
(ASPAN), as the representative for the perianesthesia nurses of
this country, strives to advance nursing practice through
education, research and standards; and
WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nursing has been established as
essential in the quality of health care and safety of patients
in the hospital and ambulatory surgery settings; and
WHEREAS, The demand for perianesthesia nurses will only
increase due to an aging American population, advances in
medicine that are prolonging life and the meteoric expansion of
home health care services; and
WHEREAS, The inestimable preeminent value of service and care
provided by perianesthesia nurses will be of paramount
importance to the American health care system; and
WHEREAS, ASPAN has declared the week of February 1 through 7,
2010, as "PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week" with the theme of
"Roots of Knowledge, Seeds of Transformation" in celebration of
the ways perianesthesia nurses strive to advance nursing
practices; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate ask all residents of this
Commonwealth to join in honoring the perianesthesia nurses who
care so unselfishly and proficiently for us all; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Senate honor perianesthesia nurses and
designate the week of February 1 through 7, 2010, as
"PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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