Full Text of HR0848 94th General Assembly
HR0848 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, There are more than 49,000 perianesthesia | 3 |
| registered nurses in the United States whose interests are | 4 |
| represented by one of our nation's premier specialty nursing | 5 |
| organizations, the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nurses practice in all phases of | 8 |
| preanesthesia and postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, | 9 |
| pain management, and special procedure areas; and
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| WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the perianesthesia | 11 |
| nursing profession meets the varied and emerging health care | 12 |
| needs of the American population in a diversified range of | 13 |
| environments; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, as | 15 |
| the representative for the perianesthesia nurses of this | 16 |
| country, strives to advance nursing practice, through | 17 |
| education, research, and standards; and
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| WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nursing has been established as | 19 |
| essential in the quality of health care and safety of patients | 20 |
| in the hospital and ambulatory surgery settings; and
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| WHEREAS, The demand for perianesthesia nurses will only | 22 |
| increase due to an aging American population, advances in | 23 |
| medicine that are prolonging life, and the meteoric expansion | 24 |
| of home health care services; and
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| WHEREAS, The inestimable pre-eminent value of services and | 26 |
| care provided by perianesthesia nurses will be of paramount | 27 |
| importance to the American health care system; and
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| WHEREAS, Along with the American Society of PeriAnesthesia |
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| Nurses (ASPAN), the Illinois Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses | 2 |
| (ILSPAN) has declared the week of February 6-12, 2006, as | 3 |
| "PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week" with the theme of: | 4 |
| "Perianesthesia Nurses...Exceptional People Touching Your | 5 |
| World" in celebration of the ways perianesthesia nurses strive | 6 |
| to advance nursing practices; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we honor the perianesthesia nurses who care so unselfishly and | 10 |
| proficiently for us all; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we recognize perianesthesia nurses' | 12 |
| accomplishments and efforts to improve the quality of patient | 13 |
| care and nursing practices, and we encourage all citizens to | 14 |
| show appreciation for our nation's perianesthesia nurses not | 15 |
| just during the designated week, but at every opportunity | 16 |
| throughout the year; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the Illinois Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses as | 19 |
| an expression of our esteem.
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