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A RESOLUTION recognizing February 14, 2024, as Advanced Practice Registered 1
Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2
WHEREAS, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), including both nurse 3
practitioners (NPs) and nurse-midwives, are trusted providers of health care for patients 4
across the Commonwealth; and 5
WHEREAS, APRNs are five times more likely to work in rural areas, where there 6
is the greatest need, and wherever they provide care, they work to expand access to health 7
care in underserved communities and address health disparities; and 8
WHEREAS, patients depend on the more than 355,000 licensed NPs in the United 9
States and the 11,822 licensed NPs in Kentucky to diagnose, manage, and treat their 10
acute and chronic health conditions; and 11
WHEREAS, 138 nurse-midwives in Kentucky provide primary care for women, 12
including prenatal care, education, the delivery of infants, and postpartum and 13
gynecological care; and 14
WHEREAS, APRNs provide high-quality primary, acute, and specialty health care 15
services while emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, health education, and 16
counseling, guiding patients to make smarter health and lifestyle choices; and 17
WHEREAS, the confidence that patients have in NP-delivered health care is 18
evidenced by the more than one billion visits made annually to NPs across the country 19
and the more than five decades of research that confirms the high-quality care provided 20
by APRNs; and 21
WHEREAS, better utilization of APRNs through modernized state laws and 22
improved policies has created improved health through a more accessible, efficient, cost-23
effective, and higher-quality health care system; and 24
WHEREAS, leading governmental and policy entities, including the National 25
Academy of Medicine, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the National 26
Governors Association, and the Federal Trade Commission, have taken notice of the 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 2034
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benefits of providing patients with full and direct access to NP care; 1
NOW, THEREFORE, 2
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 3
Kentucky: 4
Section 1. The Senate hereby recognizes February 14, 2024, Advanced Practice 5
Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 6
Section 2. When the Senate adjourns this day, it does so in honor, recognition, 7
and celebration of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and the service, and high-quality 8
care they provide to Kentuckian across the Commonwealth. 9
Section 3. The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 10
Resolution to Senator Julie Raque Adams. 11