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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 69
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLMOTT
A RESOLUTION
To recognize the week of May 6 through 12, 2010, as Louisiana State Nurses Week.
WHEREAS, cost-effective, safe, and quality health care services are an increasingly
important component of the United States health care delivery system now and will continue
to be so in the future; and
WHEREAS, professional nursing has been demonstrated as an indispensable
component of patient safety and quality patient care; and
WHEREAS, the future demand for registered nursing services in the United States
is expected to rise at an increasing rate because of the aging of the American population; and
WHEREAS, a renewed emphasis on primary and preventive health care will require
better utilization of all of the nursing resources of this nation; 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, Louisiana's fifty-six thousand registered nurses and the nearly three
million one hundred thousand registered nurses in the United States comprise the largest
health care profession in this state and in the nation; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Nurses Association, as the voice for the registered
nurses of this state, is working to chart a new course for a healthy state which relies on
increasing delivery of primary and preventive health care; and
WHEREAS, the year 2010 has been declared the International Year of the Nurse in
celebration of the centennial year of the death of Florence Nightengale (1820-1910), the
founder of modern nursing; and
WHEREAS, the week of May 6 through 12, 2010, has been declared Louisiana State
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WHEREAS, the theme of Louisiana State Nurses Week is "Nurses: Caring Today
for a Healthier Tomorrow".
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby celebrate the ways in which registered nurses strive to
provide safe and high-quality patient care and chart the course for improving our health care
system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
of Louisiana does hereby proclaim May 6 through 12, 2010, to be Louisiana State Nurses
Week.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the executive director of the Louisiana State Nurses Association.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES