HLS 19RS-389 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 85
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. Janet Simmons Rami on her retirement as dean of
the Southern University School of Nursing
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Janet Simmons Rami, Ph.D., R.N., upon her retirement as dean of the School
3 of Nursing at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
4 WHEREAS, Janet Rami graduated from Dillard University in 1970 with a bachelor
5of science degree in nursing; she earned a master's degree in cross-cultural nursing from the
6University of Southern Mississippi in 1979, and in 1992, she earned a Ph.D. from Louisiana
7State University in research methodology; she also studied educational administration at
8Harvard University; and
9 WHEREAS, Dr. Rami was named dean of the Southern University School of
10Nursing in 1986; at the onset of her administration, thirty-six students were enrolled in the
11bachelor of science in nursing program; during her tenure, more than two thousand students
12have graduated from the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree nursing programs;
13Southern University offers one of only two Ph.D. programs in nursing in the state of
14Louisiana; and
15 WHEREAS, in 2005, Dr. Rami was appointed to a five-year term on the National
16Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice by U.S. Health and Human Services
17Secretary Mike Leavitt and was an integral part of policymaking on the nursing workforce,
18education, and practice issues for the United States; she served on the health transition teams
19of two Louisiana governors, and she is a member of Louisiana's Nurse Supply and Demand
20Council; and
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1 WHEREAS, on August 31, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Rami
2led an exceptionally rapid and efficient mobilization of resources needed for the operation
3of the temporary shelter at Southern's F.G. Clark Activity Center; she also coordinated the
4delivery of primary healthcare to hurricane evacuees through Southern's Mobile Family
5Health Center to Renaissance Village, one of the largest trailer villages in the state that
6housed hurricane evacuees; Johnson and Johnson and NurseWeek Magazine named Dr. Rami
7a "Nurse Hero for 2007" for her leadership in aiding Katrina evacuees; and
8 WHEREAS, in 2002, Dr. Rami was named Nursing School Administrator of the
9Year by the Louisiana State Nurses Association and in 2007, she was inducted into the
10Nursing Hall of Fame by the Louisiana State Nurses Association and the Louisiana State
11Nurses Foundation; and
12 WHEREAS, it is fitting to honor Dr. Rami for thirty-six years of dedicated service
13to the profession of nursing and to Southern University; she has been a visionary trailblazer
14in her field and is nationally recognized for her success in educating minority students for
15the health professions and for her leadership in providing access to health services for
16underserved populations.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
18Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Janet Simmons Rami, Ph.D., R.N., upon her
19retirement as dean of the School of Nursing at Southern University and does hereby
20commend her for her dedicated service and tremendous contributions to the field of nursing.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
22Dr. Janet S. Rami.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 85 Original 2019 Regular Session Carpenter
Commends Janet Simmons Rami, Ph.D., R.N., on her retirement from Southern University.
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