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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING JANUARY 23-29, 2023, TO BE "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
ANESTHETISTS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Casimiro, Baginski,
Potter, Kennedy, Fellela, Ajello, and Azzinaro
Date Introduced: January 26, 2023
Referred To: House read and passed
WHEREAS, The week of January 23-29, 2023, has been designed as "National CRNA 1
Week"; and 2
WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are advanced practice 3
registered nurses. Providing anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150 4
years, CRNAs are among the nation's most trusted professions; and 5
WHEREAS, Legislation passed by Congress in 1986 made nurse anesthetists the first 6
nursing specialty to be accorded direct reimbursement rights by Medicare; and 7
WHEREAS, CRNAs are primary anesthesia providers in rural communities and continue 8
to be the primary providers of anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel; and 9
WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, from 10
traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms to critical access hospitals; from 11
ambulatory surgical centers to the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, pain 12
managements specialists and more; and 13
WHEREAS, CRNAs are qualified to make independent judgments regarding all aspects 14
of anesthesia care based on their education, training, and licensure; and 15
WHEREAS, CRNAs are trusted anesthesia experts on the frontlines, caring for patients 16
safely and compassionately, delivering specialized, cost-effective care to all patients from 17
newborns to seniors, and for every type of procedure in all types of facilities; and 18
WHEREAS, CRNAs are courageously serving on the frontlines of the ongoing 19
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coronavirus pandemic, using their advanced skills in airway management, intubation and 1
ventilator management to care for the sickest patients, and leaving their homes and families to 2
travel to hospitals and facilities across the country, so they can assist where the need is greatest; 3
now, therefore be it 4
RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby 5
proclaims January 23-29, 2023, to be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week" in Rhode 6
Island and furthermore recognizes the importance of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists 7
and their role in providing high-quality care for the public; and be it further 8
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 9
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Association of Nurse 10
Anesthetists (RIANA). 11
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