1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20 |
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2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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3 | 3 | | join Texans across the state in celebrating January 26 through |
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4 | 4 | | 30, 2015, as Texas Nurse Anesthetists Week; and |
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5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Nurse anesthetists have been providing anesthesia |
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6 | 6 | | care to patients in the United States for 150 years and are |
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7 | 7 | | members of the oldest nurse specialty group in the country; |
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8 | 8 | | formal training for this important field began when a school of |
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9 | 9 | | nurse anesthesia was established at Saint Vincent Hospital in |
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10 | 10 | | Portland, Oregon, in 1909; and |
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11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Today, nurse anesthetists practice in every state |
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12 | 12 | | and administer anesthetics to millions of patients each year; |
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13 | 13 | | these committed professionals work in a wide array of settings, |
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14 | 14 | | from large academic hospitals to outpatient surgery centers to |
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15 | 15 | | individual physicians' offices; and |
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16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, All certified registered nurse anesthetists in |
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17 | 17 | | Texas are licensed by the state after graduating from an |
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18 | 18 | | accredited educational program and passing a national |
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19 | 19 | | examination; and |
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20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Nurse anesthetists are the sole anesthesia |
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21 | 21 | | providers in numerous rural Texas counties; our state is indebted |
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22 | 22 | | to these health care professionals for the vital medical services |
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23 | 23 | | they provide, and it is truly fitting that they receive special |
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24 | 24 | | recognition for the crucial role they play in our health care |
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25 | 25 | | system; now, therefore, be it |
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26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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27 | 27 | | Legislature, hereby commend nurse anesthetists for their |
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28 | 28 | | commitment to quality care and extend to them best wishes for a |
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29 | 29 | | productive and memorable Texas Nurse Anesthetists Week; and, be |
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30 | 30 | | it further |
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31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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32 | 32 | | honor of these dedicated health care specialists. |
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33 | 33 | | Schwertner |
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34 | 34 | | ________________________________ |
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35 | 35 | | President of the Senate |
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36 | 36 | | I hereby certify that the |
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37 | 37 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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38 | 38 | | the Senate on January 21, 2015. |
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39 | 39 | | ________________________________ |
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40 | 40 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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42 | 42 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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