PRINTER'S NO. 1655
No. 152 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, JANUARY 22, 2002
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 22, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of January 20 through 26, 2002, as
2 "National Nurse Anesthetists Week."
3 WHEREAS, Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are
4 essential to our health care system, as approximately 3,000
5 CRNAs have provided high-quality, cost-effective anesthesia care
6 for more than 100 years in this Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, CRNAs are advanced-practice registered nurses who
8 have completed graduate-level education and a national
9 certifying examination; and
10 WHEREAS, These special anesthesia care providers are
11 qualified to participate in all arenas where patients require
12 the administration of anesthetic agents: obstetrical delivery
13 rooms, surgical suites, trauma stabilization bays, hospital
14 procedure suites, offices of dentists, podiatrists,
15 ophthalmologists and specialty surgeons, ambulatory surgical
16 centers, military and public health services and Veterans
17 Administration medical facilities; and
1 WHEREAS, CRNAs administer nearly 65% of the 26 million
2 anesthetics administered annually in our country; and
3 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to 11 nurse anesthesia
4 education programs, the greatest concentration of nurse
5 anesthesia programs in one state in the United States; and
6 WHEREAS, The Philadelphia area is home to four nurse
7 anesthesia education programs which grant master's degrees to
8 nurse anesthesia graduates; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of January 20
10 through 26, 2002, as "National Nurse Anesthetists Week" and urge
11 all Pennsylvanians to acknowledge the professionalism and
12 service of certified registered nurse anesthetists.
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