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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the nursing staff
4at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn for their many achievements in
5the field of nursing; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The nurses at MacNeal Hospital believe that they
7can contribute to improvements in policies and management of
8health systems and services; they have already provided a
9tremendous service in improving the education levels of nurses
10at their hospital so that they can better help solve the root
11of the nursing shortage in Illinois, which is a shortage of
12nurse teachers; 115 MacNeal nurses have returned to school for
13either their bachelor's degree or their master's degree in
14nursing, which is funded by the hospital and the Illinois
15Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the
16hospital's graduate school prepared nurses have made a
17commitment to teach in the local nursing schools to help
18increase the number of nursing students that Illinois can
19produce; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The nurses at MacNeal Hospital have worked
21tirelessly to reduce the gap between the ethnicities they serve
22and the ethnicities of the nurses that serve them; by reaching
23out to the community and creating a nondiscriminatory climate,

 

 

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1they have increased their Hispanic Latino nurse employees from
26% to 16% - a great achievement when only 3% of nurses
3nationwide are Hispanic or Latino; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The nurses at MacNeal Hospital donate countless
5hours towards community service, having doubled their
6collective volunteer hours every year; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The nurses at MacNeal Hospital seek to achieve
8Magnet status, the gold standard in healthcare, from the
9American Nurses' Credentialing Center; they have raised the bar
10by improving the outcomes of their patients above the national
11benchmarks by focusing on professional development,
12interdisciplinary collaboration, leadership, and clinical
13practice; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The nursing staff at MacNeal Hospital serve as
15models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people
16of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate the nursing staff at MacNeal Hospital for their
20many achievements in the field of nursing and wish them
21continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the nursing staff at MacNeal Hospital as a symbol
3of our esteem and respect.