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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The executive board of the World Health |
| 3 | | Organization designated the year
2020 as "Year of the Nurse and |
| 4 | | Midwife" in conjunction with the 200th birthday of
Florence |
| 5 | | Nightingale; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The World Health Organization is urging world |
| 7 | | leaders to make investments in
nursing and to pave the way for |
| 8 | | a brighter future for health around the world; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nurses and nurse midwives have a critical role in |
| 10 | | health promotion, disease
prevention, and the delivery of care |
| 11 | | in all settings; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has 185,992 registered nurses living and |
| 13 | | working in the State, of
which 13,746 are also licensed as |
| 14 | | advanced practice registered nurses, and 24,763
licensed |
| 15 | | practical nurses, making nursing the largest licensed health |
| 16 | | care profession; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, There are over 525 active certified |
| 18 | | nurse-midwives (CNMs) licensed
through the Illinois State |
| 19 | | Board of Nursing; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, There are 129 schools of nursing in Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The care provided by nurses in Illinois is the |
| 2 | | primary component to a
successful health care delivery system; |
| 3 | | and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Since 2015, nurse researchers in Illinois have |
| 5 | | been awarded funding from the
National Institute of Nursing |
| 6 | | Research in excess of $27 million, to provide the |
| 7 | | evidence-based
findings to improve health for individuals, |
| 8 | | families, and communities; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, CNMs are primary care providers throughout a |
| 10 | | woman's life span,
promoting the health and well-being of |
| 11 | | newborns and women, and care for families and
communities |
| 12 | | during a time of an obstetric workforce shortage in the |
| 13 | | country; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
| 16 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare 2020 as the "Year of the |
| 17 | | Nurse and Midwife" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the vital role of
nurses and |
| 19 | | nurse midwives in promoting and providing health care to the |
| 20 | | residents of
Illinois and the importance of investment in |
| 21 | | nursing education and research to develop a
sufficient and |