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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, There are  more than 49,000 perianesthesia 
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registered nurses in the United States whose interests are 
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represented by one of our nation's premier specialty nursing 
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organizations, the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses; 
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and
 

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    WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nurses practice in all phases of 
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preanesthesia and postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, 
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pain management, and special procedure areas; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the perianesthesia 
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nursing profession meets the varied and emerging health care 
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needs of the American population in a diversified range of 
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environments; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, as 
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the representative for the perianesthesia nurses of this 
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country, strives to advance nursing practice, through 
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education, research, and standards; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Perianesthesia nursing has been established as 
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essential in the quality of health care and safety of patients 
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in the hospital and ambulatory surgery settings; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The demand for perianesthesia nurses will only 
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increase due to an aging American population, advances in 
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medicine that are prolonging life, and the meteoric expansion 
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of home health care services; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The inestimable pre-eminent value of services and 
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care provided by perianesthesia nurses will be of paramount 
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importance to the American health care system; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Along with the American Society of PeriAnesthesia 
 


 






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Nurses (ASPAN), the Illinois Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses 
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(ILSPAN) has declared the week of February 6-12, 2006, as 
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"PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week" with the theme of: 
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"Perianesthesia Nurses...Exceptional People Touching Your 
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World" in celebration of the ways perianesthesia nurses strive 
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to advance nursing practices; therefore, be it
 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we honor the perianesthesia nurses who care so unselfishly and 
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proficiently for us all; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That we recognize perianesthesia nurses' 
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accomplishments and efforts to improve the quality of patient 
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care and nursing practices, and we encourage all citizens to 
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show appreciation for our nation's perianesthesia nurses not 
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just during the designated week, but at every opportunity 
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throughout the year; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Illinois Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses as 
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an expression of our esteem.