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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, There are over  142,000  registered  nurses  and
 3    26,000  licensed  practical  nurses in the State of Illinois;
 4    and

 5        WHEREAS, May 6 is  recognized  annually  as  National  RN
 6    Recognition  Day  to  honor  the  compassion,  knowledge, and
 7    skills of nursing professionals; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Registered   nurses   provide   the   necessary
 9    treatment,  continual assessment of conditions, and education
10    that patients require when hospitalized; and

11        WHEREAS, Recent studies published in the Journal  of  the
12    American  Medical  Association and the New England Journal of
13    Medicine found a direct link between higher number of  nurses
14    assigned to patients and lower adverse patient outcomes; and

15        WHEREAS,   Nurses,  as  patient  advocates,  are  joining
16    together to call for quality health care  measures  including
17    safe  staffing,  reporting  of  employee  turnover  and hours
18    worked, and  public  disclosure  of  hospital  infection  and
19    mortality rates; therefore, be it

20        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
21    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
22    we  do  hereby  recognize  Tuesday,  May 6, 2003, as National
23    Nurses Day in Illinois; and be it further

24        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
25    presented  to the Service Employees International Union Nurse
26    Alliance of Illinois with our respect and esteem.