Full Text of HR0769 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Christy Alexander on | 4 | | being named the Front Line Forensic Nurse of the Year by the | 5 | | International Association of Forensic Nurses; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander has been in nursing for 33 years | 7 | | and has worked at Presence St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee, | 8 | | Illinois since 1993; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander is a nurse with a special | 10 | | mission; in 2010, while working in Pediatric Emergency Care, | 11 | | she regularly encountered abused children and decided to look | 12 | | into forensic nursing; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, Christy Alexander received her board | 14 | | certification as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE); she is | 15 | | one of only 33 nurses in the State of Illinois certified to | 16 | | work with adult victims of sexual violence and one of only a | 17 | | dozen certified to work with children who have been sexually | 18 | | assaulted; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander has a desire to increase the | 20 | | number of SANE-certified nurses; in 2012, she founded the SANE | 21 | | Program at Presence St. Mary's Hospital with the goal of |
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| 1 | | helping victims of sexual assault regain control of their | 2 | | lives; Presence St. Mary's has since added two additional SANE | 3 | | nurses; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander sees 50 to 70 victims of sexual | 5 | | assault per year, the vast majority of which are women; almost | 6 | | half of her patients are children; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander will present at the | 8 | | International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, | 9 | | and Gender Bias in Chicago in April; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander was recommended for the award by | 11 | | the state coordinator of SANE nurses, Jaclyn Rodriguez, and by | 12 | | letters of recommendation from her peers; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander also works with the local Sexual | 14 | | Assault Response Team, the Kankakee County Center Against | 15 | | Sexual Assault, the Child Network, Kankakee Community College, | 16 | | the Illinois State's Attorney's Office, and other health | 17 | | professionals to learn how to better serve victims; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Christy Alexander is a graduate of Herscher High | 19 | | School, Kankakee Community College, and Western Governor's | 20 | | University in Utah; Christy and her husband, Jim, now live in | 21 | | Chebanse, Illinois and have six children; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Christy Alexander on being named the Front Line | 4 | | Forensic Nurse of the Year by the International Association of | 5 | | Forensic Nurses; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Christy Alexander as an expression of our esteem | 8 | | and respect.
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