Full Text of SR2359 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners are advanced practice | 3 | | registered nurses who have advanced
clinical education and | 4 | | training building upon their initial registered nurse | 5 | | preparation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, There are 222,000 licensed nurse practitioners in | 7 | | the United States, and 8,270 in Illinois
providing primary, | 8 | | acute, and specialty care to patients of all ages and walks of | 9 | | life; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners diagnose, treat, and | 11 | | prescribe medications and other treatments to
patients through | 12 | | a caring, patient-centered, holistic model of care; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Citizens of our State and nation have great trust | 14 | | in the high-quality care nurse practitioners
provide, | 15 | | resulting in more than 870 million patient visits annually to | 16 | | nurse practitioners across the country; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Five decades of research demonstrates the high | 18 | | quality of care provided by nurse
practitioners; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners have master's degrees, and | 20 | | many have doctoral degrees, as well as
advanced education and |
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| 1 | | clinical training and are able to provide high quality care to | 2 | | three or more
patients per hour; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners practice in settings | 4 | | including hospital inpatient clinics, private group
practices, | 5 | | long-term care facilities, mental health facilities and many | 6 | | others; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Better utilization of nurse practitioners creates | 8 | | a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective, and
higher | 9 | | quality health care system; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois is proud to recognize and honor the | 11 | | service of nurse practitioners to our State; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare November 13 - | 14 | | 19, 2016 as Nurse Practitioner Week in the State of Illinois | 15 | | in recognition of
the countless contributions that nurse | 16 | | practitioners have made over the past half century and will
| 17 | | continue to make to the health and well-being of citizens in | 18 | | our State; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the Illinois Nurses Association and the Illinois | 21 | | Society for Advanced Practice Nursing.
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