TITLE: Recognizing February 26, 2013, as Nurse Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 26, 2013, as Nurse Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to welcome the registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses who are visiting the State Capitol today, February 26, 2013, as part of Nurse Day; and WHEREAS, The 184,000 registered nurses and 80,000 licensed vocational nurses caring for Texans every day in hospitals, in nursing homes, through home health agencies, and in other settings are critical to the quality of health care provided in our state; and WHEREAS, Nurses are consistently rated by the Gallup Poll as among the highest-ranking professionals in honesty and ethical standards; and WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Nurses Association and the Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Texas and other Texas nursing organizations represented at the Capitol today share a mission of advocacy for excellence in care for their patients both at the bedside and in the public arena; and WHEREAS, Texas nurses deserve our respect, praise, and admiration for their commitment to bringing the highest quality of care to the citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 26, 2013, as Nurse Day at the State Capitol and commend all nurses for their invaluable service to this state. Howard Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 613 was adopted by the House on February 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House