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Whereas nurses serve on the front lines, risking their lives 
treating the injured and sick during wartime, natural dis-
asters, and public health emergencies, including the 
COVID–19 pandemic; 
Whereas nurses are known to be patient advocates, acting to 
protect the lives of individuals under their care; 
Whereas nurses represent the largest single component of the 
health care profession, with an estimated population of 
more than 4,000,000 registered nurses in the United 
States; 
Whereas nurses are leading in the delivery of quality care in 
a transformed health care system that improves patient 
outcomes and safety; 
Whereas the Future of Nursing report of the Institute of 
Medicine has called for the nursing profession to meet 
the call for leadership in a team-based delivery model; 
Whereas when nurse staffing levels increase, the risk of pa-
tient complications and lengthy hospital stays decreases, 
resulting in cost savings; 
Whereas nurses are experienced researchers, and the work of 
nurses encompasses a wide scope of scientific inquiry, in-
cluding clinical research, health systems and outcomes re-
search, and nursing education research; 
Whereas nurses provide care that is sensitive to the cultures 
and customs of individuals across the United States; 
Whereas nurses are well-positioned to provide leadership to 
eliminate health care disparities that exist in the United 
States; 
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Whereas nurses are the cornerstone of the public health in-
frastructure, promoting healthy lifestyles and educating 
communities on disease prevention and health promotion; 
Whereas nurses help inform and educate, and work closely 
with, legislators to improve— 
(1) the education, retention, recruitment, and prac-
tice of all nurses; and 
(2) the health and safety of the patients for whom 
the nurses care; 
Whereas there is a need— 
(1) to strengthen nursing workforce development 
programs at all levels, including the number of doctorally 
prepared faculty members; and 
(2) to provide education to the nurse research sci-
entists who can develop new nursing care models to im-
prove the health status of the diverse population of the 
United States; 
Whereas nurses touch the lives of the people of the United 
States through every stage of life; and 
Whereas nursing has been voted the most honest and ethical 
profession in the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Nurses Week, as founded by the American Nurses 
Association; 
(2) recognizes the significant contributions of 
nurses to the health care system in the United 
States; and 
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(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe National Nurses Week with appropriate 
recognition, ceremonies, activities, and programs to 
demonstrate the importance of nurses to the every-
day lives of patients. 
Æ 
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