IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 201 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week on May 6, 2013, 
through May 12, 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2013 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. JOYCE, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
COBLE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HANNA, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Mr. RUSH, Mr. HOLT, Ms. CHU, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. 
RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week 
on May 6, 2013, through May 12, 2013. 
Whereas since 1991, National Nurses Week is celebrated an-
nually from May 6, also known as National Recognition 
Day for Nurses, through May 12, the birthday of Flor-
ence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing; 
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•HRES 201 IH 
Whereas National Nurses Week is a time of year to reflect 
on the important contributions that nurses make to pro-
vide safe, high-quality health care; 
Whereas nurses are known to be patient advocates, acting 
fearlessly to protect the lives of those under their care; 
Whereas nurses represent the largest single component of the 
health care profession, with an estimated population of 
3,100,000 registered nurses in the United States; 
Whereas nurses are leading in the delivery of quality patient 
care in a transformed health care system; 
Whereas the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report 
has called for the nursing profession to optimize its con-
tribution to better meet the needs of all patients for qual-
ity health care; 
Whereas when nurse staffing levels increase, the risk of pa-
tient complications and length of hospital stays decrease, 
resulting in cost savings; 
Whereas nurses are experienced researchers, and their work 
encompasses a wide scope of scientific inquiry including 
clinical research, health systems and outcomes research, 
and nursing education research; 
Whereas nurses provide culturally and ethnically competent 
care and are increasingly being educated to be sensitive 
to regional and community customs of persons needing 
care; 
Whereas nurses have demonstrated their commitment to pa-
tient care, improved safety and quality, and better health 
outcomes; 
Whereas nurses are well positioned to provide leadership to 
eliminate health care disparities that exist in the Nation; 
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•HRES 201 IH 
Whereas nurses help inform and educate the public to im-
prove the practice of all nurses and, more importantly, 
the health and safety of the patients they care for; 
Whereas the nationwide nursing shortage has caused dedi-
cated nurses to work longer hours and care for more 
acutely ill patients; 
Whereas nurses are strong allies to Congress as they help in-
form, educate, and work closely with legislators to im-
prove the education, retention, recruitment, and practice 
of all nurses and, more importantly, the health and safety 
of the patients they care for; and 
Whereas increased Federal and State support is needed to 
enhance existing programs and create new programs to 
educate nursing students at all levels, to increase the 
number of faculty members to educate nursing students, 
to create clinical sites and have the appropriately pre-
pared nurses to teach and train at those sites, to create 
educational opportunities to retain nurses in the profes-
sion, and to educate and train more nurse research sci-
entists who can discover new nursing care models to im-
prove the health status of the Nation’s diverse popu-
lation: 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 of the United 
States; and 
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•HRES 201 IH 
(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. 
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