PRINTER'S NO. 2102
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
463
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, LANGERHOLC, BOSCOLA, FONTANA,
EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF, RESCHENTHALER, MENSCH, BROWNE,
TARTAGLIONE, SABATINA, BREWSTER, FOLMER, COSTA, BLAKE, WHITE,
BAKER, HUGHES, SCHWANK, KILLION, AUMENT, RAFFERTY, STREET AND
YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 15, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 15, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of November 11 through 17, 2018, as "Nurse
Practitioner Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners (NPs) serve as trusted frontline
providers of health care for patients in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, NPs are advanced practice registered nurses who have
advanced clinical education and training building upon their
initial registered nurse preparation; and
WHEREAS, There are 234,000 licensed NPs in the United States
and more than 12,300 NPs in this Commonwealth providing primary,
acute and specialty care to patients of all ages and walks of
life; and
WHEREAS, NPs diagnose, treat and prescribe medications and
other treatments to patients through a caring, patient-centered,
holistic model of care; and
WHEREAS, Residents of this Commonwealth and nation have great
trust in the high-quality care NPs provide, resulting in more
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than one billion patient visits annually to NPs across the
country; and
WHEREAS, Five decades of research demonstrate the high
quality of care provided by NPs; and
WHEREAS, Better utilization of NPs through modernized State
laws and improved policies creates better health through a more
accessible, efficient, cost-effective and higher-quality health
care system; and
WHEREAS, Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have
implemented "full practice authority" for NPs, granting patients
full and direct access to the outstanding care offered by these
health care providers; and
WHEREAS, Leading governmental and policy entities, including
the National Academy of Medicine, National Council of State
Boards of Nursing, National Governors Association and Federal
Trade Commission, have taken notice of the benefits of full
practice authority for NPs and have endorsed such a regulatory
model; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is proud to
recognize and honor the service of NPs to this Commonwealth;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of November 11
through 17, 2018, as "Nurse Practitioner Week" in Pennsylvania.
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