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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | October 6, 2021 11:23 AM |
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| From: | Senator Camera Bartolotta |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Nurse Practitioner Week Resolution |
| In the near future, I will introduce a resolution recognizing November 7-13, 2021, as “Nurse Practitioner Week” in Pennsylvania which is intended to increase public awareness of the important role that nurse practitioners play in providing vital healthcare services. There are approximately 16,300 nurse practitioners, or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), who are currently practicing in the Commonwealth and providing primary, acute and specialty care to patients of all ages. Patients have demonstrated great trust in the high quality care nurse practitioners provide, resulting in more than one billion patient visits annually to nurse practitioners across the country. As citizens, we all benefit from the quality and cost effective care provided by nurse practitioners, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why Pennsylvania should embrace the approach taken by 24 other states and the District of Columbia to grant full practice authority to these providers. I have sponsored legislation – Senate Bill 25 – to this effect. Please join me in cosponsoring this resolution and acknowledging the service of Pennsylvania’s nurse practitioners. |