PRINTER'S NO. 1338
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
222
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, BAKER, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH, SCARNATI, COSTA,
DINNIMAN, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, ARGALL, BARTOLOTTA, EICHELBERGER,
GORDNER, GREENLEAF, McGARRIGLE, PILEGGI, SCAVELLO, RAFFERTY,
VOGEL, VULAKOVICH, FARNESE, FONTANA, SABATINA, TARTAGLIONE,
TEPLITZ AND YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 20, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 20, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of November 8 through 14, 2015, as "Nurse
Practitioner Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There are more than 205,000 licensed nurse
practitioners in the United States and approximately 9,500 nurse
practitioners in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The first nurse practitioner program was founded in
1965 and nurse practitioners have contributed greatly in
providing health care to patients during the last 50 years; and
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners provide high-quality, cost-
effective, patient-centered, personalized health care; and
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners have completed graduate and
advanced education, with most having a master's degree and an
increasing number having a doctorate; and
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners order, perform and interpret
diagnostic tests, diagnose and treat acute and chronic
conditions and prescribe medications and other treatments; and
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