PRINTER'S NO. 2674
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
593
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, R. BROWN, BURNS,
CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL, DUSH, FREEMAN,
HAHN, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, KRUEGER-BRANEKY, LONGIETTI,
MACKENZIE, MARSHALL, MILLARD, NEILSON, PICKETT, SANTORA,
SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, STAATS, THOMAS, TOEPEL, WARD,
MARSICO AND EVERETT, NOVEMBER 6, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of November 12 through 18, 2017, as "Nurse
Practitioner Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners serve as trusted frontline
providers of health care for patients in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered
nurses with advanced clinical education and training, which
builds upon their initial registered nurse preparation; and
WHEREAS, There are 234,000 licensed nurse practitioners in
the United States, and 11,068 in Pennsylvania, providing
primary, acute and specialty care to patients of all ages and
walks of life; and
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners diagnose, treat and prescribe
medications and other treatments to patients through a caring,
patient-centered, holistic model of care; and
WHEREAS, The people of this nation and Commonwealth have
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