Senate Resolution No. 28

BY: Senator TEDISCO

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        January 22-28, 2023, as Certified  Registered  Nurse
        Anesthetist Week in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official week that is set aside to inform key audiences about  the  role
and  value  of  Certified  Registered  Nurse  Anesthetists in delivering
anesthesia care in  today's  and  tomorrow's  United  States  healthcare
system; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim January 22-28, 2023, as
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week in the State of New York, in
conjunction with the observance of National Certified  Registered  Nurse
Anesthetist Week; and

  WHEREAS,   Certified   Registered  Nurse  Anesthetists  (CRNAs)  are
essential  to  America's  healthcare  system;  these  dedicated   health
professionals   have   been   providing   high-quality,   cost-effective
anesthesia care for more than 150 years, and  have  safely  administered
approximately 43 million anesthetics to patients each year; and

  WHEREAS,  Nurse  Anesthetists  were  the first professional group to
provide anesthesia in the United States, and are the  oldest  recognized
group of advanced practice registered nurse specialists; and

  WHEREAS,  These  registered  nurses  have completed a graduate-level
educational  program  in  a  nationally  accredited  program  of   nurse
anesthesia,  and,  after  graduation,  they  are  qualified  to take the
national certifying examination; and

  WHEREAS, Nurses first provided anesthesia to wounded soldiers during
the Civil War; since World War I, nurse anesthetists have been the  main
provider  of  anesthesia care to United States military personnel on the
front lines; today, these remarkable men and women serve our soldiers in
conflicts throughout the Middle East; and

  WHEREAS, CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural
America, enabling healthcare facilities in these  medically  underserved
areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, and trauma stabilization services;
in some states, CRNAs are the sole providers in nearly 100% of the rural
hospitals; and

  WHEREAS,  CRNAs  practice  in  every  setting in which anesthesia is
delivered including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical
delivery rooms; the offices of dentists, podiatrists,  ophthalmologists,
and  plastic  surgeons;  ambulatory  surgical centers; and United States
Military and Public Health Services and Veterans Administration  medical
facilities; and

  WHEREAS,  Each  day, New Yorkers benefit from the caring and skilled
attention of these individuals, and it is appropriate to  recognize  the

innumerable  contributions  of  CRNAs  by  designating a special week in
their honor; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize these
exceptional  healthcare professionals for their outstanding contribution
in adding to  the  quality  of  life  in  our  State  and  Nation;  now,
therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim January  22-28,  2023,  as
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week in the State of New York, in
recognition  of  our  appreciation  of  CRNAs,  and  to  celebrate their
dedication and professionalism; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York; and Board Members of the  New  York  State  Association  of  Nurse
Anesthetists.