Bill Text: NY K00936 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 936 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim October 14, 2020, as Emergency Nurses Day and October 11-17, 2020, as Emergency Nurses Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-10 - adopted [K00936 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00936-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 936

BY: M. of A. DeStefano

            memorializing  Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to
        proclaim October 14, 2020, as Emergency  Nurses  Day
        and October 11-17, 2020, as Emergency Nurses Week in
        the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to recognize
official days and weeks that are set  aside  to  increase  awareness  of
serious issues that affect the lives of citizens of New York State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, it is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M. Cuomo to proclaim October 14, 2020, as
Emergency Nurses Day and October 11-17, 2020, as Emergency  Nurses  Week
in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  The  more than 100,000 emergency nurses are the first line
of patient care in our nation's emergency departments; and

  WHEREAS, The profession of emergency  nurse  continues  to  grow  in
number and respect throughout our nation; and

  WHEREAS,   Emergency  nurses  are  committed  to  providing  quality
emergency care to their patients; and

  WHEREAS, Emergency nurses  selflessly  dedicate  large  portions  of
their lives to caring for and comforting those persons most in need; and

  WHEREAS, Emergency nurses are at the forefront of the health system;
they  are  the  first  face  a  patient  comes  across  when entering an
emergency room, and often the last face a patient sees when leaving; and

  WHEREAS, They face daily challenges of verbal  and  physical  abuse,
patient  adversity and hardship, and the constant battle of access block
and ramping, however this does not stop them from getting out of bed the
next day and doing it all over again; and

  WHEREAS,   Emergency   nurses    continually    demonstrate    their
professionalism  and strive to upgrade standards of practice and improve
patient care; and

  WHEREAS, Emergency nurses endeavor to  educate  the  public  in  the
prevention  and  treatment  of  injury and illness and the proper use of
emergency services; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M. Cuomo to proclaim October 14, 2020, as
Emergency Nurses Day and October 11-17, 2020, as Emergency  Nurses  Week
in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  recognition  of  our appreciation of
emergency nurses and to celebrate their dedication and  professionalism;
and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.