Bill Text: TX SR799 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Kay K. Sanders for receiving the Helen Lamb Outstanding Educator Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-21 - Reported enrolled [SR799 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR799-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Dr. Kay K. Sanders, Director of the School of | ||
Nurse Anesthesia at Texas Christian University, is the recipient | ||
of the 2019 Helen Lamb Outstanding Educator Award from the | ||
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 1980, the award recognizes certified | ||
registered nurse anesthetists who further the art and science of | ||
anesthesiology through their commitment to advancing educational | ||
standards that result in high-quality patient care; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Sanders is the founding director of the nurse | ||
anesthesia program at Texas Christian University, and she is | ||
retiring on May 31, 2019, bringing to a close a distinguished | ||
career that has spanned more than three decades; she has overseen | ||
the department's curriculum since 1988, and she developed a new | ||
anesthesia program for the university in 2003; she is the | ||
longest-serving director of a program of this kind in Texas and | ||
has been responsible for the training of more nurse anesthetists | ||
than anyone else in state history; and | ||
WHEREAS, Heralded as a consummate advocate who tirelessly | ||
works to improve patient safety, Dr. Sanders is a past president | ||
of the Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists and continues to | ||
support the entity in various capacities; moreover, she has held | ||
leadership roles with the American Association of Nurse | ||
Anesthetists, and she served as board president of the Council on | ||
Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, The dedication, professionalism, and commitment to | ||
excellence demonstrated by Dr. Kay Sanders have greatly benefited | ||
the medical community and her fellow citizens, and she is indeed | ||
deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate Dr. Kay K. Sanders on her | ||
receipt of the 2019 Helen Lamb Outstanding Educator Award and on | ||
her retirement and extend to her sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Dr. Sanders as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Nelson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 21, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |