Bill Text: VA HR360 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-10 - Bill text as passed House (HR360ER) [HR360 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HR360-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital received the prestigious Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses PRISM Award in 2016; and
WHEREAS, the PRISM (Premier Recognition In the Specialty of Med-Surg) Award celebrates medical-surgical units that exhibit effective leadership, recruit and retain excellent staff, achieve positive patient outcomes, promote a healthy work environment, and foster lifelong learning; and
WHEREAS, there are more than 600,000 medical-surgical nurses practicing in the United States, making them the largest group of specialty nurses working in hospital settings; Inova Loudoun Hospital was one of only 16 hospitals in the country to receive the relatively new PRISM Award; and
WHEREAS, the staff of the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital exhibits exceptional nursing practices, demonstrates outstanding leadership, and attains excellent patient outcomes in acute care/medical-surgical nursing; and
WHEREAS, the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital was presented with a PRISM Award plaque by officials from the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses and the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board during a ceremony on September 23, 2016; and
WHEREAS, all members of the staff of the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital contributed to the outstanding nursing care recognized by the PRISM Award; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Medical Surgical Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital hereby be commended for receiving the prestigious Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses PRISM Award in 2016; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Alison Smolsky, patient care director of the Medical Surgical and Oncology Units at Inova Loudoun Hospital, as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the hospital's excellence in nursing care.
