H.R. No. 549


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to welcome the registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses who are visiting the State Capitol as part of Nurse Day at the Capitol 2005; and WHEREAS, Nursing is known as a caring profession, and the 140,000 registered nurses and 60,000 licensed vocational nurses tending to the needs of Texans every day in hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies throughout the state are critical to the quality of health care that patients receive; and WHEREAS, Despite the fact that hospitals and other employers need and would hire significantly more nurses, Texas nursing schools have been forced to turn away thousands of qualified applicants because of lack of adequate faculty positions; and WHEREAS, This legislature is faced with the challenge of finding effective ways to address this critical shortage of nurses and to enable Texas nursing schools to admit and adequately train the nurses that our state needs; and WHEREAS, Nurses are held in high esteem by citizens across the state and nation as evidenced by the national polls recognizing nursing as one of the country's most trusted professions; and WHEREAS, The benefits of the care and support that nurses provide their patients are immeasurable, and these dedicated professionals are indeed deserving of our utmost respect and admiration; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2005, as Nurse Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to those nurses visiting the Capitol today. McReynolds ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 549 was adopted by the House on March 1, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House