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A Resolution Recognizing the Service of Local Nurses
in Observance of National Nurses Week
WHEREAS, since 1991, National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6th through May 12tH,
the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing; and,
WHEREAS, nursing comprises the largest component of the healthcare workforce with over 4.0
Million registered nurses nationwide; and,
WHEREAS, nurses are the primary, providers of hospital patient care and deliver most of the nation's
long-term care: and,
WHEREAS, with more than three times as many registered nurses than physicians, nurses deliver an
extended array of healthcare services including primary and preventative care by nurse practitioners,
obstetrical services by certified nurse -midwives and nurse anesthetists, as well as care in cardiac,
oncology, neonatal, neurological and other advanced clinical specialties; and,
WHEREAS, nurses most often must provide their care under adverse circumstances caused by high
stress, heavy patient load and long hours which place the life and health of nurses at risk; and,
WHEREAS, nurses touch the lives of all of us from birth to the end of life;
NOW, THEREFORE be it RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sitting in
regular session this 6th day of May 2020, that the Town Council, in recognition of National Nurses
Week, does hereby commend and express its thanks and gratitude to the members of the nursing
community of the New River Valley and commends them for their dedication to their patient's welfare
and perseverance in the face of challenges in providing for the comfort and care of their patients.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Council wishes to remember and recognize those nurses, who
in the course of their duties, have lost their lives as a result of the current viral pandemic, giving their
last full measure to their patients, their duties and their profession.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 6th day of May 2020 by the duly
recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as set forth below:
Lane R. Penn -Aye Joseph K. Goodman -Aye
Brooks R. Dawson -Aye G. Tyler Clontz -Aye
Gregory C. East -Aye James A. Radcliffe -Aye
THE TOWN SKI, VIRGI
David L. Clark
Mayor
ATTEST:
David N. Quesenberr
Clerk of Council