BILL NUMBER: ACR 161	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass,
Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Lieu,
Logue, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Nielsen, John A.
Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, and Yamada)

                        APRIL 19, 2010

   Relative to California Nurses Week 2010.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 161, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal. California Nurses Week
2010.
   This measure would proclaim May 9 through 15 as California Nurses
Week 2010.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The registered nurses of the California Nurses
Association, United Nurses of America, Nurse Alliance of California,
United Nurses  Association of California,  
Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, 
National Nurses United, and other nursing organizations are committed
advocates for each and every patient; and
   WHEREAS, The California Nurses Association was founded in 1903, as
the first organization to represent nurses in California; and
   WHEREAS, Over the past 107 years, California nurses have achieved
lifesaving gains in patient care and patient safety conditions for
all Californians through sponsored legislation, public regulation,
and collective action in patient care settings; and
   WHEREAS, The California Nurses Association has played an
instrumental role in the creation of National Nurses United in 2009,
bringing together 150,000 nurses from every state to promote patient
advocacy across the nation; and
   WHEREAS, California nurses have displayed great humanitarian
spirit with their efforts to help care for the patients and nurses of
Haiti in the aftermath of that nation's devastating earthquake; and
   WHEREAS, California nurses worked for many years to achieve the
nation's first safe registered nurse-to-patient ratio law that
studies have documented to reduce patient mortality in California
hospitals and help mitigate the nursing shortage; and
   WHEREAS, The California Nurses Association, United Nurses of
America, Nurse Alliance of California, United Nurses 
Association of California,   Associations of
California/Union of Health Care Professionals,  National Nurses
United, and other nursing organizations provide a powerful and
effective collective voice for registered nurses; and
   WHEREAS, The safe, high-quality health care services provided by
registered nurses somehow touch the lives of every single person in
California; and
   WHEREAS, Nationally, May 6 through 12 is recognized as National
Nurses Week 2010, and nurses working in all areas of health care in
California will commemorate May 9 through 15 as California Nurses
Week 2010, in celebration of all nurses working throughout California'
s health care system to provide safe, high-quality patient care and
patient services; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims May 9
through 15 as California Nurses Week 2010, in recognition of the many
contributions that all nurses have made to improve the health and
safety of all Californians and to express deep appreciation to all of
the state's nurses during that week and throughout the years to
come; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature asks all Californians to join in
honoring all nurses who provide the highest quality health care
services to the public; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.