05-17-2022 National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2022 PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK
May 6- 12,2022
To recognize National Nurses Week 2022,and May 6'as Nurses Day,by honoring our frontline warriors,our
caretakers, and our health care providers who work tirelessly to help our youth,adults,and elders to
improve and maintain their physical and mental health
WHEREAS, scientific advancements, in recent years, have dramatically expanded the role of nurses in
our health care system, and their knowledge and skills have increased to keep pace with new technologies and
methods of treatments; and
WHEREAS, nurses bring a special compassion and concern for the patient and for the patient's family;
and
WHEREAS, nurses play a vital role in educating people in how to avoid illness and promote good
health.; and
WHEREAS, nurses are essential to every health care setting—in hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory
care centers, and patients'homes; and
WHEREAS, cardiac, post-surgical, trauma, and burn units require intensive nursing care around the
clock; community health nurses enable the elderly to receive needed care in their own homes; and nurses
trained in maternal and child health provide much of the care in urban and rural clinics; and
WHEREAS, nurses with specialized training treat cancer patients, stroke victims, and psychiatric
patients; nurse researchers are developing new and better ways to improve nursing practice, reduce patient
stress, and help patients and their families cope with illness; and
WHEREAS, the nurses of this Country deserve our gratitude for their personal and professional
contributions to the improved health of American citizens; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the value and the accomplishments of nurses by designating
National Nurses Week.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board does hereby proclaim the week of May 6 - 12, 2022, as National
Nurses Week in recognition of the hard work and dedication of our frontline warriors, and May 6th as Nurses
Day throughout the County.
Given under my hand this 17th day of May, 2021.
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