[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 70

  Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America's Certified 
   Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing 
                  quality health care for the public.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2019

  Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Ms. Roybal-
 Allard) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America's Certified 
   Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing 
                  quality health care for the public.

Whereas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are essential to 
        America's health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective 
        anesthesia care for more than 150 years;
Whereas CRNAs safely administer approximately 43 million anesthetics to patients 
        each year;
Whereas CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America, 
        enabling health care facilities in these medically underserved areas to 
        offer obstetrical, surgical, trauma stabilization, and pain management 
        services;
Whereas CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, 
        including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery 
        rooms; the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and 
        plastic surgeons; ambulatory surgical centers; and United States 
        Military and Public Health Services and Department of Veterans Affairs 
        medical facilities;
Whereas nurse anesthetists first provided anesthesia to wounded soldiers during 
        the American Civil War and have been the main provider of anesthesia 
        care to United States military personnel on the front lines since World 
        War I, including all current United States military actions around the 
        globe; and
Whereas the purpose of National CRNA Week, held January 20, 2019, through 
        January 26, 2019, is to raise public awareness of and celebrate the 
        Nation's 52,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student 
        registered nurse anesthetists: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks and promotes the 
profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) by 
encouraging patients, hospital administrators, health care 
professionals, policymakers, and others to become more familiar with 
the CRNA credential and the exceptional advanced practice registered 
nurses who have earned it by participating in National CRNA Week.
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