[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 80

  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

                            February 1, 2021

 Ms. Schakowsky 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 are essential to America's 
        health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective anesthesia 
        care for more than 150 years;
Whereas certified registered nurse anesthetists safely administer approximately 
        49,000,000 anesthetics to patients each year;
Whereas certified registered nurse anesthetists 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 certified registered nurse anesthetists 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 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 24, 2021, through 
        January 30, 2021, is to raise public awareness of and celebrate the 
        Nation's 57,000 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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