[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  IN HONOR OF JULIA ROBINSON, MS, FNP, RN 1995 KERN COUNTY REGISTERED 
                           NURSE OF THE YEAR

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                         HON. WILLIAM M. THOMAS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 1995
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise Ms. Julia Robinson, 
who on May 4 will be honored by her peers as the 1995 Kern County 
Registered Nurse of the Year.
  In the person of Julia Robinson we do not have to look far to find an 
every day hero and role model for our children. While it may not be 
obvious when you look at Ms. Robinson's profession, a nurse, to see why 
she is a role model. There are many nurses. Nor is it obvious by her 
career, teaching. There are many teachers. To understand why Ms. 
Robinson is an every day hero and a role model, you must look at the 
totality of her work.
  Ms. Robinson has risen to do good things throughout her career. She 
is both teacher and student--a teacher of nurses to be as an Associate 
Professor of Nursing at California State University, Bakersfield for 
over 10 years and as a doctoral student at the University of San Diego.
  As an associate professor Ms. Robinson is the team leader and 
coordinator of the medical/surgical course of the nurses junior year 
and teaches course in advanced health assessment for graduate students. 
And for her efforts, her students honored Ms. Robinson in 1993 during 
the pinning ceremony. Julia Robinson also does not back away from great 
challenges and has recently taken on what some in the teaching world 
would consider the unenviable task of preparing the department for the 
reaccreditation process slated to begin in the fall of 1995.
  Ms. Robinson has remained active in the day-to-day world of nursing 
by acting as a volunteer nurse practitioner for the Salvation Army and 
as a volunteer in the Student Health Center at the university. The list 
of Julia's accomplishments, degrees and honors stretches over years and 
I expect that given her past record of achievement and commitment to 
her profession they will continue long into the future. We offer 
congratulations to Julia Robinson on this honor that is very well 
deserved.


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