[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CELEBRATE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 10, 2000

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate the Edward Hines Jr. 
Medical Center Nurses for their invaluable work caring for our nation's 
veterans on the occasion of the National Nurses Week, which is 
celebrated the week of May 7-13, 2000.
  The nursing staff at Hines Medical Center provide nursing care for 
veterans of all ages and all walks of life. They provide specialty care 
to patients from Illinois as well as throughout the Midwest. The 
nursing staff is committed to ensuring that all veterans received the 
high quality care they so richly deserve.
  Approximately thirty-four thousand veterans are enrolled at Hines 
Medical Center. The nursing staff treat veteran patients during more 
than four-hundred thousand inpatient and outpatient visits each year.
  The Nurses Week theme this year is ``Helping, Sharing, Always Caring 
for Our Veterans.'' They have a week of special events planned for 
Nurses Week. These include a nursing rededication to service program, 
nursing Olympics, and fellowship programs for all three shifts. Medical 
media is providing a video that highlights the many contributions of 
the nursing staff.
  I congratulate and recognize Hines Medical Center Nurses and all 
nurses for their service to patient care, research, education, quality 
improvement, infection control, administration and the many other areas 
where nurses make a difference at Hines and at all medical facilities. 
I thank them for their commitment, dedication and tireless service.

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