[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S5116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRATULATING ST. ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I rise to congratulate St. 
Elizabeth Medical Center of northern Kentucky. St. Elizabeth has been 
named as a magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
  Designation as a magnet hospital by this organization is an extremely 
prestigious honor, so much so that some have called it the Nobel Prize 
of hospital nursing. Fewer than 200 providers have received this 
recognition. This puts St. Elizabeth in the company of only 3 percent 
of U.S. hospitals.
  Just as the award it has received indicates, St. Elizabeth acts as a 
magnet for nursing. It offers the exceptional quality of nursing care 
and attracts and retains the most talented nurses. Not only is this 
good news for St. Elizabeth, but it is good news for the community--
they know that if they go to this facility, they will be receiving some 
of the best care in the country. I am extremely excited that northern 
Kentucky is receiving the nursing care that it deserves.
  I congratulate St. Elizabeth Medical Center on this achievement. 
Everyone involved with this institution is an inspiration to the 
citizens of Kentucky. I look forward to all that St. Elizabeth 
accomplishes in the future.

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