[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          HONORING KIM SUTTERS

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 1, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Kim Sutters for 
being named ``Registered Nurse of the Year'' by the Central Valley 
Coalition of Nursing Organizations. Sutters will receive the award in 
the Advanced Practice category.
  Kim is known as the ``pain guru'' of Valley Children's Hospital. 
Staff, physicians, pharmacists and patients rely on her expertise in 
this area and she is regularly called upon to consult in pain 
management. She has developed a pain brochure, which was translated 
into 3 different languages. Kim currently serves on multiple 
committees, including the Restraints Task Force, Infection Control 
Committee, Nursing Practice Team, Pain Management Sub-Committee, I.V. 
Procedures Task Force, Clinical Nurse Specialist Job Performance 
Standards Committee and the Medical/Surgical Core Curriculum Revision 
Task Force.
  Kim is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of 
California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing. She has 
also taught at California State University of Fresno's Nursing Program. 
Kim is well recognized as a published author in multiple journals. She 
is currently the principal investigator in a study with the National 
Institutes of Health titled ``Home Care Management of Pediatric Pain.''
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Kim Sutters for being named 
``Registered Nurse of the Year'' in the category of Advanced Practice 
by the Central Valley Coalition of Nursing Organizations. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Kim Sutters many more years of 
continued success.

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