PRO 2012-05TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROCLAMATION NO. 2012-05
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE WEEK OF MAY 6 -12,
2012 AS NURSE APPRECIATION WEEK IN TROPHY CLUB IN
CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.
WHEREAS, The nearly 3.1 million registered nurses in the United States
comprise our nation's largest health care profession, and
WHEREAS, The depth and breadth of the registered nursing profession meets
the different and emerging health care needs of the American population in a wide
range of settings, and
WHEREAS, The American Nurses Association, as the voice for the registered
nurses of this country, is working to chart a new course for a healthy nation that relies
on increasing delivery of primary and preventive health care, and
WHEREAS, A renewed emphasis on primary and preventive health care will
require the better utilization of all of our nation's registered nursing resources, and
WHEREAS, Professional nursing has been demonstrated to be an indispensable
component in the safety and quality of care of hospitalized patients, and
WHEREAS, The demand for registered nursing services will be greater than ever
because of the aging of the American population, the continuing expansion of life-
sustaining technology, and the explosive growth of home health care services, and
WHEREAS, That more qualified registered nurses will be needed in the future to
meet the increasingly complex needs of health care consumers in this community, and
WHEREAS, The cost-effective, safe and quality health care services provided by
registered nurses will be an ever more important component of the U.S. health care
delivery system in the future, and
WHEREAS, Along with the American Nurses Association, the Town of Trophy
Club has declared the week of May 6-12 as NATIONAL NURSES WEEK with the theme
Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring in celebration of the ways in which registered
nurses strive to provide safe and high quality patient care and map out the way to
improve our health care system, therefore be it
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CONNIE WHITE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM:
Section 1. The week of May 6 -12, 2012 as National Nurses Week in the
Town of Trophy Club to coincide with National Nurses Week and encourage all citizens
to support our nurses.
Section 2. That this Proclamation shall take effect from and after its date of
passage, in accordance with law; and it is so proclaimed.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this the 16th day of April, 2012.
Connie White, Mayor
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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