LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring the professional nurses of St. Charles
Hospital during the celebration of National Nurses Week, May 4-10, 2009

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that registered nurses
(RNs) play a significant role in the delivery of quality health care to
the citizens of New York State; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the intent of this Legislative Body to pay
tribute to the professional nurses of St. Charles Hospital during the
celebration of National Nurses Week, May 4-10, 2009; and
WHEREAS, The nearly 2.9 million registered nurses in the United States
comprise our Nation's largest health care profession; and
WHEREAS, Registered nurses work in a wide range of settings, from
hospitals and long-term care facilities, to the halls of research insti-
tutions, schools, homes and places of business, contributing signif-
icantly to meeting the varying and emerging health care needs of the
people of the State of New York and this great Nation; and
WHEREAS, The American Nurses Association, as the voice for the regis-
tered nurses of this country, is working to chart a new course for a
healthy Nation that relies on increasing delivery of primary and preven-
tative health care; and
WHEREAS, The demand for registered nursing services is 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, 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 American Nurses Association has declared the week of May
4 to 10, 2009, as National Nurses Week, with the theme "Nurses: Building
a Healthy America," in celebration of the ways in which registered nurs-
es strive to provide safe and high quality patient care and map out the
way to improve our health care system; and
WHEREAS, The work and dedication of the registered nurses of St.
Charles Hospital, and throughout New York State, merit the commendation
of the State, its communities, and its citizens; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor the nursing staff of St. Charles Hospital for their delivery of
quality health care to the patient population of its community, and to
commend St. Charles Hospital as it celebrates National Nurses Week, May
4-10, 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to St. Charles Hospital, 200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson,
New York 11777.