Agenda 05/10/2022 Item # 4G (Proclamation - National Nurses Week)4.G
05/ 10/2022
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS,
National Nurses Week is designated May 6 through May 12, 2022; and
WHEREAS,
the 2022 theme of National Nurses Week is "Nurses: A Voice to Lead --
Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health"; and
WHEREAS,
Sampson's International Nursing Society, Inc. is dedicated to helping local,
state, and international student nurses which will alleviate the nursing
shortage; and
WHEREAS,
members of Sampson's International Nursing Society, Inc., will begin
National Nurses Week with a memorial service for nurses who died during the
COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a fund-raising walk to take place at Collier
County Freedom Park. Local nursing school students and staff members from
Vitas Hospice and Avow Hospice are also participating in the walk to
commemorate fellow nurses' lives; and
WHEREAS,
funds raised from the registration fees for the walk will be used to help
pay for nursing boards and many other vital nursing shortage needs; and
WHEREAS,
during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been revealed there is a need for more
nursing faculty (National League for Nursing 2020); and
WHEREAS,
1.1 million new registered nurses are needed in 2022, to address the current
nursing shortage (American Nurses Association, n.d.); and
WHEREAS,
41 percent of nurses reported high exposure to COVID-19 (Mental Health
America, 2021); and
WHEREAS,
a recent study showed that nurses suffered the highest deaths among U.S.
healthcare workers during COVID-19 (The Guardian, April 2021); and
WHEREAS,
the nursing shortage is also attributed to the increased age of nurses and
caused the retirement of nurses; (2020 National Nursing Workforce Survey);
and
WHEREAS,
Sampson's International Nursing Society', Inc., is dedicated to providing
resources so today's student nurses will be tomorrow's licensed nurses;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that May 6 - 12, 2022, be designated as
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK
DONE AND ORDERED THIS loth Day of May 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
WILLIAM L. MCDANIEL, JR. , CHAIRMAN
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4.G
05/10/2022
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 4.G
Doc ID: 22104
Item Summary: Proclamation designating May 6 - 12, 2022, as National Nurses Week. To be
accepted by Linda F. Hill, LPN, Barbara Belkoff, and Patricia Pruss, RN.
Meeting Date: 05/10/2022
Prepared by:
Title: Customer Service Specialist — Communications, Government, and Public Affairs
Name: Aimee Trochessett
05/02/2022 4:55 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Communications, Govt. & Public Affairs Director — County Manager's Office
Name: John Mullins
05/02/2022 4:55 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Communications, Government, and Public Affairs Deborah Curry
County Manager's Office John Mullins Division Review
County Manager's Office John Mullins County Manager Review
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending
Division Review Completed
Completed 05/03/2022 4:35 PM
Completed 05/04/2022 9:37 AM
05/10/2022 9:00 AM
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