Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 1264
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-00942-09                                           20091264__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the contribution of the
    3         Florida Nurses Association on its 100th anniversary.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the Florida Nurses Association is a highly
    6  respected professional organization that serves and supports all
    7  registered nurses through professional development, advocacy,
    8  and the promotion of excellence at every level of professional
    9  nursing practice, and
   10         WHEREAS, on March 1, 1909, in Jacksonville, a group of
   11  nurses came together in order to promote unity among nurses, to
   12  keep abreast of progress, and to unite for greater control of
   13  nursing and, together, founded the Florida Nurses Association,
   14  and
   15         WHEREAS, the Florida Nurses Association was instrumental in
   16  developing and encouraging the Legislature to pass Florida’s
   17  first Nurse Practice Act in 1913, which protects the public by
   18  regulating the practice of professional nursing, and
   19         WHEREAS, the Florida Nurses Association is a strong voice
   20  for the nurses of Florida and is fueled by the strength and
   21  commitment of the professional nurses who compose its
   22  membership, and
   23         WHEREAS, Florida Nurses Association members carry on the
   24  work of the association at the local level through community
   25  service, political involvement, health care advocacy and
   26  education, and mentoring, and
   27         WHEREAS, the members of the Florida Nurses Association are
   28  registered nurses from all levels of professional nursing
   29  practice, with a variety of education, training, experience, and
   30  specialty areas, and the members are patient advocates striving
   31  to advance the profession of nursing to ensure the delivery of
   32  the highest quality of nursing care, and
   33         WHEREAS, the Florida Nurses Association has represented
   34  registered nurses before the Florida Legislature as well as the
   35  Executive Branch in order to advance the nursing profession and
   36  to advocate for the patients they serve, and
   37         WHEREAS, the Florida Nurses Association will celebrate its
   38  100th anniversary at its biennial convention at the Tradewinds
   39  Beach Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 22-26,
   40  2009, NOW, THEREFORE,
   41  
   42  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   43         
   44         That the Florida Senate recognizes the 100th anniversary of
   45  the establishment of the Florida Nurses Association and commends
   46  the association for its contribution to the advancement of the
   47  profession of nursing and to the health and well-being of
   48  Florida’s residents.
   49         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   50  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Florida
   51  Nurses Association as a tangible token of the sentiments of the
   52  Florida Senate.