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RESOLUTION N0. 620 83
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Nurses' Association, Hawaii District, will
commemorate Friday, May 6, 1983, as National Nurses Oay with a
series of health screening activities to highlight and dramatize the
professional role of our Big Island nurses; and
WHEREAS, similar events will be conducted by nursing
organizations around the State and the Nation to improve the
public's understanding of nursing, health care and health education;
and
WHEREAS, 1.6 million nurses in the United States compose by far
the largest group of professionals in the health care field and are
dedicated to the "diagnosis and treatment oP human responses to
actual or potential health problems", which include the promoting of
the patients' ability to caps with illness and adjusting to
disability, and to identify, support and encourage the patients'
strehgth and assets to enhance recovery.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT R€SOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF TH£ COUNTY OF
HAWAII that it extends to the Hawaii Nurses' Association and to the
other American Nursas' Association members throughout the Nation Sn
observance oP National Nurses' Day, wishes for success in their
endeavor to promote the important contributions Registered Nurses
have made towards the health and well being of our nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clark of the County of Hawaii be
instructed to remit true copies of this resolution to
Jean withington, President of the Hawaii Nurses' Association,
Hawaii; and to Eunice Cale, President of the American Nurses'
Association.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 4th tlay of May, 1963.
NTRODUCED BY
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