00                   SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14                                                                   
01 Proclaiming February 4 - 10, 2008, as Perianesthesia Nurses Week.                                                       
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS perianesthesia nurses improve the health care of individuals through                                    
04 changing medical practices and ongoing innovations of technology and treatment; and                                     
05       WHEREAS perianesthesia nurses continue to advance the art and science of                                        
06 preanesthesia care, postanesthesia care, ambulatory surgery, and pain management; and                                   
07       WHEREAS perianesthesia nurses are an influential force for perianesthesia patient                               
08 safety, public policy, and practice standards; and                                                                      
09       WHEREAS perianesthesia nurses are an indispensible resource for perianesthesia                                  
10 education and knowledge exchange worldwide; and                                                                         
11       WHEREAS members of the Northwest Perianesthesia Nurses' Association and the                                     
12 American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses will meet in Fairbanks this year;                                             
13       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests Governor                                 
14 Palin to proclaim the week of February 4 - 10, 2008, as Perianesthesia Nurses Week to honor                             
15 the work provided to all individuals who have received and will receive care from a                                     
16 perianesthesia nurse.