03/12/2008 05:00 PM Senate HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES

           SCR 14-PERIANESTHESIA NURSES WEEK: FEB 2008                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DAVIS announced the consideration of SCR 14.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:16:33 PM                                                                                                                    
GINGER  BLAISEDELL,  Staff to  Senator  Green,  said a  number  of                                                              
nurses  had approached  Senator  Green  to honor  the  specialized                                                              
nurses  who  help  patients  come out  of  surgery.  The  national                                                              
celebration  set aside  a week  in February,  but this  resolution                                                              
proposed  a  week   to  coincide  with  the   Pacific  Northwest's                                                              
PeriAnesthesia Nurses'  Association convention scheduled for March                                                              
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15 and 16 in Fairbanks.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COWDERY  asked  how  many were  expected  to  attend  the                                                              
Fairbanks convention.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MS.  BLAISEDELL   replied  there  was   only  a  small   group  of                                                              
periAnesthesia  nurses in  Alaska; but they  were inviting  nurses                                                              
from other  Northwest states  including Oregon, Montana,  Wyoming,                                                              
Idaho  and  Washington. They  expected  more  than 100  nurses  to                                                              
attend the convention, which would be held at Sophie's Station.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELTON  asked if it would be  just as good to  set the date                                                              
for February 2009.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MS. BLAISEDELL said  they had specifically asked  for the February                                                              
date,  possibly because  it was  the first  time a  week had  been                                                              
dedicated  to  them;   but  she  did  not  know   if  the  federal                                                              
commemorative week would be in February next year or not.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COWDERY referred  to  [page 1]  line  14, where  Governor                                                              
Palin is  asked to  proclaim the  week of  February 4-10,  2008 as                                                              
PeriAnesthesia   Nurses'  Week.  He   asked  if  that   was  their                                                              
intention.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
5:20:06 PM                                                                                                                    
MS. BLAISEDELL  confirmed that was  their original  intention, but                                                              
thought they  would be satisfied  with a different time  period as                                                              
long  as  they   had  the  proclamation  by  the   date  of  their                                                              
convention.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COWDERY  moved to  report SCR 14  from the committee  with                                                              
individual  recommendations  and  attached  zero  fiscal  note(s).                                                              
There being no objection, the motion carried.