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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Executive Assistant
DATE: May 11, 2020
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of May 6-12,2020 as Nurses Week
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Every year May 6-12, 2020 is Nurses Week. The Commissioners are asked to approve a proclamation
and ask all residents of this community join us in honoring our HEALTHCARE HEROES, the
registered nurses, who care for us and show our appreciation not just during this week, but at every
opportunity throughout the year.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to Jefferson County.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Proclamation re: Proclaiming the Week of May 6-12, 2020 as Nurses Week.
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WHEREAS, nearly 3.8 million registered nurses in the United States comprise our nation's largest
health care profession; and,
WHEREAS, the registered nursing profession is a bedrock supporting health in Jefferson County
through Jefferson Healthcare, local medical providers, long term/short term care facilities and the
Jefferson County Public Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, Jefferson County Public Health nurses are the first line of disease prevention and
epidemiology, contact tracing, disease tracking, while working with the local medical providers to
assure testing and treatments for citizens with communicable diseases; and,
WHEREAS, throughout history, the nursing profession has played major roles in stepping into
times of crisis and providing care and innovation that has saved lives and reduced suffering; and,
WHEREAS, just as in previous disease outbreaks, nurses across the globe have been stepping up to
combat the deadly spread of COVID-19, a virulent global outbreak that has produced staggering
numbers of cases and deaths; and,
WHEREAS, from providing direct care to affected hospitalized patients to leading full scale public
health operations, nurses are front and center working around the clock to protect the health and
well-being of patients and the public at large; and,
WHEREAS, every year May 6th is celebrated as National Nurses Day; and,
WHEREAS, 2020 was designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health
Organization in recognition of the contributions they make, and in honor of the 200' birth
anniversary of Florence Nightingale on May 12, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Jefferson County Commissioners do
hereby proclaim May 6-12, 2020 as:
NURSES WEEK
in Jefferson County and ask all residents of this community join us in honoring our
HEALTHCARE HEROES, the registered nurses, and show our appreciation not just during this
week, but at every opportunity throughout the year.
APPROVED this 1 Ith day of May, 2020.
SEAL: JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST:
Greg Brotherton, Chair
David Sullivan, Member
Carolyn Gallaway, CMC
Deputy Clerk of the Board
Kate Dean, Member