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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Adiel McKnight, Executive Assistant
DATE: May 2,2022
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of May 6-12,2022 as Nurses Week
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Every year May 6-12, is Nurses Week. The Commissioners are asked to approve a proclamation and
ask all residents of this community to join us in honoring our HEALTHCARE HEROES, the
registered nurses who care for the public. We welcome the opportunity to 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, 2022 as Nurses Week.
REVIEWED BY:
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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, May 12, 2022 marks the 202nd birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale the
founder of modern nursing.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Jefferson County Commissioners
do hereby proclaim May 6-12, 2022 as:
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in Jefferson County and ask all residents of this community join us in honoring our
HEALTHCARE HEROES, the registered nurses who care for the public and show our
appreciation not just during this week, but at every opportunity throughout the year.
APPROVED this 2nd day of May, 2022.
SEAL: JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Heidi Eisenhour, Chair
ATTEST:
Kate Dean, Member
Carolyn Gallaway, CMC
Clerk of the Board
Greg Brotherton, Member