Proclamation - City Council - 11/10/2020 - National Nurse Practicioner WeekJason Pierce
Mayor
City of Ea1e
P.O. Box 1520
Eagle, Idaho 83616
208-939-6813
2020 NATIONAL NURSE PRACTITIONER WEEK PROCLAMATION
Council Members:
Charlie Baun
Miranda Gold
Brad Pike
Kenny Pittman
WHEREAS, nurse practitioners (NPs) serve as trusted health care providers for patients in our state; and
WHEREAS, in this year, 2020, we celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife; and
WHEREAS, NPs are working tirelessly to diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19 and to combat community
spread nationwide, while grieving NP colleagues who have lost their lives during the pandemic; and
WHEREAS, NPs work to expand access to care in underserved communities, end health disparities and combat
systemic racism in health care; and
WHEREAS, NPs provide high -quality primary, acute and specialty care services while focusing on health
promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling, guiding patients to make smarter
health and lifestyle choices every day; and
WHEREAS, NPs are highly skilled practitioners with advanced education and clinical training, building upon their
initial registered nurse preparation; and
WHEREAS, the confidence that patients have in NP-delivered health care is evidenced by the more than one billion
visits made annually to NPs across the country; and
WHEREAS, more than five decades of research demonstrates the high quality of care provided by NPs; and
WHEREAS, here are more than 290,000 licensed NPs in the United States, and 3,000 in Idaho; and
WHEREAS, better utilization of NPs through modernized state laws and improved policies creates better health
through a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective and higher quality health care system; and
WHEREAS, 22 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands have implemented Full
Practice Authority for NPs, granting patients full and direct access to the outstanding care offered by
these health care providers; and
WHEREAS, leading governmental and policy entities including the National Academy of Medicine, National
Council of State Boards of Nursing, National Governors Association and Federal Trade Commission
have taken notice of the benefits of NP Full Practice Authority and have endorsed such a regulatory
model; and
WHEREAS, The City of Eagle, Idaho is proud to recognize and honor the service of NPs to our state;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jason Pierce, Mayor of the City of Eagle, declare November 8-14, 2020, as
NATIONAL NURSE PRACTITIONER WEEK
in the City of Eagle, in recognition of the countless contributions NPs have made over the past half century and
will continue to make on behalf of the health and well-being of citizens in our state.
DATED this jOay of November 2020.
Signed
Jason Pierce, Mayor