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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY MASCHER, LENSING, and JACOBY
1 3 A Resolution honoring the nursing leaders at the
1 4 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics upon their
1 5 receipt of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence.
1 6 WHEREAS, the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition
1 7 Program was established in 1993 by the American Nurses
1 8 Association's American Nurses Credentialing Center,
1 9 the nation's largest and foremost accrediting and
1 10 credentialing organization for the nursing profession;
1 11 and
1 12 WHEREAS, the Recognition Program recognizes health
1 13 care organizations that demonstrate sustained
1 14 excellence in nursing care and uphold the tradition
1 15 within nursing that supports professional nursing
1 16 practice; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the Recognition Program constitutes the
1 18 highest level of recognition that the American Nurses
1 19 Credentialing Center can accord to organized nursing
1 20 services in the national and international health care
1 21 communities; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the Recognition Program awards its coveted
1 23 honors only to hospitals that undergo a rigorous,
1 24 voluntary evaluation process, and that demonstrate
1 25 that they provide positive patient outcomes, recognize
1 26 excellence in nursing services, and reward
1 27 professional nursing achievement; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa Hospitals and
1 29 Clinics have been singled out as one of only about 100
1 30 hospitals in the United States and the first hospital
2 1 in the State of Iowa to receive the prestigious Magnet
2 2 Award for Nursing Excellence; and
2 3 WHEREAS, independent studies of Magnet hospitals
2 4 have shown that patients who receive care in such
2 5 centers average a shorter length of stay and have
2 6 higher rates of satisfaction, and that nurses working
2 7 in Magnet hospitals are more satisfied with their work
2 8 and the care they provide and remain in the workplace
2 9 for longer durations of time than do other nurses; and
2 10 WHEREAS, achieving Magnet status for the University
2 11 of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was accomplished only
2 12 through the dedicated teamwork of many nursing
2 13 professionals led by Donna Katen-Bahensky, Director
2 14 and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Iowa
2 15 Hospitals and Clinics, and by Linda Q. Everett, Ph.D.,
2 16 Associate Director and Chief Nursing Officer, and
2 17 assisted by Barbara J. (B. J.) Hannon; NOW THEREFORE,
2 18 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 19 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
2 20 nursing leaders at the University of Iowa Hospitals
2 21 and Clinics for receiving the Magnet Award for Nursing
2 22 Excellence, and expresses its appreciation for the
2 23 dedication of nursing professionals at the University
2 24 of Iowa, for their devotion to patients, and for
2 25 performing the essential nursing care services which
2 26 enable the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to
2 27 provide such high-quality health care to Iowans and
2 28 nonresidents alike; and
2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That official copies of
2 30 this resolution be prepared and presented to Dr. David
3 1 Skorton, President of the University of Iowa, to Donna
3 2 Katen-Bahensky, Director and Chief Executive Officer
3 3 of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and
3 4 to Linda Q. Everett, Associate Director and Chief
3 5 Nursing Officer of the University of Iowa Hospitals
3 6 and Clinics, to be shared with all nursing personnel
3 7 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in
3 8 recognition of the receipt of the prestigious Magnet
3 9 Award for Nursing Excellence.
3 10 LSB 5998HH 80
3 11 rj/gg/14
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