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A MEMORIAL

DECLARING FEBRUARY 8, 2006 AS "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE

ANESTHETISTS DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WHEREAS, certified registered nurse anesthetists are

essential to New Mexico's health care system, having provided

high-quality, cost-effective anesthesia care for more than one

hundred years; and

WHEREAS, certified registered nurse anesthetists are

anesthesia specialists who administer approximately two-thirds

of the twenty-six million anesthetics given to patients each

year in the United States; and

WHEREAS, certified registered nurse anesthetists are the

sole anesthesia providers in more than half of New Mexico

hospitals, allowing those hospitals to provide patients with

obstetrical, surgical and trauma stabilization services; and

WHEREAS, certified registered nurse anesthetists

practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered,

including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical

delivery rooms; critical access hospitals; ambulatory surgical

centers; the offices of dentists, podiatrists,

ophthalmologists and plastic surgeons; and United States

military, public health services and veterans administration

health care facilities;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that certified

registered nurse anesthetists be honored and recognized as

outstanding health care professionals and that they be thanked

for their dedication, contributions and commitment to

improving the quality of care in New Mexico; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that February 8, 2006 be declared

"Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Day" in the house of

representatives.