Whereas, Nurse Anesthetists have been providing high-quality anesthesia care
for more than 100 years; and,
Whereas, Studies have shown a dramatic reduction in anesthesia mortality rates
since the early 1980’s, and due to improved technology and pharmaceuticals
and increased education for nurse anesthetists and physician anesthesiologists,
anesthesia safety is at an all-time high; and,
Whereas, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist’s (CRNA’s) practice
in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, including traditional hospital
surgical suites, obstetrical delivery rooms, physicians’ offices, ambulatory
surgical centers, and medical facilities of the U.S. Military, Public Health
Service, and Veterans Administration; and,
Whereas, In rural settings, CRNA’s are the sole anesthesia providers
in nearly two thirds of all hospitals, and they are also the main provider of
obstetrical anesthesia in the United States, providing millions of mothers pain-free
deliveries each year; and,
Whereas, Providing guidance and direction for the nation’s 30,000 CRNA’s
is the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, who has been at the forefront
of establishing clinical practice standards for the nurse anesthesia profession
for more than 70 years; and now therefore be it,
Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan,
do hereby proclaim the week of January 25, 2004, as Nurse Anesthetists Week
in Michigan, and I urge all citizens to acknowledge and recognize the good work
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist’s provide to Michigan
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