National Nurse Practitioners Week

Proclamation
By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, there are more than 205,000 licensed Nurse Practitioners in the United States and over 2,000 in Alabama, providing high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered, personalized healthcare; and

WHEREAS, Nurse Practitioners are licensed, expert clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute and specialty healthcare services to order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests, diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions and prescribe medication and other treatments; and

WHEREAS, Nurse Practitioners are partners in the healthcare of their patients, focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling, guiding patients to make smarter health and lifestyle choices, in addition to providing clinical services; and

WHEREAS, the excellence, safety and cost-effectiveness of the care provided by nurse practitioners is established and well-documented; and

WHEREAS, Nurse Practitioners provide healthcare to people of all ages and in diverse healthcare settings, such as private practices, hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, state and local health departments, managed care facilities and retail-based clinics; and

WHEREAS, patients of nurse practitioners often times receive more personal time and attention than other healthcare providers are traditionally able to give:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim November 8 through 14, 2015 as

National Nurse Practitioners Week

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 13th day of November 2015.

Robert Bentley
Governor