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PUBLIC LAW 97-57—OCT. 9, 1981 Public Law 97-•57 97th Congress Joint Resolution

Oct. 9, 1981 [H.J. Res. 263]

National Recognition Day for Nurses. Designation authorization.

To designate May 6, 1982, as "National Recognition Day for Nurses".

Whereas nursing women and men have provided significant contributions to the health care of our Nation's citizens of all ages, sex, and creeds for more than one hundred years; Whereas nurses provide care in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, clinics, rehabilitation hospitals, physicians' offices, private duty nursing, and industrial nursing; Whereas nurses' skills and knowledge provide disease and injury prevention, and aim toward restoration of health; Whereas nurses strive to provide comfort, solace, and education to those entrusted to their care; Whereas nursing is a highly technical, sophisticated, and exacting science: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and requested to designate May 6, 1982, as "National Recognition Day for Nurses", and to call upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. Approved October 9, 1981.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 263: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): July 30, considered and passed House. Sept. 25, considered and passed Senate.

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