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Emergency Nurses WeekCity of Edmonds • Office of the Mayor EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK WHEREAS, emergency nurses are trained to recognize life -threatening problems and immediately address them, playing a vital role in treating patients in emergency situations, caring for those most in need, and saving lives on a daily basis; and WHEREAS, emergency nurses showed their true heart of gold in one of the most challenging years in modern history by treating patients in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, weather providing urgent treatment in a trauma, stroke, or cardiac center, skilled assistance during flight and ground transport, or personalized care to the ill or injured, nurses trained for emergency care play a vital role in our health care system; and WHEREAS, dedicated emergency nurse professional combine critical thinking skills, educated clinical judgment, and application of evidence -based practice in making critical health care decisions for all ages and backgrounds of patients; and WHEREAS, emergency nurses make a positive difference in the lives of the people they care for through their dedication, professionalism, and skill, while educating the public in prevention and treatment of illness and injury; and WHEREAS, emergency nurses every day step forward to embrace new technologies, resolve emerging issues, and adapt to ever -changing roles in their profession, leading the way for patients, colleagues, organizations, and the health care industry as a whole; Now, therefore, I, Mayor Mike Nelson, do hereby proclaim October 11 —17, 2020 Emergency Nurses Week in the City of Edmonds and call upon all citizens to recognize and honor the great contributions of Emergency Nurses to our community and society. 4000V-0040JA4:�/ MikeAfelson, Mayor I October 6, 2020