HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 20
(By Delegate Foster, Perdue, Leach, Long, Hatfield and Border)
[Introduced March 8, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Proclaiming August 23rd as "Health Unit Coordinators Day."
WHEREAS, Health unit coordinators are valued members of the
health care team, and the demand for this profession continues to
grow; and
Whereas, Continued advances in medicine, along with the
increasing demands of this profession, have encouraged the growth
and expansion of the unit coordinator's responsibilities; and
Whereas, These responsibilities include; setting up hospital
patient charts, ordering lab tests and x-rays, transcribing
physician orders and performing other functions -- all in order to
keep their units running smoothly while serving patients and
physicians; and
WHEREAS, With these multifaceted ranges of expertise, health
unit coordinators are employed in essential medical areas in;
hospitals, nursing homes, home health care agencies, hospital
admitting and medical records departments, clinics and physician
offices; and
Whereas, In 1980, as a direct result of this growing
profession, the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) was founded; and
Whereas, The mission of the National Association of Health Unit
Coordinators is to promote health unit coordinating as a profession
through education, certification, compliance with the NAHUC
Standards of Practice, Standards of Education and a Code of Ethics;
and
Whereas, Each year since the Association's establishment,
August 23
rd has been declared Health Unit Coordinators Day by
mayors, governors, senates and assemblies of many states across the
nation, and the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, It is the House of Delegates desire and intention to
promote NAHUC's goals by declaring a day of recognition in honor of
health unit coordinators; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the West Virginia House of Delegates hereby designates
August 23
rd as "Health Unit Coordinators Day"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the House of Delegates hereby requests
that the Governor of West Virginia issue a proclamation declaring
August 23, of each respective year, officially as "Health Unit
Coordinators Day"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward
a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of West
Virginia, the President of the State Senate and the President of
the National Association of the Health Unit Coordinators.
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