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`wXrE�Z,EAS, nurse practitioners (NBs� serve as trustedfrontline providers of health care for patients in CaCzfornia; and
�E�AS, NBs are advanced practice registered nurses (A�1 CVs) who have advanced clinical education and training
building upon their initial registered nurse preparation; and
`W'.ffE1�,EA.S, there are 234,000 Licensed nurse practitioners in the united States providing primary, acute and specialty
care to patients of aCCages and walks of Czfe; and
`G1�3fE12,�EAS, nurse practitioners ducgnose, treat and prescribe medications and other treatments to patients through a
caring, patient -centered; hoCastic model of care; and
ZVXtE��AS, citizens of our state and nation have great trust in the high-quality care nurse practitioners provide,
resulting in overa 6iCCion patient visits annuaCCy to NBs across the country; and
�E�Z,EAS, five decades of research demonstrates the high quality of care provided 6y nurse practitioners; and
`1�1t3frE1�AS, 22 states and the District of Columbia have implemented �FuIC 1�`ractice Authority for nurse practitioners,
granting patients fuCCand direct access to the outstanding care offered 6y these health care providers; and
'GI�JLtE1�AS, leading governmental and policy entities including the NationalAcademy of Medicine, NationaCCouncil of
State Boards of Nursing, NationaC Governors Association and �F'ederal7rade Commission have taken notice of the
benefits of nurse practitioner �F'uCCI�'racticeAuthority and have endorsedsuch a regulatory model and
`WtJpE12,�EA,S, Newport Beach is proud to recognize and honor the service of nurse practitioners to our state.
NO`W, T`fftE��'O�, I, Sevin Muldoon, Mayor of the City of Newport Beach, on behalf of the entire Newport Beach
City Council in recognition of the countless contributions that nurse practitioners have made over the past half century
andwiCCcontinue to make to the health andweCC--being of citizens in ourstate, heredy proclaim November 12-18, 2017 as
in the City of Newport Beach.
IN `WI`Ifi�SS 'W"HtE�O�F, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Newport Beach to 6e
affixed this 24th day of October, 2017.
xevin Muldoon
Mayor