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This Senate Resolution (SR 59) recognizes the week of November 9-15, 2025, as National Nurse Practitioner Week in California, while highlighting the significant contributions of nurse practitioners to healthcare. The resolution provides context about nurse practitioners, noting they are advanced practice registered nurses with extensive clinical training who diagnose, treat, and prescribe medications using a patient-centered approach. It emphasizes that there are over 385,000 nurse practitioners in the United States, with more than 40,000 in California, and underscores their importance by referencing five decades of research demonstrating their high-quality care. The resolution also notes that leading governmental and policy entities, including the National Academy of Medicine and the National Governors Association, support nurse practitioners' full practice authority. Additionally, the resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution, formally acknowledging and celebrating the critical role nurse practitioners play in providing healthcare services across all patient ages and backgrounds.

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