Perioperative Nurses Week
2025
By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina
A Proclamation
Whereas, perioperative nurses specialize in the care of patients immediately before, during, and after surgical and other invasive procedures; and
Whereas, serving in settings ranging from traditional hospital-based operating rooms to ambulatory surgery centers and physicians’ offices, perioperative nurses work to provide the safest care possible for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive procedures; and
Whereas, perioperative nurses assess individual patient needs prior to and throughout the surgical or invasive experience; develop, implement, and continuously evaluate a plan for the care of the patient; and prepare the operating room and patient for their procedure; and
Whereas, perioperative nurses are responsible for monitoring all aspects of the patient’s condition for the duration of each procedure and, through professional and patient-centered expertise, are responsible for care coordination after the procedure; and
Whereas, patients undergoing surgery and other invasive procedures and their loved ones rely on the skills, knowledge, and expertise of perioperative registered nurses, who uphold a long tradition of improving surgical safety and the quality of patient care; and
Whereas, Perioperative Nurse Week recognizes the contributions perioperative registered nurses make to patient safety and the opportunities and challenges facing the profession;
Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim November 9 – 15, 2025, “Perioperative Nurses Week” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all citizens.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-first day of October in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
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