A RESOLUTION recognizing February 5, 2025, as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Summary
SR40 is a simple Senate resolution that designates February 5, 2025, as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Day in Kentucky. It formally recognizes advanced practice registered nurses, including nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives, for their role in providing primary, acute, specialty, prenatal, postpartum, and gynecological care across the Commonwealth.
The resolution emphasizes that APRNs help expand access to care, especially in rural and underserved communities, and that they contribute to health promotion, disease prevention, education, and counseling. It also cites national and state-level support for broader use of APRNs and references research and policy organizations that have recognized the value of full and direct access to nurse practitioner care.
Impact
SR40 does not amend Kentucky statutes or create regulatory requirements; it is a ceremonial resolution. Its practical effect is to place the Senate’s official recognition on APRNs and to encourage public appreciation of their contributions, while indirectly reinforcing policy arguments for modernized scope-of-practice and access-to-care laws affecting nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives.
Sentiment
The sentiment around the resolution is strongly positive and celebratory. The bill language praises APRNs as trusted, high-quality providers and frames them as especially important to rural health and underserved populations. No votes or committee testimony are provided, and there is no indication of opposition in the available record.
Contention
There is no documented contention in the provided materials. The resolution itself does not appear controversial, but it does reference broader policy themes—such as modernizing state laws, improving APRN utilization, and providing full and direct access to nurse practitioner care—that are often debated in scope-of-practice discussions. Any disagreement would likely arise in those broader policy debates rather than in this commemorative resolution.