HR723: Commending Sentara Princess Anne Hospital.


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 723
Commending Sentara Princess Anne Hospital.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, August 3, 2021

 

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach first opened its doors to serve patients on August 4, 2011, and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2021; and

WHEREAS, hours after opening, the first babies at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital were born, twins that are now the age of 10; the hospital has delivered more than 23,700 babies since it opened; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital has admitted more than 112,000 patients and performed more than 61,000 surgeries, while its neonatal intensive care unit has celebrated more than 3,000 graduates and its emergency department has treated more than 630,000 patients; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital was the crowning centerpiece of the Sentara Princess campus, which initially opened as an outpatient campus and freestanding emergency department; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital added 24 beds in 2018 and a new operating room in 2020 to meet the community’s need for its services; and

WHEREAS, the Sentara Princess Anne campus is the only site in the Commonwealth offering the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program, which has been clinically shown to reverse heart disease; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital was a pilot site for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, an award-winning protocol to eliminate the administration of opioid medications for certain elective surgery patients, which promises to reduce opportunities for addiction; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2016 and Lantern designation from the Emergency Nurses Association in 2021 for the quality and clinical leadership of its nursing teams; and

WHEREAS, the Sentara Princess Anne campus has become a health care destination for patients and families in southern Virginia Beach and northeastern North Carolina; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Sentara Princess Anne Hospital hereby be commended on the occasion of its 10th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for its contributions to the Commonwealth.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 723

Offered August 2, 2021
Prefiled August 2, 2021
Commending Sentara Princess Anne Hospital.
Patrons-- Davis, Cole, M.L., Convirs-Fowler and Miyares

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach first opened its doors to serve patients on August 4, 2011, and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2021; and

WHEREAS, hours after opening, the first babies at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital were born, twins that are now the age of 10; the hospital has delivered more than 23,700 babies since it opened; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital has admitted more than 112,000 patients and performed more than 61,000 surgeries, while its neonatal intensive care unit has celebrated more than 3,000 graduates and its emergency department has treated more than 630,000 patients; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital was the crowning centerpiece of the Sentara Princess campus, which initially opened as an outpatient campus and freestanding emergency department; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital added 24 beds in 2018 and a new operating room in 2020 to meet the community’s need for its services; and

WHEREAS, the Sentara Princess Anne campus is the only site in the Commonwealth offering the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program, which has been clinically shown to reverse heart disease; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital was a pilot site for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, an award-winning protocol to eliminate the administration of opioid medications for certain elective surgery patients, which promises to reduce opportunities for addiction; and

WHEREAS, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2016 and Lantern designation from the Emergency Nurses Association in 2021 for the quality and clinical leadership of its nursing teams; and

WHEREAS, the Sentara Princess Anne campus has become a health care destination for patients and families in southern Virginia Beach and northeastern North Carolina; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Sentara Princess Anne Hospital hereby be commended on the occasion of its 10th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for its contributions to the Commonwealth.