Thanking and promoting the profession of perinatal nurses by encouraging participation in National Perinatal Nurses Week.

HRES 1427 is a non-binding House resolution designating October 10-17, 2022, as National Perinatal Nurses Week. It encourages patients, hospitals, healthcare professionals, and policymakers to recognize perinatal nurses - those specializing in prenatal, labor/delivery, and postpartum care - who support 350,000 clinicians nationwide. The resolution highlights nurses’ critical role in improving maternal outcomes and reducing disparities, particularly for Black mothers, and ties the timing to medical metrics (Apgar score of 10, 10 cm dilation). It does not create new laws or funding but formally thanks nurses and promotes public awareness of their contributions.