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

HRES 1540 is a ceremonial resolution thanking perinatal nurses and promoting National Perinatal Nurses Week (October 10-17, 2024). It directly recognizes the work of approximately 350,000 perinatal nurses - covering labor/delivery, mother-baby, and neonatal care - who support patients through pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. The resolution encourages patients, hospitals, and policymakers to participate in the week to raise awareness of nurses’ critical role in improving maternal health outcomes, especially amid high maternal mortality rates. As a symbolic gesture, it does not create new laws or funding but aims to highlight nurses’ contributions to reducing disparities in maternal care.