When I visit the CNA web site they still have posted that people today live "longer and healthier". Strangely I am almost angered by this comment, perhaps because the CNA is supposed to be the representative body of nurses in Canada anf I believe they should know better. Both diabetes and obesity are near, if not already past, epidemic status. When you think about all the other diseases that are caused by, or compounded by these two diseases it has to be clear that we ARE NOT healthier. Living longer? Probably and it has much to do with all the drugs that are now available that doctors can give their patient to prolong their lives. But are they (we) actually "healthier"? In my opinion...by no means.
Please CNA, revisit this statement and outlook on the health of Canadians. Nurses can play a key role, if not THE KEY ROLE, in keeping the next generations healthier than myself or my parents. But we desparately need to entice more people in to this dynamic and powerful profession.
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