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English for Nurses
We all know there is a shortage of nurses in Canada right now. We all know that the shortage is going to get much, much larger over the years in direct relation to the growing population of senior Canadians. We also know that Canadians, just as others in the ‘developed countries’, do not replace themselves. The birth rate substantiates this.
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Keeping a Better Eye on Men’s Health Today
State-of-the-art imaging technology is aiding in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of the three biggest killers of men: lung, prostate, and colon cancers. Prostate cancer death rates have been declining since 1994, according to the NCI, and colorectal cancer mortality rates have been in steep decline since the mid-1980s.
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That Must Be So Depressing
Talking about death is very often awkward. Most people don’t like to acknowledge that death occurs, let alone talk about it. If the subject comes up, silence sets in, as people try to think of something to say. When a nurse who works in palliative care mentions her job to a new acquaintance, the response is almost certainly one of two: “Oh, you’re so special to be working in a place like that,” or, “That must be so depressing.”
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