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Care”\n\nAs an individual aseociation,CNA is celebrating NationalNurses'Day in severalways.Traveling along the highways and by-ways ofour state,you may betaken bysurpriseby a bold and attractive billboard.ThiswascertainlyastartinglynewBdvertiasing avenue for CNA,but like the nuraingprofession itself,CNA isfresh andinnovative andsaid,\"Why not a billboard.\"  \n\"Proud to Care\"ia the measagethat the nation's2 million registered nuraes will be delivering onMay 6,National Nuraes'Day 1988.The event isaponsored each year by the American NursesAssociation(ANA)and its 53 conatituent associations.  \nindieateit is spillingoverinto community settingsaa well.What in even more alarming is that 1.5million registered nurses,mare than ever before,are at work in the profession.  \nThis shortageis different than those in the pastand is attributable to a dramatie surge in thedemand for nursing services coupled with declin-ing enrollments in achools of nursing.In 1972hospitals used 50 registered nurses per 100patienta;in 1986 thatnumber had risen to 91-an82 percent increase in apite of thefact that hospital beds have declined ateadily since 1976.  \nIf you havenotyet seen our billboard in celebration of National Nurses'Day,call a collenague andtake a drive out to one of the four following billboard loeationa:Milford,atNew Haven and Buckingham,New Haven,at State and Railroad nearthe YMCA,New Britain,at East and Allen,andWaterbury,at Bank St.A facsimile of the bill-board aluo accompanies this article.The bill-  \ndoand forthe public to show theirappreciation forthe valuable contributiona that nurseemake to ourhealth care aystem each and everyday,\"ga78ANA President Margretta M.Styles Ed.D,RN,  \nThe nast banie form of media the printed wordia abeo being atilized for Nabenal Nunee’DayCelebration.News Releases have been sent tonewapsgen throughout the atale publicizing theevent.Hasyour areanewspaper printed an articleabout National Nurses'Day?Ifso,aend a copy toCNA Headquartera to be ineluded in the National  \nF.A.A.N.“With a nationwide nursing shortagebefore us it is imperative that we increase publieawarenese about the critical role nuraee play inthe delivery of health care.\"  \nAt thesametimeenrollmenta in schoolsofnureing have declined 23 percent since 1983.The pieture becmes further complicated by a decline inthe size of the college-agepopulation and asharpdecrease in collegebound atudents indicating apreference for acareer in nuraing.  \nListening to the radio or watching televisionyoumayhaveheardor aeen PublieServiceAnnouncements that were released by CNA to the media.Television andradioatationa receive hundredsofrequesta a week for PSA airing,and they munt behighly selective in use of air time.If you haveheard orseen theaePSA's take the time to contactthe brondcaster,ideitify yourself as a nurse,andexprese your appreciation for the PSA airing.Besides good publie relations,this measure willout thestate.  \namented as\"moderate to severe\"in more thanhalf of the nation's hospitals and reports now  \nCnt cm page²  \nBeyond all the hype and publicity,NationalNurse'Dayis a time to mflest on the importantmrpee of our dalur organization:to promote hichstandards of nursing practice,advance nunsingeducation,and above all,to aaure proviaionof quality health are fu our patienta,Connecticut State renidents.CNA extenda a \"HappyNational Nurse'Day\"to all nurses throughoutConnecticut.  \n曼tate ufQnertirutBy His Excellency WILLIAM A.ONEILL,Governor:anThe people of our state owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to registerednurses who comprise the largest segment of our state's valued health careprofeasionals.Nuraes work continually ts upgrade the quality of care for our citizens.Through increased education,research and practice,they are also expandingther role in the delivery of health services.In addition,nuraes are makingtheir voices heard in our state's health careorganizations 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