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PORTSMOUTH – On a cold, wet, winter day people departed their warm downtown offices and businesses. They wasted no time getting to their cars, trying their best to beat rush-hour traffic.…
In the first two chapters of the informative book, Modern-day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes, Christina Johansson Robinowitz and Lisa Werner Carr provide readers with an overview of Sweden’s history and relate it back to present day Sweden. Modern day Sweden is most notably known for their welfare state. They are reputed for the countries conscious efforts towards equality, fairness, and high values. However, the Swedes also have a barbarous Vikings past that contradicts the welfare state they have obtained in this present day and age. The Vikings were known for being merciless warriors who used their impressive ships to travel to faraway lands and raid wealthy, defenseless monasteries . The very fact that the Vikings…
Before asking the questions from Heritage Assessment tool, meaning of Cultural Heritage must be known. Cultural Assessment is legacy of intangible attributes and cultural property of a society or a group that are descended from the past generations, maintained in the current generation and carried forward for the betterment of the future generations. Tangible culture such as landscapes, buildings, books, art and artifacts, intangible culture such as traditions, folklore, knowledge, language and natural heritage such as biodiversity, culturally significant landscapes are all included in the cultural heritage. Every individual’s perception regarding the disease process, health and end of life is based upon their cultural heritage. Culture not only influences the patient but also the medical professionals, who are rendering care to these patients. Heritage includes determination of individual’s religious, ethnic and cultural background (Spector 2009). Cultural heritage is also used the individuals to protect, maintain and restore health and these concepts involves the individuals spiritual, mental and physical beliefs. In this paper advantage of applying heritage assessment tool will be discussed. Heritage assessment tools include twenty nine questions, which involves questions regarding religion, family, traditions, food choices and demographics. Traditional heritage relies on positive answers for individual’s identification. This assessment tools unique because questions are the same but answers differ from person to person, even the siblings tend to have different answers. The heritage assessment helped the individual interviewing theses families, understand their beliefs, values and their perception of health care. This tool also helps us understand the cultural uniqueness and how beliefs and values are passed from one generation to the other. Heritage assessment helps to identify the…
castrati. The economic situation of Italy is one of the few reasons that the castrati had a large uprising during the 16th-18th centuries. As a result, the number of castrated boys rose during this time and many didn’t succeed. Those who were talented however, were trained in a rigorous school where they were trained not only singing, but also theory, counterpoint, and language. Receiving a formal education was a very rare and uncommon privilege, especially for middle and low class citizens. Being a castrati paved a way for a more successful future and overall better life.…
Leininger, M. M. (1988, November). Leininger 's theory of nursing: Cultural care diversity and universality. Nursing science Quarterly, 14, 152-160.…
Over the past 20 years a significant social movement in America has amplified public awareness toward the promotion of health and disease prevention, known as Healthy People 2000 and 2010. It has been beneficial in changing the focus of health care from a reactive standpoint to a proactive one, which endorses national health and prevention of disease (Edelmam & Mandle, 2010). However delivery of health care objectives is not enough. Health providers must recognize and incorporate cultural group patterns, and variations within that culture to provide optimal care that promotes wellness (Lipson & Dibble, 2008).…
America is a country full of patriotic, free spirited, opinionated, and passionate citizens. The United States of America has many symbols that portray the true nature of the country. Some of these symbols include, the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and the Liberty Bell, but no national monument can compare to “Ol’ Glory” herself, the American Flag. Everyone that looks at this flag sees red, white, blue, and the stars and stripes, but many Americans look past its physical appearance and feel passionate about what it all represents; those Americans see patriotism, devoted love and support for their country.…
Our lives are shaped by who we are and what we are and where we come from. What race or ethnic group we belong to determines our life chances in contemporary society. Ethnicity is the cultural background of a group of people who share a belief in common ancestry. According to Max Weber, ethnic groups are formed by colonisation and immigration. Ethnicity is something we all have but in Australia and in many parts of the world, ethnicity is often applied on minority groups to highlight dominant groups of people on the bases of physical appearance, race, origins or culture. Being part of a dominant group provides prestige, power and control over the running of societies. The term ethnic comes from ancient Greek to mean gentile or non Christians. It was also used to refer to 'other people', separating 'us' and 'them'. The definition of ethnicity changes over time and place. In the case of Australia and in many parts of the western world, the recognition of a dominant ethnic group is through their 'whiteness' of their appearance (Holmes at al 2007:144 - 154). 'Whiteness' played a central part in Australia's history. The white Australia policy of 1902 paved the way to a white, democratic society for those who were allowed into the country to shared in the prosperity and discriminated against migrants who were regarded as 'others' based on their colour, race and ethnicity (Jakubowicz 2002:107). Anglo-Celtic individuals from countries like Australia, the United Kingdom and North America were considered white whereas other Europeans like the Greeks and the Italians were considered not as white as people from Anglo-Celtics origins but were whiter than the Asians (Holmes at el 2007: 159).…
Culture profoundly influences people’s health due to how it affects people’s view on disease, how they seek health care and how they communicate with health care providers. Working in an American, multicultural society, nurses must possess cultural competency in order to provide patient-centered care to meet patient’s needs and expectations. To assess a patient’s cultural heritage is a significant approach to understanding a patient’s cultural background. good…
Located deeper than 2000 meters underneath the ocean surface, lies a biome that we have barely seen and realize. This unbelievable and incredible biome is called the abyssal zone. With a depth reaching down to 6000 meters, it is impossible to inhabit this biome. Conversely, certain organisms have managed to keep their survival in this very biome through particular processes.…
have you ever thought about going on a vacation? Then if I were you, i'd go to Sweden. If you like seafood then Sweden will definitely be the place to go.…
I chose this article because history is very interesting to me. I like learning about ancient artifacts and how the world was before. So many things have happened in the past and there's always more to learn about which is why I want to know more about history. Another reason that I chose this article is because I am interested in the Scandinavian countries which are Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They have a rich history and culture, and were once Vikings which makes me want to know more about their past.…
I ve been through many situations in my life, many have been about my cultural identity. I ve noticed many things about the people surrounding me, especially the diversity and influences there is in my daily life, thanks to them i am able to learn more and more about the culture i belong to and the ethnicity i attend when I m around those who influence me. My friends have influence in me as well, they have all this different interesting ethnicitys, I wonder, why not me ? , why am i different ?, where am i from?, but throughout the years I v developed the sensation of proudness, giving myself the opportunities of accepting where im from and not hidding who i really am, this has helped me support those negative comments that…
I have wondered what it would be like if everyone in my community was the exactly the same as the next person. When I think about this I wonder how it would be different if we were all exactly the same race, from the same cultural background and the same ethnicity. Throughout my local community, Henderson, Nevada, many differences can be seen and I am thankful for that. The cultural differences and many races and ethnicities make this community what it is. Henderson is second largest city in Nevada with over a quarter of a million inhabitants, second only to Las Vegas, Nevada. Henderson’s population is made up of four different races making the total 267,270 people. There are over 210,000 Caucasians, over 15,000 African Americans and more than 35,000 Hispanics. As in many US cities, the gender balance is fairly even at 49.1% male and 50.9 % female community members. (cityofhenderson.com)…
The children that live in today’s world are bombarded by the information of our nation’s past, present, and future; they are in dire need to be enlightened about their nation's heritage because they know no other way. Children need to recognize that the…