Cultural Assessment Culture in Nursing Nurses need to be culturally sensitive and culturally competent because a person’s culture is the foundation for what they believe in and how they act. It is especially important when it comes to a person’s health. A patient’s culture can influence the decisions they make in regards to their health and treatment. Berman‚ Snyder‚ Kozier‚ Erb (2008‚ p.506) define culture as “nonphysical traits‚ such as values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and customs‚ that are shared
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The drive of this paper is to present a summary of the article “Heritage Spanish Speakers’ Language Learning Strategies.” by Hancock‚ Zennia. For instance‚ this digest defines some of the problems tangled in the Spanish language learning experiences of heritage Spanish speakers‚ which is the largest population of heritage language speakers in the United States. It also describes ways in which instructors can simplify these students’ language growth through a better understanding of their language
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Marina Chmykhalo-Friermood Professor N. Cohen FINA 6273-Section 10 October 23‚ 2014 New Heritage Doll Company Write-up Introduction New Heritage Doll Company is a firm that has ventured into doll production which has sought to extend its brand in order to broaden its market framework and more importantly capitalize on high levels of customer loyalty. The vice president of the Company‚ Emily Harris‚ is to forward her project proposal to the Budgeting Committee for evaluation. The Vice-president’s
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CHORAL SPEAKING THEME: CULTURE TITLE: Malaysia: The Mini Little Asia Assalamualaikum and…… Salam Satu Malaysia! [say in full-spirit & enthusiastically] Good day to you‚ our respectable judges‚ beloved teachers and lovely friends. [address each with eye contact] WE‚ the students from SMA Al-Irsyadiah will unveil our choral speaking entitled‚ “Malaysia: The Mini Little Asia”. ALL: Hi there! [loud‚ cheerful & friendly – to grab audience’s attention] SOLO 2: Nunu kabar nu? SOLO 3: Apo koba? SOLO 4:
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Culture of Mauritius: I chose the culture of Mauritius because I saw a documentary about the isle some months ago and I was caught by the beautiful landscape as well as the amount of endemic plants and animals from the island. Mauritius is an island state in the southwest of the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. The capital city of the main isle is called Port Louis. The slogan of Mauritius is: “Stella clavisque Maris Indici”. This is Latin and can be translated as “star and key of the Indian Ocean”
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Indian Culture and Tradition I was born in India and I have spent 17 years in India and then I came here in United States. There is lot of difference between these two countries. Today I would like to tell about Indian culture and tradition. India is known for its culture and tradition. Indian culture is believed one of the oldest cultures. I am writing this topic in MLA format. "History of Asian Indian Immigration to the United States." DISCovering Multicultural America: African Americans‚ Hispanic
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a hunter-gather society that live mainly in Canada with some residing in the northern United States. They are a group of tribes which have lived in North America before their French encounter in the 1600s. As of now the Cree groups are of mixed heritage and multilinguistic‚ due to the many different indigenous tribes they are open to and are willing to accept‚ as long as they maintain their values. Since the 1800s they have become a part of the North American fur trade‚ so that they may gain the
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Popular Culture Under the concept of popular culture that is discussed in the texts of Martin & Nakayama‚ the populist is seen in forms of borrowing or mixing of other cultures. Popular is created and maintained not only through mass consumption‚ but by the active process of generating and circulating meanings and pleasures within a social group (2011‚ pg.202). It’s everywhere and it fills my life. Even though I was raised a certain way according to my parents culture and beliefs‚ but I was
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Are we limited in knowledge‚ in imagination‚ and in understanding by the culture we grow up in? In other words‚ are we ethnocentric‚ and if so is it a bad thing? To answer that‚ one must understand what ethnocentrism is. According to Macionis (2004)‚ ethnocentrism is "the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture". We are not born with culture; culture is a socially learned behavior‚ or set of values that a given groups holds as a norm and are considered to be
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The Yoruba Culture Name: Soyan Abdul-Rahman Professor: Tsirha Adefrio Course: Anthropology 1010 The Yoruba culture There are three main tribes in Nigeria‚ which are: the Igbos‚ the Hausas and the Yorubas. Over the years‚ these three tribes broke into more than 50 little ethnic groups. Among these three‚ Yorubas has proven to be the most dominant. The Yoruba are one of the largest African ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert. They are‚ in fact‚ not a single group‚ but rather a collection
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