Growing up‚ I lived in a predominantly Latino community. I was always around people who shared my same culture‚ beliefs‚ and background. Rarely did I ever experience challenges against my culture and beliefs. As I grew older‚ and attained more experiences‚ I became aware of the problems in my community‚ and in the world. Just recently‚ I learned how imperative it is for me to embrace my culture and to help my community. For this reason‚ I was inspired to help make a difference. Over the past few
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Being part of an institution such as Latino Scholars of Promise has instilled many values in me. The Latino Scholars of Promise is a program that is dedicated to preparing soon to be college students for the future by developing leadership and preparing them for the real world. It has affected me as an individual and has affected other aspects of my life. Being part of a program like this one has helped me view my surroundings in a different way. I am able to see things differently and act in a way
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Observation of Patients Florence Nightingale is said to be one of the major influences in nursing throughout history and today. In 1898‚ she wrote Notes on Nursing What it is‚ and What it is Not. Her ‘notes’ on nursing outline many of the nursing practices used and implemented in today’s practices. Observation in patient’s is a key element in being able to give proper care and gathering the proper data‚ as well as being able to properly assess and monitor the patient to enable them to make
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Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Italy to a wealthy British family. She was raised in the Anglican faith‚ and believed the God called her to be a nurse. This call came to her in
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This report is a result of a case study whereby family centred care becomes the focus in the review of Emma’s case. The report will cite issues surrounding Emma including her four year old daughter Lucy and the concern surrounding her development‚ together with issues such as a lack in family support and Emma’s unfamiliarity and possible lack of knowledge of services within her community. With full assessment of Emma’s case this report will outline care to be given including referrals and finally cite
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The population of Latinos in the U.S. continues to increase. In 2014‚ Latinos accounted for 17.4% of the population (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2015). Many Latinos are dealing with mental health disorders‚ such as depression. To help the well-beings of Latinos‚ counselors need to understand treatments based on depression. Additionally‚ one has to understand the cultural factors within the population of Latinos. Recently‚ Kanter et al. (2015) depicts a need for more research in order to improve treatment
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judges nationwide. As a matter of fact‚ since 1789 the Chief Justice has been White and this fact still remains true since the current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts‚ Jr. Currently‚ there is only one black Associate Justice‚ Clarence Thomas and one Latino Sonia Sotomayor. There has been progress in the realm of judicial proceedings within the past years thanks to civil right activists‚ but there is still much bias going on. Sometimes certain occasions of racial bias are not heard of because they
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the Hispanic population: they are undereducated and therefore at a disadvantage in the job marketplace. This disadvantage leads to an inability to achieve their own version of the American Dream. One organization that helps to combat the issue is Latinos in Action (LIA) a nonprofit (501(C)(3)) organization whose goals tailor around the idea of improving civic and educational engagement of the Latin American Community. They accomplish this through a variety of means. The majority of these take place
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Latinos are currently the largest minority group in the United States‚ and Mexican-Americans are the largest group within the Latino population. It may be unfathomable for the younger generations to think of the Mexican population in the United States as a silent minority group; however‚ it was not until after World War II that we see a rise in Chicano nationality and identity movements. What was the role of the theatre in this discovery of identity‚ and how did the theatre give social voice to this
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Family is Irrelevant: Disagree Family is something that no one gets to choose‚ and no one can change. The best thing to do is be flexible and be able to take what they say and change it for your better understan express their rebellion. In the novels‚ Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger we get to experience growing up though the eyes of Holden Caulfield a sixteen year old. Whether it means wearing a raccoon tailed hat or ordering a prostitute Holden enjoys drawing attention to himself. He comes
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