Competent Care to a Native American Patient Fundamentals & Medical Surgical Nursing April 13‚ 2012 Providing Culturally Competent Care to a Native American Patient Introduction When caring for a Native American patient‚ it is imperative that the nurse provide culturally competent care. In this scenario‚ there are two main dimensions along which cultural tensions between the patient and the nurse can arise. The first pertains to the actual practices and values of Native American culture‚ which
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problems that Native Americans face in this day and age. These problems first started when the Europeans discovered the Americas and encountered the Native Americans. The Native Americans were nice and welcoming to the explorers‚ but the Europeans quickly took advantage of that. The Europeans invaded and took over the Native American land and claimed it as their own without giving the Native Americans something as trade or even considering how it would affect them. The Native Americans still face the
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English Period 1 November 8‚ 2013 Racism against Native Americans in the 1900’s Today‚ when one thinks of racism‚ they think of African Americans or Hispanics. Believe it or not‚ there was other racism. Native Americans lived with racism throughout the 1900’s. This is overlooked by many Americans. It is a lost part of history. In the Indian Killer‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the city shows discrimination towards the Native American’s. They use a Native American as a scapegoat for a killer that the police have
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University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón English Department Native Americans Analytical Essay Jhon Smith 841-03-9669 INGL 3326 LJ1 Dr. Vallejo Native Americans Analytic Essay Among the many cultures around the world‚ the Native American community is one of the many minorities who have gone through horrid times and still struggle to preserve their traditions. Their submission to the mainstream Anglo-Americans has led to a lot of issues. These are presented in Blue Winds Dancing by Tom
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surrounds the horrific rape of an innocent Native American mother‚ Geraldine‚ as well as the murder and abuse of Mayla‚ a young Native American woman. The theme of abuse of Native Americans‚ in particular‚ women‚ is essential to the plot. It is the painful reality of Native American life: that these peoples have been systematically and egregiously mishandled‚ attacked‚ and abused. I was interested to see how prevalent the violence against both Native American women and men was. I wanted to know the
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well known for its repeated attempts to steal Native American’s right to their homeland in their quest to colonize. Throughout its history‚ the country systematically tries to eradicate the ‘Native American problem’ by extinguishing their very identity. The main force the government used was education as a tool of oppression during the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. The North American government would force the American Indians to send their children to either a boarding
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Today messengers came running up to the village to tell my father‚ Powhatan‚ that the white strangers‚ who had arrived in the three large canoes‚ were not leaving anytime soon. The strangers had asked for “a water supply and a place to stay” (Townsend‚ p. 4) signaling that they were here to stay. Our village of Werowocomoco has thrived under the leadership of my father‚ but people are worried that these white strangers will threaten our way of life. For my nine years alive I had seen these canoes
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the evolution of Native American culture. Thesis: Modern Native American traditions reflect the history of struggle‚ strife and triumph they experienced in history. Introduction: As most of us know‚ Native American’s have a rich history of struggle and also triumph. Many modern Native American traditions reflect the story and struggle Native American’s experienced. These stories are filled with tradition closely tied to Mother Nature. I’m sure many of you have seen Native American art and objects
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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is a Federal law passed in 1990 and provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return specific Native American items. These items can be cultural items‚ human remains‚ funerary objects‚ sacred objects‚ or objects of cultural patrimony‚ and returned to lineal descendants‚ or culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. NAGPRA also provides help for unclaimed and culturally unidentifiable Native
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(Textbook‚ pg.2) Native Americans and Europeans were similar in many ways‚ though still having differences among themselves; their distinctive ideas on gods and the spirit world informed their political systems and animated their approaches to trade and warfare. (Textbook‚ pg.2) Horticulture societies allowed for a more sedentary lifestyle‚ which in turn led to greater social‚ political‚ and religious development. (Farless‚ lecture 1.11) Before the arrival of the Europeans‚ most Native Americans believed
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