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    Self-Cultural Assessment Katelin Bresnahan University of North Dakota Self-Cultural Assessment Introduction Throughout the world there are many cultures that vary in customs‚ beliefs‚ languages and ideals. In order to provide the highest level of care it is important that those in the nursing profession are culturally competent. A key component in becoming culturally competent is self-awareness of one’s own culture. This paper contains a reflection of my own culture and will outline my family

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    Cultural Differences in Self-Efficacy Introduction Bandura (1997) defined self-efficacy as “beliefs in one’s capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to produce given attainments” (p. 3). Self-efficacy refers to the judgments of what one can do with whatever skills one possesses rather than the judgments of the skills themselves. In self-efficacy theory‚ people evaluate their skills and abilities and convert their beliefs about their

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    Christelle Pierre Essay on Cultural backgrounds and sports I have found most people who are African/American prefer track and football. Where people who are Hispanic‚ prefer sports such as soccer and handball. My research also shows that most Asians would prefer cricket and gymnastics. The person I interviewed for the African/American culture was Zaccheaus Taylor; he is 17 and very active. Taylor plays football for his school and he takes the sport very seriously. He plays basketball on his

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    post will define cultural self-assessment and an explanation of why it is important in our nursing practice. It will also describe the five steps in the process for delivering culturally congruent nursing care and how it is applied in my own practice. I will also discuss definitions and categories of cultural competence. As nurses‚ we are exposed to many different types of culture when providing care for our patients and families. To provide such care‚ one must complete a cultural self-assessment. A

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    Acculturation‚ Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Classroom First‚ acculturation is the process of adopting the dominant group’s cultural patterns; some groups prefer to keep‚ or maintain the original culture. Consequently that group will not have become highly cultured to American culture. Second‚ Pluralism ideology believes that they should keep their identity and culture. Such ideas have advantages and disadvantages‚ because most of the case the dominant groups are not willing to

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    Seth Phelps  Cultural Self Portraits  2/7/15  For  my  cultural  self  portrait  I  decided  to  use  the  traits  and  surroundings  from  the  Maori  tribe  in  New  Zealand.   The  Maori  tribe  has  very  interesting  clothing‚  hairstyles‚  and  body  adornments.  ​ Clothing‚  adornments  and  even  hairstyles  showed  a  lot  about  a person’s status‚ and  fine  clothes  could  enhance  a  person’s’  power  and  or  authority.  Traditionally‚  Māori  made  their  clothes  and  adornments  from 

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    personality and life experiences. I have always been the type of person that easily recognizes the needs in others and steps up to anyone that is receptive of help. When I look back at my life and the family I was born into‚ I can see exactly how my own cultural identity would lead me into the role of a helper. As a child I lacked much of the positive nurturing that parents give to their children and although this was confusing to me‚ I didn’t act out in a negative fashion‚ but I would constantly seek out

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    Sahan Ratnayake Development of Language and its influence on self-awarness‚ personal memory‚ and higher emotion. Language is defined as the system of linguistic signs or symbols considered in the abstract. Language is purely a human concept. Though it is used by many animals on the planet‚ no other animal uses language to the extent or complexity as humans do. This is in part to the larger brain size of humans as opposed to animals. Our closest animal relative‚ the chimpanzee‚ has a brain

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    The principles of the EYLF that recognise cultural competence in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are: • high expectations and equity • respect for diversity These principles all relate to cultural competence. High expectations and equity is about providing the support to the children to excel in their learning but also providing equal opportunity to every child regardless of their culture. Respect for diversity is relatively straight forward‚ thie is about teaching not only

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    (strategy) elements of Cultural Intelligence. These are questions 1-4. Average their scores and report. My average Metacognitive Score is: 5.3 One of the reasons I think I scored 5.3 in the metacognitive is the experience I have dealing with other cultures for my job. I try to learn and respect other cultures I interact with since this chapter and understanding how other cultures see the U.S I feel like I am com conscious of my interactions. 2. Cognitive (knowledge) elements of Cultural Intelligence.

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