Florida is a melting pot of people from all over the world. Many who come are looking for a new beginning in life bringing with “them their cultural experiences from their native countries.” (Gollnick‚ & Chinn‚ 2009‚ p. 46) Florida’s multicultural population often mingles and gets along well‚ “but this rich diversity has sometimes divided people along cultural‚ economic‚ religious and regional lines.” (Chang‚ 1998‚ p. 72) Nowhere else have these differences‚ as well as the similarities‚ been more
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Catholic influences‚ from my parents to the rest of the people living around us. My parents both grew up with those Catholic teachings all their lives as well‚ considering my father grew up in a pure Italian family and my mother came from a Ukrainian background. Today I continue to live my life with those same virtues and have also passed them down to my son the same way my parents did to me. As I have gone through the experiences of assimilation‚ acculturation‚ and a climate of pluralism; my identity
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Activity 1.3 Who am I? - Developing self-awareness |What are my core values? |How do these influence…. | | |My career goals? | |Personal development | | |Working
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things in my life make me‚ me. This cultural background paper is about the values‚ experiences‚ worldviews‚ and different identities that have shaped me throughout the years. It makes you think hard about the things you let into your life‚ or even the values you developed through your family or on your own. Unfortunately‚ there are things that influence our identity in a negative way and can overtake what we think about ourselves. Starting with my cultural background I am a daughter‚ sister‚ granddaughter
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I have two cultural background which are Cherokee Indian and African American . Cherokee is really pronounced as “CHAIR-uh-kee” in our language. Cherokee comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya “the principal people‚” but today they accept the named Cherokee. But in their language it is pronounced Tsadagi . The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region‚ particularly Georgia‚ North and South
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In nowadays modern‚ rushed world cultural diversity has grown widely. Globalization seems pervasive. There is a well seen difference between the value systems of rich and poor countries or people even. And so‚ value systems and the culture of a country are tightly connected. In order to be a good manager outside your ‘comfort zone’ - the country you are living in‚ with its culture‚ people‚ and all of it sides (that you are pretty acknowledged of)‚ you should be ready to go deeper in the new place’s
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Cultural Self-Assessment Part B The awareness of oppression and the varying type of privileges that different individuals have in a diverse populations is important in clinical work because these experiences shapes how a client views the world‚ how the client behaves‚ and how the client views himself. Issues in diversity may be a contributing factor to a client’s symptoms or may be causing conflict in the client’s relationships or other areas in the client’s life. For some clients‚ the possibility
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Importance of Cultural Awareness Preparing for a career in the healthcare field sparks a need for one to have a sense of individual responsibility to be knowledgeable of cultural awareness. Knowledge of cultural awareness leads one to have the proper tools at one’s disposal in order for one to be better prepared in the healthcare field environment; where preventing bias and stereotype errors towards patients should be considered a top priority. Obtaining the proper knowledge of cultural awareness will
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Self-Awareness in Teen Pregnancy and Vulnerable Populations. Robert Stoll University of Phoenix Health Assessment and Promotion for Vulnerable Population NUR/440 Shamar Walker August 31‚ 2012 Self-Awareness in Teen Pregnancy and Vulnerable Populations. Vulnerable populations are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic‚ cultural‚ economic‚ geographic‚ or health characteristics ("Vulnerable populations‚" 2010‚ para. 1). Teen pregnancy falls into
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time on self-reflection. Even when personal feedback is presented to us‚ we are not always open to it‚ because honest feedback is not always flattering. Consequently‚ many individuals have a considerably low level of self-awareness concerning one’s self. This is unfortunate due to the fact that self-awareness is an essential first step toward maximizing management skills. Self-awareness can improve one’s judgment and help them to identify opportunities for professional development. Self-awareness
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