Self Awareness and Cultural Ienditiy I am a 27 year old female who was born into a white‚ middle class‚ college educated family. My family’s cultural background is made up of Eastern and Western European nationalities. The largest percentage of my ethnic background is Lithuanian‚ but there is also a mixture of English‚ Irish‚ Danish‚ Scottish‚ and French. For the most part my ethnic background has not played a large part of who I am today. I am a fifth generation American so our family has long
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness University of Phoenix Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness The vulnerable population chosen as the focus of this paper are the mentally retarded or intellectually disabled. According to the tenth revision of the WHO (world health Organization): intellectual disability (ID) is a disorder defined by the presence of incomplete or arrested mental development‚ principally characterized by the deterioration of concrete functions at each stage of
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Breast self-examination knowledge and skills is an important facet in early detection of breast cancer. 3‚ 20 Although our study found high awareness of BSE among female university students‚ BSE practices were found to below as observed from the number of female students who had performed BSE at the time of the study. Even those who attempted to perform BSE‚ fewer had performed BSE once a month. Those that had not attempted BSE‚ still few could promise to perform BSE in the next month. Poor BSE practices
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Jaquelinne Ortiz Journal entry # 1 Be spontaneous. Be honest. Be creative. Most of all dive deep!! Self- assessment results: Developing emotional intelligence: 84 Discovering self-motivation: 71 Accepting personal responsibility: 63 Believing in myself: 62 Adopting lifelong learning: 50 Mastering self-management: 52 Gaining self-awareness: 48 Employing interdependence: 40 By doing the self-assessment‚ I learned that my scores are pretty accurate to my personality. I am happy with my two highest
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personal practice‚ there are several ways that I could incorporate the practices described in Awareness of Self – A Critical Tool from Esther Urdang. First I would embrace the trio of knowledge‚ compassion‚ and authority. These aspects are a critical tool in building rapport and a bond with the client. The article informs the reader of the stresses that are associated with the human services field. This provides a self-reflection and the intricacies that surround personal and client related issues. It is
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness As of July 1‚ 2013 the United States of America had 54 million Hispanics living within its borders. This equates to 17% of the total population (U.S. Department of Commerce‚ 2014). Many of these individuals do not speak English which creates a language barrier between them and health care workers. This barrier can create biases among health care workers and the Hispanic population. Health care workers may not be able to connect with this population because
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pointed out that understanding someone’s characteristics could help the counselor understand the person’s commitment to change‚ self-efficacy‚ and self-awareness (1994‚ p. 3). Nevertheless‚ many people who are successful in their lives are successful because they are self-aware. This means the person understands their selves‚ their biases‚ and their reactions. Being self-aware is important‚ it means people really understand their wants and their needs and are able to know the difference between the
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troubling or perplexing. It is clearly and explicitly contracted‚ and the boundaries of the relationship identified. The activity itself is designed to help self-exploration and understanding. The process should help to identify thoughts‚ emotions and‚ may offer the client a greater sense of personal resources and behaviours that‚ once assessed self-determine change.” (Janice Russell‚ Graham Dexter‚ Tim Bond. 1992 Differentiation Between Advice‚ Guidance‚
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Cultural Self-Awareness We live in a world that is culturally diverse. Cultural diversity includes different cultures‚ groups‚ communities‚ ethnicities‚ religions‚ and forms of communication‚ along with cultural values and norms. Living in such diverse society‚ it is important that we learn to respect each other’s differences. When I think of the term "culturally different‚" I immediately think of a group of individuals who face a number of challenges‚ such as acceptance and discrimination
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NMIH101 Self-awareness This essay will explore some of the aspects of self-awareness‚ with description and definition for use to the health care worker in the health care setting from various educators in all fields of health care from various aspects of evidence-based practice that involves‚ includes and is open to developmental learning for continuous improvement with Client-Health Care Worker outcomes. Self-awareness is the mental‚ psychological and physical attributes that are ingrained
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