Module 3 – Ways of Knowing Traditionally‚ four patterns or “ways of knowing” have been used in the field of nursing. These are empirical‚ aesthetic‚ personal and ethical knowing originally identified by Barbara Carper in 1978. By combining these ways of knowing a nurse develops clinical knowledge which guides nursing actions in different situations. The following personal experience demonstrates the use of multiple ways of knowing in a nursing situation. Last Friday night‚ I received a call
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many immigrants come to the United States to look for success and happiness. People make choices that involve opening one door while closing another. For example‚ Mary and Michael are two young teenagers from Ireland. They are going to the United States to have better life for themselves and their family. This essay will explain risks and hopes that Mary and Michael have when they arrive to the new country. Entering into the new country Mary and Michael will face many risks. Everything will be different
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“Two Ways of Viewing the River” by Mark Twain: Response Paper “Two Ways of Viewing the River” is a short excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography that compares and contrasts Twain’s point of view as a Mississippi River boat pilot. In my opinion these few paragraphs are pitch perfect as well as technically masterful. The descriptive details in paragraph 1 were especially impressive. However‚ I’m also struck by how universal this essay is a metaphor for everyday life. It is‚ in a sense‚ a comment
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Journey in Life In his autobiographical novel‚ Way of the Peaceful Warrior‚ Dan Millman story summarizes a young man going to Berkeley having a rich father and never feeling alone while he sleeps at night. He is popular and a famous gymnast‚ his name is Dan. He doesn’t have a bad side because everyone expects him to be happy which is not true. Dan doesn’t know his inner self that he gets help by Socrates fixing his emotion and his lifestyle. Socrates could change him or destroy him as a person.
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Our lives in the United States are lived on a consistent schedule. We go about our routines on a day-to-day basis without many interruptions. We are nowhere close to an ideal society‚ but sometimes‚ things can seem perfect. War is much more prevalent than peace around the world. There are a lot of war movies‚ but precious few peace movies‚ lots of martial music but only a handful of peace songs. Maybe peace is boring. Also in history‚ we hear and study lots of wars with different names
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Racism: Just because other people do it‚ doesn’t mean its right. A comparative study of racism based on the works of Gates and Rattansi. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome. – Rosa Parks Racism‚ this simple word conjures up images of abhorrence and suffering. Brother hating brother because of the colour of their skin. Whole ethnicities of
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school and friends in my hometown. People of from different country are seen as the minority in Vietnam. Because I was not exposed to varying types of people in the world‚ I had many misconceptions about the world I live in. However‚ as I moved to America‚ a teacher taught me to comprehend the importance of each culture and the struggle each has to deal with. Indeed‚ I happened to encounter the poor areas in varying countries that are barely holding onto their lives while suffering from malnutrition
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Harley Paul 04/19/2013 ENGL 060 Essay #4 Adapting to a New Environment Both Wes’s mothers move them out of their neighborhoods in order to provide them with a chance for a future away from crime and drugs. Both Weses try very hard in adapting to their new environment. In the novel The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore‚ Joy‚ the author Wes’s mother moves him to a better part of the Bronx and puts him into a private school. Mary‚ the other Wes’s mother‚ moves to Baltimore County‚ hoping that the
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the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ this is not the case. In the beginning it starts off with Ishmael as an innocent child who loves rap music‚ but it all get destroyed in the blink of an eye. War and innocence are two things that should never mix‚ but in A Long Way Gone they mix beyond separation. So many children from Sierra Leone got caught up in the war‚ and were forced to do things that even grown men shouldn’t have to do. They were forced to kill people in inhumane ways and do drugs. Childhood
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Congressional Gridlock in America NAME: INSTITUTION: PROGRAM: Definition Gridlock or divided government refers to a situation in which different political parties in a government take control of executive and legislative branches of a national government. For instance citing on the American government in 2015 where the former democrat president Barrack Obama had a congress controlled by the Republican Party. (Kurtz‚ 2015). Causes of Congressional Gridlock According
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