pharmacy304: Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice Maier-Lorentz MM. Reference: Maier-Lorentz MM. Transcultural nursing: its importance in nursing practice. 2008 [updated Spring; cited 2010 May 01]; 2009/01/29:[37-43]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19172978. Transcultural nursing is a vital part of healthcare in the present day. The forever increasing multicultural populace in the United States
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1. What U.S. cultural and social factors would affect the acceptance of Prius. People who accepted the early Prius were individualistic‚ they liked to be perceived as different from the norm. Some of the early adopters‚ who purchased the vehicle‚ modified it to make it even more individualized. Prius accepters were also efficient and practical because they purchased a car that is energy efficient. It uses less gasoline than standard vehicles and uses electricity‚ which is a renewable resource
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Belief has been defined by dictionary as “An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.” or it is a “psychological state in which an individual holds a conjecture or premise to be true”. However‚ this is just the basic definition of belief‚ and if we think beyond the meanings of this word‚ we would probably realized that these do NOT make sense. There is a scale for belief‚ from -10 to 10‚ from impossible to certain. People believed that after they die‚ they will go to hell
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Enron The affect of the unethical behavior of the profitability of Enron was that the third party “outside” independent auditors was not able to backup and have accounting financial statements‚ some of those auditors and financial institutions may have been misled by the corporation’s net income. If I was an accountant for this company I would have followed regulated federal security laws‚ and if failed to provide prove of documents or financial statements‚ I would admit to my mistakes but also
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universe of meaning’ for people today: For many people today‚ religion no longer acts as a shared universe of meaning‚ which means for that religion no longer‚ has importance. There is variety of reasons for this. However‚ some disagree as they belief religion still has importance to many and it is needed for society to function properly. Post-modernists argue that religion doesn’t act as a shared universe of meaning anymore‚ this is a result of globalisation. This is supported by lyotards
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What is a Belief System? There are many different belief systems‚ some are religions and some not. All cultures develop a collection of beliefs and values that are used to meet its society’s needs. A belief system is a way of perceive and interact in a society guided by a set of established moral rules. Our beliefs are an essential part of who we are and how we behave. A culture with a strong belief system is shaped by it. The belief system delineates type of government‚ civil liberties‚ behaviors
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researchers investigated University students on their nutrients belief and their health behavior intention. In order to gather data for this study researchers used an online survey in which they received 253 questionnaires in return (Hak- Sean et al.‚ 2012). This survey only targeted students who had knowledge of how important nutrient is to their health. By students having the knowledge of how important eating healthy is to their health demonstrated the HBM theory. In which people were knowledgeable
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COMMENTARY Asymmetric Paternalism to Improve Health Behaviors George Loewenstein‚ PhD Troyen Brennan‚ MD‚ JD‚ MPH Kevin G. Volpp‚ MD‚ PhD ease burden faced by society. Many major health problems in the United States and other developed nations‚ such as lung cancer‚ hypertension‚ and diabetes‚ are exacerbated by unhealthy behaviors. Modifiable behaviors such as tobacco use‚ overeating‚ and alcohol abuse account for nearly one-third of all deaths in the United States.1‚2 Moreover‚ realizing
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Chinese Beliefs and Traditions in Health Care In China they have about 1.3 billion people‚ making up a little more than 20% of the world’s population. It’s no surprise that with that many people in one country that the culture there would hold many different beliefs and traditions. Chinese are known for many things and their health care practices are one of them. They use different medicines to treat the ill‚ have different techniques to insure that women have a good pregnancy and a healthy baby
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especially the complex of attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or a group. There are several different stages of consciousness. Waking consciousness‚ altered states of consciousness and sleep. Waking consciousness is the mental state that includes moving and thinking‚ along with anything else done while we are awake and alert. Behavior during this period is as normal as it can be. Although behavior can differ from person to person‚
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