The purpose of this essay is to define ethnocentrism‚ and to discuss the impact of ethnocentrism relating specifically to Nurses in the delivery of care. The main theme to be discussed shall be the implications entailed by nurses that are not culturally competent when providing services. Furthermore‚ examples will be provided relating to some of the components of ethnocentrism. The components that will be focused on are assumptions‚ cultural imposition and lack of therapeutic communication in nursing
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What is “Sexting” and Why is it a Problem? The word “sexting” is a combination of the words “sex” and “texting. Sexting is the slang term for the use of a cell phone or other similar electronic device to send or receive nude or semi-nude pictures or videos of sexually explicit images. It can also refer to text messages of a sexually charged nature. As technology has advanced cell phones have the ability to record and send photos‚ as well as videos. The practice of sending suggestive and explicit
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undocumented immigrants are coming from Mexico and South America. About 56% of the immigrants are from Mexico alone while the rest are distributed evenly among South American countries like Honduras‚ Panama‚ and Guatemala. Along with them they bring many different problems such as increased gang violence in the United States‚ and various drug trafficking complications. Drugs are a huge problem; many underground tunnels have been found along the border. Another problem with undocumented immigrants is
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Racism is an ongoing problem in this country America. There has been racial problems sciences the 1700s when it was only the thirteen colonies! In the beginning of the United States of America it was legal for African people to be enslaved. When Abraham Lincoln was elected in March 1861 all the way till his assassination in April 1865. During the time he was president‚ the civil war‚ act started in April 12‚ 1861 – May 9‚ 1865. The Civil is also known as the “The War Between the States‚” was an
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One major problem that we are facing is the mass incarcerations. The overpopulations of prison don’t seem to be getting any better. Currently there are about 2.3 million people that are in some kind of correctional facility. (Wagner‚ 2017) That is a lot of inmates. Most of these inmates are either non-violent offenders and a lot of them in local jails are not even convicted of a crime they have allegedly committed. The overcrowding of the system with nonviolent offenders can cause serious issues
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Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture is the centre of the world thus considering all other cultures as being inferior. This natural circumstance can be expected to emerge where a unity is established between different ethnic‚ racial or linguistic groups. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particularized ethnic group or culture especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic divergence and developments
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PHOBIAS A phobia is an excessive or unreasonable fear of an object‚ place or situation. Simple phobias are fears of specific things such as insects‚ infections‚ flying. Agoraphobia is a fear of being in places where one feels "trapped" or unable to get help‚ such as in crowds‚ on a bus‚ or standing in a queue. A social phobia is a marked fear of social or performance situations. Phobias are extremely common. Sometimes they start in childhood for no apparent reason; sometimes they emerge after a
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a)For what reason is the Problem of Evil a problem for religious believers? (9) Probably the most powerful reason against the existence of The Classical God of Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem
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Ethnocentrism refers to an individual who sees‚ thinks‚ and idealizes with the idea that his cultural background and nationality is beyond better than that of others. In today’s modern and complex society‚ many Americans tend to live by this belief or idea of ethnocentrism; they believe they are better off‚ because the United States of America is looked at‚ thought of‚ and respected as one of the most powerful and decorated nations in the world today. Despite having different beliefs based on culture
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Computers are very important and help us in many ways but they can also cause us problems.Some of the problems are‚backache which is caused by improper sitting posture and can be prevented by sitting upright with your back resting on the backrest chair.The other problem is eye strain which can be caused by radiations emitted by the monitor and can be prevented by regulating the amount of light from the monitor and avoid using a flickering monitor.A neck ache is caused by putting the monitor above the
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