Rodriguez fails to adapt to the intercultural landscape of Los Angeles Rodriguez fails to adapt to the intercultural landscape of Los Angeles because of his defensive ethnocentric positions. According to the course readings, developing intercultural sensitivity first entails defense and minimization prior to fostering acceptance and integration (Martin & Nakayama, 2014). Rodriguez is defensive in that he sometimes declines to attend school. While in class, the young boy is equally not as participative. The character minimizes his social circle to only include Jamie and Earl. The three boys create a school club titled ‘Thee Mystics’, where members learn to use drugs and to be sexually active. However, the defensive trait is also evident from the dominant culture. In the narrative, there is a scene where Rodrigues witnesses the LAPD going after his peer, Tino, while shouting the term ‘greaser.’ The offensive term is applied to stereotype the Chicanos as low life criminals. The experience prompts Rodrigues to seek some form of protection from the LAPD, which is only provided by local street gangs. At the age of thirteen, Rodrigues enrolls…
Ethical Issues of Caring for Dementia Patients in Nursing Introduction With the increasing number of dementia patients, nursing professionals continue to face more ethical dilemmas in providing healthcare to dementia patients. Among other many areas, obtaining the informed consent of dementia patients on the medical intervention to use is a significant concern. Dementia patients at the late stages of illness are usually incapacitated and are unable to communicate. Substitutive decision-making is adopted for these patients by using expert directives or surrogates. As such, the autonomy of the patients in making decisions is disregarded. Although the patient is cognitively incapacitated, his interest may not match those of surrogates. An ethical issue, therefore, exists between autonomy of patient in decision-making and choice of appropriate treatment intervention, given the patient is cognitively incapacitated. A combination of articles on the subject has been compiled, exploring the subject o in-depth, identifying the ethical challenges, and providing insights to nurses on how to address the moral issue. Article 1- Involvement of dementia patients in care planning and decision-making Donnelly, S., Begley, E., & O’Brien, M. (2019).…
Molekule Air Purifier Review – Is It the Best Air Purifier in the Market? The air we breathe around our home may not be clean always. Therefore, you may need to clean it, especially if some of your family members have health issues such as allergies. While many air purifiers in the market use HEPA technology, Molekule air purifier is a total game-changer. Molekule air purifier is equipped with advanced and flexible features that promise to improve your air purification experience. With its high-end technology, the photo electrochemical oxidation (PECO), Molekule air purifier traps and destroys pollutants using scientific methods. Here is a Molekule review to see its impact on air purification. Molecular Air Purifier Design Molekule air purifier is designed with a very sleek silver body embodied with machined aluminum. It has a thick and soft natural leather handle at the upper part of the air purifier. The handle allows for easy movement around your home. The air purifier has a diameter of 8.25 inches, and its Hight is about 23 inches and weighs about 18 pounds. Similarly, Molekule…
Sustainable development Question 2, B. Sustainable development refers to the process of ensuring that current growth and development do not affect future generations. For instance, sustainable development initiative focuses on limiting ecological degradation by the present age, limiting destroying future societies, human health, and sourcing of non-renewable energy. Environmental, Social, and Economic sustainability are intertwined since poor economic planning and sustainability create social conflicts between resource allocation and health costs, leading to inefficiencies in ecological conservation and degradation. A critique on the social sustainability at Roche informs of measures to reduce poverty since people turn to forests for survival due to a lack of medical products. Social sustainability is intertwined with economic sustainability by assessing the quality of pharmaceutical products to minimize toxicity in the manufacturing process, and to reduce the overall effects on the society and the environment, Economic sustainability is related to social sustainability since the pharmaceutical focuses on the effective utilization of natural resources, thus minimizing costs associated with wastages to society. Sustainability seeks the firm to embrace the practical usage of recycled products,…
Summarize the main idea of model of counseling of your choice? Cognitive therapy Cognitive therapy involves what people think that influences the general behavior of an individual. It is the power of mind based on experience, which leads to dysfunctional emotions and an attitude that destroys a person’s image. Engaging clients to change their thoughts by identifying and questioning their mental picture can make an individual change his or her feelings on what to do. Therefore, cognitive therapy helps people who are depressed and pessimists to perceive things positively. What are the main goals of this psychotherapy? Cognitive psychotherapy helps clients to understand how negative perceptions contribute to negative feelings. Also, it prevents future episodes of grief by changing their beliefs, thus promoting personal development growth. Another goal for cognitive therapy is that it facilitates emotional feelings by teaching people techniques on how to question and identify forms of distress and distorted feelings What kinds of psychological problems or “disorders” is your chosen model of counseling useful for? The psychological problems associated with cognitive therapy involve panic disorder, anxiety disorder,…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced its alliance with peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform Paxful to take bitcoin to crowds. 167 fiat currencies including Russian ruble (RUB), Vietnamese dong (VND), Indonesian rupiah (IDR), Nigerian naira (NGN), Colombian peso (COP), British pound (GBP), Mexican peso (MXN), Canadian dollar (CAD). Euro (EUR) and Argentine peso (ARS) will now be at the disposal of Binance users using Paxful’s technology on Binance’s platform itself. The alliance between the two companies follows a series of transparent efforts to expand the options for the fiat-to-crypto gateway from Binance. The company recently proclaimed its takeover of the India-based cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, presenting the Indian Rupee (INR) Fiat Gateway. In November, Binance also partnered with the payment service Papara to offer deposits and withdrawals of the Turkish lira (TRY) and Advcash to provide deposits and withdrawals of Euros (EUR), Russian Rubles (RUB), Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) and Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT). In the same week, Binance announced the integration of the stablecoin issuer Paxos’ fiat gateway. Ray Youssef, Paxful’s founder, and CEO, said that they…
empowering females with technology Can women lead the technology world in Africa? Is the female contribution in technology making any difference to inspire the next generation? Well, the statistics prove this claim pretty much right as African technology market has seen many successful startups that are led by female entrepreneurs. Not only the local authorities are focused on empowering females with technology, but international organizations like UNO are also contributing to this mission. A few months back, The UN Office for South-South Cooperation conducted a training workshop for females. The mission statement of this effort was to ensure equal learning opportunities for women in technology in Africa. In comparison to fierce competition and demand for talented minds in technology and computer world, the market has a lot to offer to females. If you are looking for a brighter future in Africa, being a female, entrepreneurship is the perfect sector for you. Opportunities for Women in Small Startups The entrepreneurial community in Africa is cooperative towards the contribution of women in technology. The world is adopting smart solutions to…
Change Model This week reading https://www.chcf.org/publication/diffusion-of-innovation-in-health-care/ Roger′s Diffusion of Innovation theory is a particularly good theoretical framework to apply to an EBP project. However, students may also choose to use change models, such as Duck′s Change Curve Model or the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change. Other conceptual models presented such as a utilization model (Stetler′s model) and EBP models (the Iowa Model and ARCC Model) can also be used as a framework for applying your evidence-based intervention in a health care setting. In 500-750 words (not including the title page and reference page), apply a change model to the implementation plan. Apply one of the above models and carry your implementation through each of the stages, phases, or steps identified in the chosen model. In addition, create a conceptual model of the project. [unique_solution]Although you will not be submitting the conceptual model you design in Topic 5 with the narrative, the conceptual model should be placed in the appendices for the final paper. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the…
Drug legalization As a result of the legalization of Marijuana in most parts of the United States of America, the government to impose policies that limit the use of Marijuana since it a gateway drug that leads to the usage of other hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. Age discrimination There are rapidly growing cases of abusive treatment in elderly long-term care facilities. As a result, the government, through the healthcare department, should ensure the nursing caregivers are well trained and are monitored continuously to eliminate age discrimination. . Health Insurance Since there are extensive cases of medical emergencies and treatment procedures, health insurance should be readily available for most citizens to ensure timely treatment and administration of healthcare initiatives to foster a healthy global society. Eating clean Due to the growing cases of chronic illness breakout from the consumption of unclean food substances, establishing proficient sanitation through the support of the government and responsible firms should be a priority to every household to get rid of illnesses that come. As a result, unhygienic food-intake. Presidential elections Today nations…
Case analysis ″will they ever pull the plug?″ About Seventy-six-year-old Wilma Beard calls on Methodist Hospital to remove her husband from a respirator after six weeks and let him die in peace. The hospital refuses on the grounds it’s against the law for anyone but a doctor to do a thing like that. Elmer Beard, 81, suffered a stroke Feb. 21 which left him paralyzed and in a coma. He was taken to Methodist and put on a life support system. Today he lies there semi-dormant and, says his wife, “recognizing no one while being fed through the nose.” In January and February Beard had been in the hospital 44 days. He was diagnosed then as having cancer of the prostate, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, congestive heart symptoms, angina, and gallstones. Soon after returning home in February he fell to the stroke. “Now they have him in the respirator,” says Mrs. Beard.[unique_solution] “At first Dr. James A. Duncan, the internist in charge, said this would not be long drawn-out. But it has stretched from 36 hours to a week, two weeks…