A.W.’s Mexican Heritage Richard Sniffen Pace University Abstract America’s healthcare system has shown an increasing need for professional nurses who are trained and skilled in providing culturally competent care. With diverse cultures from all over the world each has their own beliefs and views towards health‚ illness‚ and healing. For today’s nurses to provide competent care they must recognize and respect the traditions and beliefs of each culture. Nurses must understand who they
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Abstract Culture is an important aspect of study in the world today. Culture defines who you are and where you are from. It is important to learn about the culture of different backgrounds‚ so you can understand why different people act the way they do. Intelligence is a major factor that is directly related to an individual ’s culture and environment. Psychology also plays an important role in culture. Comparing and contrasting an American Culture from a Sierra Leonean culture‚ which is a very
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is located in the northern region of the American continent between the Gulf of Mexico on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It’s bordered by the United States on the north and by Guatemala and Belize in the south. It has a population of 122.3 million people. Mexico has the largest population of Spanish speakers in the world. Mexico’s capital‚ Mexico City is also known as the Federal District. The incredible variety that exists in Mexico’s culture is mirrored by its geography. Mexico is
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Culture holds multiple meanings depending on the person‚ ethnicity‚ community or country. To many it means art‚ music‚ cuisine‚ religion‚ social habits‚ and language. To me‚ culture means the gifts a country or community has to offer. In 2013‚ I had the opportunity to explore different cultures when my school hosted “multi – cultural week”. That year we were focusing on the Mexican culture. I walked in to the auditorium and made a beeline to the buffet‚ expecting hard-shelled “Doritos” flavored
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MexicanizationMexicanization is to make or become Mexican as in manner‚ customs‚ or dress. To be Mexican is to wear a sombrero‚ guaraches‚ listen to Banda‚ and live on a farm. Well to me being Mexican means having parents who were born and raised in Mexico. Although I was born in the United States of America‚ I still have the full blood of Mexican parents. In my Art 107 class at Los Angeles City College it made me really think about my Mexican culture and how it affects me. It showed me that not only
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Every culture has its different leisure activities whether it’s from extreme sporting or quietly reading a book; whether it’s a toddler playing with his blocks or a senior playing chess with his friends. Some leisure activities that are popular in Mexico that all fit in the same category are fiestas which are parties‚ music and dancing. All three of these activities are important to one another because they occur at the same time and it’s a way created for family and friends to get closer with one
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for their culture‚ on a survey 75 percent of people say they get misjudged least a month or more. I identify myself as a mexican young girl who lives in United States Of America. One element of culture that can define is food. Food is the most important Thing in someone’s life‚the one thing we need to survive is food.Food is part of my cultue also beaucse it describes the background of culture where it comes from for like example tamales are one most famous mexican dish that
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Culture is a set of values‚ attributes‚ goals and practices shared by a group of people in a region. This region can be come in different sizes from a small village to a whole country. Modern Mexican culture is largely formed by it’s history and combination of cultures between the Spanish and the native Mexicans. I will examine how this combination plays out in Mexico but first I will define what culture is. There are many elements that come together to create a culture. Geography of a region
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The culture of Mexico is more complex than most think. Most think of the stereotypical ideas of Mexicans‚ the gun-and-drug-crazy men with weird hats and loud guitar and maracas music. However‚ that is most certainly not the case. The culture of Mexico is very enriched and wild‚ filled with history and energy. It is vast and diverse‚ and so much more than violent stereotypes. Mexico has different holidays than other countries. Mexico has an Independence Day on September 16‚ with fireworks and parades
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In the program where I am making my observations most of the children are of Mexican origin‚ and there is only one family of 3 children of African American origin. They have a few months in the program. I was watching the smallest (she does not even go to school)‚ her other two sisters are in school during the day and only come in the afternoon to daycare after school. At the time of being in the free play time the girl went to play with dolls that are similar to her‚ while another girl came up
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