...Erastus Smith. A admirable scout. A valuable spy. And most of all, a significant Texas hero. Better known as “Deaf Smith” Erastus Smith was born in Duchess County, New York, on April 19, 1787. He was around eleven years old when he moved to Natchez, Mississippi Territory. During his childhood, Smith had lost his hearing to an unknown disease, which would later on give him his acclaimed nickname, Deaf Smith. Smith first visited texas in 1817, but did not stay long. He eventually returned in 1821 and settled near San Antonio, where he found Guadalupe Ruiz Durán in 1822. In 1825, Smith helped build the town of Gonzales, which later on he would have to burn. Smith and five other men settled on the claim of James Kerr the surveyor for the new colony...
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...Heritage Assessment Health Tradition and Cultural Comparison Sharon Nodine Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V March 20, 2016 “A growing realization that the United States is not a ‘melting pot’ in which immigrants assimilate into the mainstream culture, but a country of many cultures has led to a growing appreciation of different ethno-cultural groups” (EuroMed Info, n.d.). The Heritage Tool and it’s five competencies is designed to provide a framework for nurses to gain insight of the cultural practices of patients in order to provide culturally competent care that will result in better health outcomes (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008). The Hispanic-American Assessment “Latinos comprise nearly 16 percent of the U.S. population, and this proportion is anticipated to increase to 30 percent by 2050” (Juckett, 2013). He continues to say, barriers to care have resulted in striking disparities in quality of health care for these patients. These barriers include language, lack of insurance, different cultural beliefs, and in some cases, illegal immigration status, mistrust, and illiteracy. The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services address these concerns with recommendations for culturally competent care, language services, and organizational support. Latinos have disproportionately higher rates...
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...industry hasn’t changed a bit from the start of shipping up to present. Though there are innovations, they are mainly on ship construction, facilities and equipment advancements and on human resource competence through added training and education; these are in response to the constant nuances and the inevitable modernization of society. What remained consistent then? Personnel interaction. Ships were first utilized generally as means for transportation on water and for food through fishing. Eventually, they were used to defend a nation’s territorial waters, hence, the navy… military… With this, customs and traditions for discipline and standard decorum were devised — now, not only observed in the military (navy) but in the merchant shipping as well… already the conventional. The Rank-has-its-own-privilege (RHIP) concept lived on. Any other hierarchical institution observes this as well but in the military (navy), it’s a lot more different… especially when misused, disused and abused. Most maritime schools in the country are implementing semi-regimented or close-to-such training through the National Service Training Program (NSTP) by way of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC). Here, the chain of command is always observed as well as the ‘boss is always right; when in doubt, refer to the previous statement’ and the ‘take-and-take’ principles. A simple survey was conducted on ten MAAP midshipmen from the graduating class and they were asked if they ever found...
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...This is found in Source 3, Pit Bulls Haven't Always Had a Bad Rep. They can be trained as hunters and guardians. These pets can be trained for the army too. For example, a dog named Stubby. This dog went to the army and he protected his army by warning them about a poison gas attack. He did this through the hard work of his training. Now he is the inspiration behind the U.S. Military K-9 Corps. After all, these are the details on why we should allow Pit Bulls as...
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...discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government (Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Laws). In some cases there are lawsuits filed by the disabled due to a failure of the disability network. A lawsuit would be “Non-Profit Whose Mission Is to Help Disabled Individuals Failed to Accommodate and Then Fired Deaf Employee, Federal Agency Charged,” which appeared to happen in Detroit. DETROIT - Metropolitan Detroit Center for Independent Living, d/b/a Disability Network / Wayne County will pay $38,500 and provide equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's suit, Disability Network denied a deaf employee, who worked as an independent living specialist for the non-profit, reasonable accommodations such as TTY equipment, a video phone and the ability to use text messaging. The complaint also alleged that Disability Network rejected the employee's requests, failed to provide him with alternate accommodations, and finally fired him because he is deaf. Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). After first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process, the EEOC sued Disability Network (EEOC v. Metropolitan Center for Independent Living d/b/a Disability Network / Wayne County, Case No. 4:14-CV-12118) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern...
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...What makes America the “home of the brave and land of the free?” In countries such as China, or Japan their government controls everyone. Some examples of this is, you can’t have more than two children, And not every child has the opportunity to go to school. My a brother Corey was in the armed forces. Actually I had two but I’m going to only talk about Corey. One night Corey was on somewhat of a night patrol and a bomb blow up next to him and he was temporarily deaf in one ear. What I am trying to get at is people are selfless and willing to die for their country and their brothers next to them. That’s why we have the saying “Home of the Brave.” Because of our courageous men and women that give up what they are and who...
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...Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence had two significant audience groups. They were the colonists and the citizens of other nations such as England, France and Spain. This document could have been part of the inspiration for the French Revolution, it stated that when any form of government becomes too destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government. The writer of the document made it clear that such a move was necessary. It was time to break apart the political ties that connected the two nations. In a certain section, the writer lists several reoccurring offenses as a basis for fighting for independence. The offenses emphasized problems with the foreign military occupancy, areas of legislation, inadequate protection, lack of representation and judicial...
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...Planning Before Teaching The community health nurse would first need to assess the area. Learn what areas are at the highest risk for hurricanes and what areas are closest to the many military bases. The nurse would need to become familiar with the area’s current evacuation plan and safe-zone areas. The nurse would need to learn about the warning alerts that may be used in the area and the emergency numbers or radio stations that provide updated information. The nurse would need to prepare information by using power points and pamphlets in different languages and, if applicable, age specific. Information regarding when to evacuate, where to go and what items to have ready in an emergency kit would be included in the power points and pamphlets ("Virginia Gov," 2013). The nurse would need to look into funding and possible donations that might help members of the community put together their emergency kit. Involving area businesses in the planning and possible donation of supplies could be beneficial. The nurse should involve local police, fire and hospitals in the planning. Assessing for a location for the teaching to be given would need to be done. The area for the teaching would need to be large and easily accessible to members of the community. The nurse would need to have language interpreters available during the teaching to ensure that the information is understood by all. The date and time for the teaching would need to be set as well. Setting the date and time for maximum...
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...their independent. I was 18 years old when many important events happened during my three year period.I am the oldest child and my brother is the youngest child. My mother I was born in Houston, Texas in the quiet black neighborhood. I am a Deaf and Black woman. I was a senior at Cypress Ridge High School and graduated at 18. I also graduated at Gallaudet University at 25. and I am really passionate to empower Deaf people of color who are experiencing employment discrimination because of our disability. This paper helps me to anylanize about my three year period and how my class, disability, family, religion and sexuality orientation influenced on my development during my middle childhood. The reason why I am choosing my middle childhood year is because of many important events that happened to me during my three year period so it is really an important stage in individual development. This essay comes with my background information about my family and important events that happened to me and influenced my middle childhood years. Individual Development Stage When I was 18 years old, I applied for Houston Community College. Vocational Rehabilitation counselor (VRC) contacted me immediately when they found out that I was Deaf. VRC serves and supports the people with disability to go to work or school and they were qualified if their incomes or their families' incomes were not higher than $25,000 after the people with disability graduated from high school. "Thirty-seven...
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...Pearl Enongene Telegraph Kennesaw State University Communication goes back all the way to prehistory. Before cell phones people still had ways of communicating. They communicated by writing letters using the printing press, which was created by Gutenberg. It took weeks and months for the letters to be delivered from one location to the other. The printing press was the biggest innovation in communication until the telegraph was developed. Prior to the telegraph, politics and business were constrained by geography. There is a historical importance of the telegraph and its connection to present state of technology in communication. Communication is an essential part of this modern world and it has significantly evolved over the years. It has affected society both the political and economic system, it could be regarded as a power system. Telegraph laid the groundwork for the communication revolution which led to later innovations. There have been several forms of telegraphs over the years, from nonelectrical to electrical. According to Elon.edu the very first telegraph was nonelectric, which was created by Claude Chappe in 1794. This telegraph depended on a single line for slight communication. Later on many more improved telegraphs were invented. For instance in 1809 a crude telegraph was invented by Samuel Scemmering. This telegraph used gold electrode wires in water at the receiving end which was 2000 feet. The message was read by the amount of gas caused by electrolysis...
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...Dulce et Decorum est. In 1917 Wilfred Owen was shell-shocked in the war and was a patient in hospital in Edin burgh when he penned ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ It was here that Owen encountered Siegfried Sassoon who was sent there to silence him, but encouraged and helped Owen to not only write his poems, but ultimately ensured that his work was published. This was a time when the battles he experienced were still fresh in his mind and the truth about war was not cloud- ed by further life experiences. This is a particularly potent, powerful and hard-hitting piece of poetry. The poet describes the harsh and inhuman conditions of war which is in stark contrast to the propaganda which was published by the military hierarchy and the British state. The following essay will analyse the experiences that Owen was trying to convey through the words he very carefully chose in the writing of this poem. The first eight lines take on a very slow laborious tone which actually physically slows the reader down and sets the mood. Using a phrase like ‘Bent double like old beggars’ in his description of young men in their prime, really gives you a proper idea of the effect this battle has had on the soldiers. ‘Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge’ allit eration of the letter ‘k’ gives the line even more punch and portrays absolute exhaustion, ‘coughing’ would refer to the effects that the battle had on their health from colds and flu’s to the effects...
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...will forever stand out as "America's First Lady of Courage." Helen Keller all of a sudden started learning words for everything around her. In her brief timeframe, her insight into dialect equaled and outperformed that by mostly observing and listening to people. After the illness, Helen turned into a troublesome youngster. Initially she was not able to understand what was going wrong with her. She was not able to see things around and was bumping into them. This made her irritated and her behavior became awkward. These were the high time for her parents to control the emotions of young Helen. Her persistent cry was due to her inability to understand things happening around her. Of course, Helen was pretty, young when she turned blind and deaf. But these were her growing years and she wanted to know things happening around her. Helen was an aggressive child. Her aggression changed into frustration leading to many mishaps which could have cost her life. Once Helen cut her hair short with scissor, while at some other time she nearly burnt her dress. She had fits, and broke lights and dishes. She threatened neighbors and people from her more distant family. Kate and Arthur were encouraged to send her to a foundation, yet they couldn't stand sending Helen to such a constrained life. A much greater issue for Helen and the whole family, be that as it may, was the matter of Helen's social graces. Helen ate with her fingers and periodically took anything she needed off other individuals'...
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...a valid argument to the table. Is genetic engineering socially acceptable or not? Is it a form of acceptance in this new age society? I think that water boarding is ethical and is a successful way of getting a subject to come forth with information withheld, whereas genetic engineering is something which is unethical and immoral. Water boarding is a method used to extract information and is sometimes also referred to as a “torture method”. This approach has been under scrutiny since its introduction in the late 14th century. The method, originally called “water torture” or “water cure”. At that time period it was a way of water induced confession. Today, the methods have changed slightly but the objective is still the same. In today's military, our special forces use this tactic in their SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape) training to prepare for any unorthodox treatment they would receive from enemy forces not complying with the Geneva Convention. The CIA also has used this and is currently using this as a form of interrogation of high valued targets in the Al Qaeda regime and other terrorist organizations. Since the beginning of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, this technique has been under scrutiny on whether it is ethical or moral to “torture” people. Christopher Hitchens wrote a short essay called Believe Me Its Torture. In the story he relates to the special forces community and their...
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...leadership over humanitarian response and presenting new opportunities to mobilize the collective resources of the IFRC in non-traditional ways, the IFRC must learn, adapt, innovate, and lead to ensure that we remain relevant and achieve greater impact with our humanitarian work. A disaster can be an earthquake, flood, fire, explosion, hurricane, or any event that is catastrophic to infrastructure and claims lives. Disasters affect the lives of thousands of people every year. Being prepared for a disaster can reduce fear and anxiety. Being prepared can also help to decrease the amount of losses that can occur. Individuals and families need to know what to do in the event of a disaster like a hurricane ("FEMA," “n.d”). Communities that consist of military bases face different risks related to disasters. They are at increased risk for nuclear accidents and acts of terrorism. For these reasons, disaster preparedness for the families of Hampton Roads Virginia would be necessary for the community health care nurse to provide. Epidemiological Rational for Topic The area of Hampton Road is located on the eastern coast of Virginia. Being a coastal area, Hampton Roads is vulnerable to strong storms and hurricanes. Hampton Roads is one of the top areas in the country at risk for...
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...Being prepared for a disaster can reduce fear and anxiety. Being prepared can also help to decrease the amount of losses that can occur. Individuals and families need to know what to do in the event of a disaster like a hurricane ("FEMA," “n.d”). Communities that consist of military bases face different risks related to disasters. They are at increased risk for nuclear accidents and acts of terrorism. For these reasons, disaster preparedness for the families of Hampton Roads Virginia would be necessary for the community health care nurse to provide. Epidemiological Rational for Topic The area of Hampton Road is located on the eastern coast of Virginia. Being a coastal area, Hampton Roads is vulnerable to strong storms and hurricanes. Hampton Roads is one of the top areas in the country at risk for storm surges resulting from a category 5 hurricane. A Category 5 hurricane could cause $39 billion worth of damage to homes and surrounding areas in Hampton Roads ("Hurricanes and Storms," “n.d”). Families would be dealing with injury, death and loss of property. Hampton Roads has huge naval, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military installations. This military presence places the people of Hampton Roads at increased risk for man-made catastrophic disasters. Planning Before Teaching The community health nurse would first...
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