Anas

that they are smarter than what they think of themselves, and he believes that they can be more successful than they think. For example, Ana, is the most excellent student in the classroom. However, she wants to go to college and attend medical school after. However, Ana’s dad does not want her to go to college and work at his restaurant instead. Her dad wants Ana to follow her cultural legacies like the rest of her family that works in the restaurant instead of pursuing higher education.…

usually unattainable through a healthy diet and exercise routine and have resorted women to lose weight in lethal manners. Internet subcultures have also been created to “motivate” women to lose the weight. Example of these subcultures include pro-ana websites and hash tags such as “#thinspiration and #thininspo, all of which are used to justify these eating disorders as a lifestyle instead of a problem. Although, America has one of the lowest BMI standards for women; countries such as France…

circumstances would exercise in providing care to a patient" (Neil, 2015). This is an ambiguous statement that can be interpreted numerous ways. The standards established for exclusively nurses are determined by the American Nurses Association or the ANA for short. The ANA also lays out certain standards that are relevant to specific specialties. Neil (2015) stated that nurses are the primary caregivers in every health care setting and therefore the patient and nurse relationship is what should…

While most members of the Tumblr community praised Tumblr staff for finally taking a stand against blogs that promote self harm by banning them, the owners of these blogs lost their support platform and were forced to internalize their emotions. Bulimia, anorexia, and self harm aren't lifestyles, but mental illnesses, and with mental illnesses, support groups are vital to recovery. The banning of their blogs inevitably only exacerbated their sickness and if Tumblr banning the blogs created more…

Thank you Kevin for sharing the article. As a nurse, I am glad that there are organizations such as TANAA and ANA who are advocates of the just culture concept. I must admit that one of the reasons that I am not inclined to practice my profession because the nurses are at the sharp end of patient care. Usually, if there is an adverse error and near misses, instead of encouraging an investigation, there is an immediate rush to blame the person. The nurse who provided care to Samuel Cutiff who…

The two themes that significantly link the three Russian folktales are sin and survival. The first theme is the sin because each main characters of the folktale did something bad and unrighteous. In the folktale, the Shemiaka Judgement, the poor brother tries to commit suicide and manipulate the judge to make everyone pay the poor brother in rubies. After winning the trial, the poor brother said, “Yes, it is for the judge. I would have never killed him if he hadn’t tried me to my advantage (452)…

America has become the melting pot of the world. In today’s society, you interact with many different cultural styles. Our system of government, is thought to be adopted from European culture but may have actually influenced by the Native Americans. When immigrants cross the ocean from the homeland and see the Statue of the Liberty, they see it as a sign of hope and relief. Here, these immigrants come to America in search of job opportunities, access to health care, and a better life for their…

The “American Dream” is a lifestyle ideal that attracts people from all over the world. This ideal is that in America, everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success, homeownership, and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. However, even with hard work, determination, and initiative, obstacles can arise that can impede one’s achieving of this success. Gender, socioeconomic class, education, and traditional culture can influence peoples’ pursuit of the “American…

In Junot Diaz’s book, The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao is a story about a guy named Oscar Wao and his adventures. One of the major theme is supernatural or superstition, Fuku Americanus. Yunior the narrator, introduces the book with this curse. So many of the characters have troubles upon the Fuku in the Dominican Republic due to the dictator, Trujilllo. Even though he was assassinated, his spirit lurks and he represents the curse. The Fuku curse has a great impact on the main character,…

get back up and keep fighting until the end, a perfect example of this is from the story Ana, “My mother lives one such condition. Through no fault of her own, she has cancer. It is simply something that happened, and it is killing her. What surprises me, however, is that although I know she is afraid, she fights this lethal disease every moment of every day, and she does it with a smile,” (Adam 48). Ana is an inspiration to all fighting cancer, by fighting this lethal disease head on she…