Bemidji

I was sitting in my Sociology 119 lecture, Race and Ethnic Relations, with Dr. Sam Richards, and in walks a Native American man. He looked defeated and tired. He began to speak, but I could hear the despair in his voice as he told us his story. He came from Northern Minnesota Native American reservation, and he explained what it was like growing up in that environment. He was a recovering alcoholic and drug user, which he explains is a very common thing on the reservations. They were networking…

wolves howl and the bucks run wild, there lives a man who devotes his life to living off the land. This man, Jerry Saum, a crude and renegade type character, has lived in Saum, Minnesota for his whole life. Saum, MN lies 45 miles directly North of Bemidji, and two miles East of the Red Lake Indian Reservation. I have known Jerry Saum for five years, due to my deer hunting shack that sits four miles South of Saum. In my early years deer hunting up North, Jerry would frequently come down to…

Intersectionality is a theory that was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in the late eighties. The term was created through her analysis. The analysis was of the two forms of violence that men commit against women. This combined with racism and sexism is what she terms intersectionality. The theory states that the various aspects of humanity do not exist separate from each other but rather are interwoven. These aspects are gender, race, sexual orientation, class, and disability. Systems of justice…

most of her family is from the area. She no longer lives with her family and is currently moving into a new house with her long-term boyfriend five miles out of town. She got her high school degree from Grand Rapids High School and is currently at Bemidji State University attaining her four-year RN Nursing degree. On the weekends, she works at an assisted living as a certified nursing assistant. English is the only language that E.B speaks. She tried to take…

Interprofessional Journal: Teamwork in an Emergency Callan F. Vaneps Bemidji State University Interprofessional Journal: Teamwork in an Emergency While interacting with my mentor at a clinical day in the Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU), an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse came through the department walking briskly. He exclaimed that there was a patient in ICU experiencing a myocardial infarction at that moment and a student was welcome to come and observe. With permission from my co-worker…

Nursing Diagnosis The diagnosis, impaired social interaction related to limited social interaction as evidences by always being at home with their mother, was chosen because it would help the children to further their social skills. Currently, children spend most of their time at home during the week with their mother. For some children, this is something that causes them to have lower social skills due to being exposed to fewer people. Throughout it as apparent that this was a factor for these…

For others, brave can be having a sleepover or going away from home for the first time. For me, braveness comes in the form of getting a shot without my mom for the first time, facing one of my greatest fears. Summer of 2015, Camp Thunderbird, Bemidji, MN. It was the summer before seventh grade, three weeks into camp. This summer, we were in cabin Cimmaron. Five bunks and a bathroom filled up most of the cabin. The floors were flooded by dirty clothes and unfinished card games. Tonight was just…

The Fisher Family My family is courageous, caring, and active. Take a crazy ride with me and my family to learn more about the creative Fisher family because one day, I caught the greatest and biggest fish of all; the Fisher family! Time for the biggest and baddest of them all: the maid of the family, Shawna! My mom Shawna is the oldest of the family, but yet the most creative! Here are some fun facts about my mom: well, for one, she’s my mom, she was born…

The History and Structure of the Inside Football League “Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while… you do them right all the time,” (Lombardi 2010). Vince Lombardi said this to his players while getting ready for the 1970 NFC Championship game. Like winning, football is an all the time thing that happens year round, whether one is training as an athlete for the regular season or is a spectator of the game, football is a major part…

In this paper, we will discuss the dynamic of the A family that was acquired through conducting a family assessment. We are also going to examine the relationships they have with one another, which will include communication, roles, problem solving, influence and power, as well as alliance and coalitions. Family Assessment A family assessment is important in any health care practice due to the fact that the family “has a significant impact on health and well-being of individual members”…