Simulation and Debriefing in Nursing Education Nursing education is a fast paced and ever changing field in which its educators must utilize teaching strategies that continually encourage active learning of their students. Simulation is a teaching strategy that is becoming commonplace in nursing curricula. By utilizing simulation, educators are able to duplicate most critical aspects of a clinical scenario so that it may be readily understood when students experience it in clinical practice…
On a warm, rainy and humid night, February of 2012, white, 28 year old neighborhood watchmen George Zimmerman was patrolling Sanford, Florida for any suspicious activity. He comes upon black, 17 year old Trayvon Martin, who is walking home from a gas station. The teenager was wearing a black hoodie covering up all of his face and arms which to Zimmerman was suspicious because it…
January 7th started as a normal day for my parents. That day my dad George had to be at work early in the morning so they got up around 4 that morning. George my brother who was 1 and 1/2 at the time went over to a friend’s before my dad headed to work. My mother Jessica wasn 't due for another 15 days, so she was doing her normal morning routine when unexpectedly her water-broke. She called my father and told him, and he rushed and came and got her and went to the hospital the same one my…
Queen Liliuokalani: A Queen to Remember Lydia Kamakaeha, more formally known as Queen Liliuokalani, was a person who inspired so many, and did so much good in her life to help her people, and was extremely influential in the history of Hawaii. She was the first female monarch in the Kingdom of Hawaii and was also the last ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii before her kingdom was forced from her and her people. Lydia was also an artist who wrote many songs; which are popular songs to this day.…
Conclusion Positive engagement is critical for Black students to have positive experiences on campus. This includes participating in culturally relevant activities, and feeling a sense of validation of their cultural needs. In order to feel part of the campus, it is necessary for administrators to incorporate cultural activities campus wide, in addition to activities created by the students themselves. Majority students should also be encouraged to participate in diverse activities. As…
In the 1850s, slavery, and other political issues between the states, became a sizable issue. Slavery began to dissect people. For example, the Northerners began to begin support free soil and abolition. However, the Southerners disagreed, and tension increased dramatically. Soon, the Southern slaveowners felt that their rights were no longer being illustrated, and felt that they must succeed (secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a…
officer (“25 Shocking Facts About the Epidemic”). This includes not only African-American men but also African-American, children and woman as well. On February 26 2012 Trayvon Martin, a seventeen year old African American, was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman claimed that he had got into a confrontation with Martin that led to him being shot. Martin was visiting family that night when Zimmerman had followed him throughout a gated community that his family…
On the last day of November 2008. A young man was murmuring about his pain lying inside a hospital room. His eyes were dark, and his head became bold as a result of a series of chemotherapy and the effect of the medicines he took. He could not breathe well, even with the help of an oxygen mask because his tumor metastasized to the lung. The doctor told his family to prepare for the worst situation as this was going to be his last few hours before death. Family members were surrounding him and…
Why should we judge other groups from the perspective of one’s own cultural point of view? Why can’t we be able to view other cultures equally regardless if it has its differences? We should not believe that one’s own culture is above and astounding over all the other cultures. Why disregard other cultures and believe that one’s own culture is the only way to go? Before we take a look at ethnocentrism we need to know what it exactly mean. According to Sumner, "ethnocentrism is the technical name…
The advent of tissue culturing in the early 1900s has shaped modern science tremendously. Fields such as cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and many others are heavily dependent on cell culturing to carry out experiments. Cell culturing initially began when pioneering scientists sought a way to study cells outside their tissue origin. They began with tissues and then later on, techniques were developed that enabled the study of individual cells in vitro that would give rise to…