United States communities with Hispanic majority populations

(Mamashealth.com, 2004). Hypertension the formal name given to high blood pressure by the medical community…

However, getting everyone in an organization to communicate well together can often be a difficult task to achieve. With the ever changing diversity within the workforce, people are often required to work with people who may be different than them and that may carry different views. This is why it is extremely important to build and enforce communication skills in the workplace. When two people have different outlooks, it is very common for the communication between the two to be vague or absent…

The beauty of living in such a diverse nation lies in celebrating differences. The United States truly is a melting pot; abundant in blended ethnicities, cultures, religions, ideas, skills, and experiences. When our differences unite for a purpose, it leads to wonderful results: we learn to understand each other, we learn from each other, we grow with each other, and we value our differences. Although it’s fascinating how every individual’s thoughts differ it can be troubling when someone’s…

There is an estimate of 23.4 million veterans in the United States and about 2.2 million military service members. Due to the demanding environments of military life and experiences of combat, personnel experience some sort of mental illness at some point throughout or after their military career. Service members are faced with sexual trauma, depression, stress, brain injuries, suicide, substance abuse, homelessness, and/or involvement with the criminal justice systems. Approximately 18.5% of…

“a group of three or more persons who claim a common identifying sign, symbol, or name, whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal activity creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation in the community,” (Columbian, 2007). Since the beginning…

This influence is universally significant because the majority of people will at some point experience the effects of the major the chose in college on their career, which is why it is surprising that more research has not been conducted in the past. We measured college Major Choice in terms of the generalized…

society. Minorities are too often being treated differently and being deprived of their equality they thought they had. There is the belief that all are equal before the law, but what if those behind the law are are actually discriminating against the population of minorities who need that equality most? There are different situations in which minorities are faced with where discrimination is playing a huge role. Americans have become oblivious to racial profiling and don’t want to be bothered…

Department of Housing and Urban Development gave an estimate in 1984 of “111,000 persons can be housed in emergency shelters nationwide on any given night”, (Caton, 1990, p.111). Some shelters however have restrictions were they do not allow single adult women, women and children and single adult men. This is primarily due to communal sleeping and bath accommodations and inadequate staff to monitor a two sex situation. Another program that I looked into was Halfway Houses, where residents are…

abuse and neglect cases need to be top priority. To accomplish these things all legal agencies such as Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and the school system need to work together with the families of the juvenile offenders and the people within the community. With these agencies working as a separate entity, the outcome only brings the death penalty and juveniles as one. As juveniles commit crimes, many are sentence to death row. The argument on how murders deserve the death penalty after all “the…

Some say that becoming a NICU nurse is a “calling”, I say it’s a blessing from god. First of all I have a very sincere desire to want to help and care for babies. I have to be able to watch success, and see some failures. Failures being the babies that do not survive, but I have to remember they are sent from god; therefore, he has the ability to take them away from us. Success is seeing babies that are told they will never service, and in the end be healthy. Some parents may even call NICU…