Four Resources-Communication and Culture

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USEFUL/ACCURATE- This website seemed both useful and accurate to me, it talks about the cognition theory points with language and culture in today's society. All the information in this article I had found on the ntc library had been cited and so they had sources down. At the bottom of the article is all their references they used for it.
COMPLETE- Yes, there was a conclusion of the whole article. I felt it was ended appropriately and didn't drag on or anything. It was nice because there were little figure and graph like things that was nice to look and understand it.
WHAT I LEARNED- Like I said, some of the little graphs really helped me understand the article better and then to learn the cognition theory with language and culture was what this article was about so it was pretty interesting.

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6491/Culture-and-Communication.html

USEFUL/ACCURATE- This website seemed like it was all pretty accurate. It talks about the relationship of culture and communication and even more things like characteristics and glimpses of culture. I would certainly use this as a resource if I were writing a paper about culture and communication.
COMPLETE- There was a lot of good information on this website and I found this one to be the most useful one out of all for me.
WHAT I LEARNED- I never thought of how all the different groups and all the other social units that have culture, it was interesting. Also, to think of all the different ways of communicating not just with words, but non-verbal ways too; they talked about that in the website too.


http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/85.htm

USEFUL/ACCURATE- Seemed useful and accurate, talks about all the different cultures in a lot of countries. There was a bibliography on the bottom of the page where all the information came from.
COMPLETE- Yes, seemed kind of complete, it ends with a short conclusion talking about what a culture "shock" is, with the Western countries.
WHAT I LEARNED- I learned all the different cultures in the countries, it was very interesting and thought this had a lot of useful information on it.


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USEFUL/ACCURATE- This seemed like it was very accurate by siting the sources and authors. It was a different type of looking at communication and culture with students from different ethnicity and working together. There are sources and acknowledgements on the bottom of the article.
COMPLETE- Yes, found this to be pretty interesting and very complete.
WHAT I LEARNED- I found this to be interesting because I have had to work in groups before, I like working in groups and this article talks about the study of group learning and with different ethnicity backgrounds.

I felt in this assignment, looking at all these different resources and viewing them that there is so many different ways we communicate and putting that with all the different cultures in the world is very interesting. I like how the one website I had looked up that talked about all the different culture groups and even just groups within ourselves like organizations, relationships and stuff like that, because we all have different rules and customs. It also was very interesting to see how much culture changes over time, it changes as society changes. The relationship between culture and communcation, like the article stated, is so complex! I mean, without communication it is pretty impossible to pass along cultural characteristics like it said. There are so many levels of communicating through people. And like the last website I had posted, working together- More people, the better. If you are working with people of different cultures and different outlooks and ideas that its going to have a positive outcome.

ethics article

This is an article about the code of ethics for nurse educators. Interesting article that talks about the codes that ethics for educators to keep it relivant and updated. Things change alot over the years and this article talks about how the educators need to stay updating. Because like I said, alot of things have changed such as technology. The Code of Ethics for nursing educators was originally published in 1983, and since then we have come along way. There are so many different practices being done now. In the article they state that they now have different medicines, different researches that are being done now, cloning, etc. Code of Ethics change after decades and they are so important to follow. Codes of Ethics protect the client and helps the worker. They are a way of doing your job and doing it right. Codes of Ethics are around for a reason and they can change throughout the years like this article is about. I'm not in the nursing field but actually, a lot of fields codes need to be revised and are after a few years because society changes and so we need to change things too. Health care has changed since the 80's too and that's another thing they need to look at. They are doing so many different studies and, like I said before, a lot has changed so this is a good article and good idea to revise the codes. Very interesting, hope you like it.

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creating the codes of ethics

Agency: shelter for the mental health recovery for women.

Goal: to guide them in a healthy direction to a better life and give them the tools they need to live a safe life that makes her feel comfortable the way she is and who she is. we show them there are no reason to feel ashamed to ask for help.

Codes of Ethics Policy
FOR MANAGERS,EMPLOYEES:
Number 1 thing is to protect our clients and all the information they tell us confedential.
We also need to support them and show them trust, integrety and professionalism towards our clients.
Always keep a professional relationship with other colleages andclients.
Always be honest and ethical, treat all clients the same, no matter what race, color or gender.
Respect other colleages.
Respect clients and be dedicated to them.
Avoid any conflicts with clients or other colleages.
Always be accurate with information that you evaluated with a client.
Never judge a client or make them feel like you are looking down on them for something he/she may have done.

interventions on number 1

designing three levels of intervention number 1
Maria is paralyzed from the waist down following an accident three years ago in a swimming pool. She is hoping to complete her degree in accounting, but she is complaining of depression and an inability to focus on school. When you see her, she looks anxious and tired. Her affect is flat, and she tells you nothing interests her. At the local college, she has had trouble finding appropriate parking and misses many days of class when the weather is bad because of the parking situation. One of the professors she must work with rather closely has made remarks about the difficulty of "other people getting around that wheelchair." She believes her boyfriend, who was there the night the accident happened, has remained with her simply out of pity. When they fight about other things, she throws this up to him, although he vehemently denies it and tells Maria this is a hurtful accusation.

micro level- Micro is where I need to be looking at Maria's personality and motivation. It is obvious she doesnt have alot of motivation. Maybe talk to her about going to a support group. There are many different social groups out there and we could find one that would be right for her, maybe a disabled support group so she could talk to others that have some difficult times in their lives too because of being in a wheelchair. Maybe some motivational speakers would brighten her up a little more.

meso level-Meso level is focusing on certain things that are really bothering her. So I should set up a meeting for her to talk with her issues with the parking lot and arrange something for her so she can attend her classes and not miss any. It is important for everyone to have a good education and if she finishes school, I think thats something that would make her feel better about herself. Also, after class or before class, she could sit down and have a face-to-face meeting with her teacher and talk to him about how she is offended by some of the things he sayss and does and hopefully that will fix the problem. And the issue with her boyfriend, she could bring him for a session with me sometime, and then they can figure out what's bothing each of them and figure out the problem.

macro level- This is where we need to be focusing on the big picture. Yes, Maria is having a hard time dealing with the wheelchair and society. She has had many changes in her life and it is very hard to cope with them all. So I, as a social worker, need to find ways to help stregthen her as a person. We need to find thigs that will help the client as well as the environment around her. If she does have depression, I should maybe set her a doctor's appointment so she can get the medication needed to treat it. Also, maybe set up regular appointments with a counselor or just someone that she can talk to.

History of LSD

LSD stands for lysergic acid diethylamide. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, it is a potent synthetic hallucinogenic drug. It affects perception of time and distance, thinking, mood and behavior. LSD is a very powerful drug. It can create many unpredictable and sometimes violent behaviors, they may even have many different emotions at once. Using can give rapid and dramatic sensation and feeling changes.In the Article "The LSD story", the author Judy Monroe states that these hallucinogens include many natural substances. The man that talks about his experience in the "LSD story" says how at first when he started taking this drug, it would keep him up all night and it felt like a bunch of electricity going through his body. But later, the feelings he started having weren't so positive anymore. He started not to be able to think as clearer and make decisions about anything. Duane also stated that he would always take just small doses of the drug but the effects of it would last up to 14 hours. Because of this drug, Monroe tells how it has caused many drownings, burns, falls, and even traffic accidents.
Monroe also notes in her article about LSD first being developed in 1938 by a chemist names Albert Hofmann. LSD was first used as an experiment in medicine to help those with psychotic diseases. Also she states that after WW2, scientists used it to study brain chemistry and to help figure out the effects on patients who weren't in the right mental state of mind. Also they used it to help alcohol addicts and cancer patients. But during the 1960's all research involving LSD was dropped.
In the article "LSD," they talk about how popular this drug was in the 60's with 'hippies'. And this drug spread very fast and widely in the mid 1960s and many of the users being young and in their early 20's. By early 1970s, the use of LSD was dropped dramatically. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009)
According to Monroe, LSD has been making a comeback with teens and has been increasing since 1990's. Apparently, there has been many numeral hospital visits due to LSD being in their system. The Drug Enforcement Administration has said that LSD is "the fastest-growing drug of abuse in the under 20 age group."
There are so many dangerous risks of using LSD. In the Article "The LSD Story" by Judy Monroe, she talks about them saying how there could possibly by damage done to the brain with the memory and attention span. There are many psychological and physical risks behind LSD. It can cause depression, anxiety or paranoi. There also may be flashbacks.



References

LSD. (2009). In Encylclopaedia Brittannica. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from Encylopaedia Britannica Online School Edition: http://school.eb.com/eb/article=9049184

Monroe, Judy. The LSD story. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from EBSCOhost: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail.

War on Drugs

In the article, "The War on Drugs Reduces Drug Abuse," Asa Hutchingson makes some very good points. It is a continuous battle and has been a problem for many many years. She also makes a good point by talking about the myths of drugs. There are a lot of myths of drug abuse such as marijuana not being harmless. Like Hutchingson said, it can cause health problems and I also agree that younger people have a harder time then concentrating in school and class.
In the other Article, Sanho Tree makes some very interesting points to such as the whole thing about the law enforcement and getting those weaker while the "smart ones" get away with it. There are many people with war addictions not those who just seem like the ones that would have a drug abuse problem but what about the higher class? Tree points out how with these policies its easier for those drug operation to "'survive".
America definitely has a drug problem and no matter what I don't see us ever totally getting rid of this drug abuse problem. It may always be here because noone knows how to go about the situation the right way. In the end, I think both Tree and Hutchingson make had very good viewpoints and both seemed really accurate.