Culturally Competent Care Reflection#5(11-1-2011)

Today, we recorded our voicethread with ease. We both read the script and when necessary, used the magic pen to point things out. This process was very simple, we finished within 25 minutes. Our voicethread was then complete. The process of embedding objects into a blog/websites is very familiar to me. It is more simple to me than almost any other process online. I would be able to embed anything in the future without asking for help. GoogleDocs can be a very nice tool to get documents out to a group of people in a fast, simple process. You can upload documents from Microsoft Word and share them through your blog, or just keep them in your docs. When you go to share it, you must make sure it matches what you are going for. Such as if you want to make it public, you press share, and then click " make public." This is a very simple, yet easily forgetful step in sharing your document via googledocs.

Culturally Competent Care Reflection#4(10-28-2011)

Some information that we included in our presentation included many things about the Hawaiian culture. The most important thing of that information was the information about etiquette. To have good Etiquette in Hawaii, and to be respectful, you need to do a couple things. For one, when you are given a lei, do not take it off. Take it with gratitude, and wear it. Do not take it off in that person's presence either. Also, when you are driving, if there is a local behind you, you should pull over to the side of the road and allow them to pass you. This shows respect because they will go through the city faster than you, and you do not want a mad Hawaiian on your hands. This belongs in the presentation, because when going to Hawaii, or any other country for that matter, you must show the correct respect to the people of that country/state. In a medical setting, this information could be very useful. When you are providing health care to an individual of Hawaiian descent, you could give them a lei to make them feel welcome, and show them respect to allow them to feel like they can talk to you about anything. This is similar to that of which you are giving health care to an individual of your own culture, you still must make them feel welcome, but in many ways show respect as well. In my own mind I would do this for anyone in any situation.

Culturally Competent Care Reflection#3(10-25-2011)

My group and I selected the Hawaiian Culture to research for this project. We selected this because we both felt that the culture of Hawaiians was very interesting, as it always has been from the start of their existence. They are a beautiful people, and I would love to live among them because their culture is one like no other.I discovered that the stereotypical Aloha Shirts with flowers and buttons all over them, usually worn in movies, are actually real! They are actually very popular among Hawaiians. Also, I figured out that to start out with, the Hawaiian alphabet started out with only 12 letters! I could use the flowered shirts to my advantage in a medical setting. If I worked as a nurse, and i knew my patient was Hawaiian, there is many things I could do to make them feel like they are at home. The blankets I give them could be a flowery background. I could as well give them a lei to show my respect to them. I would like to learn more about how their language is structured. I know that the letters have begun to show similarities to the English language, but there are still differences. I would like to learn more about how their sentences are structured.