Writing in Arabic

Arabic language has almost the same number of aliphatic that English has. Arabic language has 28 letters, and three vowel sounds. However, writing in Arabic is totally different than writing in English. The major different between them is writing in Arabic is written from right to left not like writing in English, from left to wright. Most of Arabic people get confused when they start to write in English as the native English do. I was selected to attend an international carnival in Fort Collins, CO, and teach how to write people names in Arabic. Most people they started to write their name in Arabic from left to right instead of right to left. Also there are many different fonts in Arabic. Arabic font is art.

Here is a tube how to write in Arabic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V61_HNo6QQ&feature=related

Arabic's aliphatic, how to write and how to pronounce (in the left top corner)

each Arabic letter with its translate in English, so you can write your name try!!

this is how the different type of Arabic font

this words are the same words but in different fonts

also this drawing is the same of the words above

this is how the Arabic font became an art all of these picture are made by writing a words

Hospitality in Arab

most of Arab countries there is a common thing, which is the way of hospitality. If a guest comes visit an Arab tribe they have to host him for three days, if he is from different city. If a guest just wants to say hi, there is some stuff they have to be offered for any gust such as: Arabic coffee, dates and hot tea. The man who offers the Arabic coffee, usually one of the son of the host, should be stand up next to the guest until the guest get full from the Arabic coffee. He also should give the coffee by his right hand to the guest. If the guest does not want more Arabic coffee, he should shakes coffee cup; it is small cup for the Arabic coffee. Because of the privacy of the house in Arabic countries there is either a special room or a tent for the guests.

here is the traditional tent for the guests

the special room for guest

the man who offers the Arabic coffee stands next to the guest

one kind of the dates

how to pour the coffee

handle the jug by the left hand and the cup by the right hand

even with the official visit the host the same way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErJAsZo2Pw

this is a video that talks about the inside of anthropology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhCruPBvSjQ

this is a video describing anthropology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXE-oMcTt0w

this is a video that a student took represtenting linguisitic anthropology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fssOFIoA8ws&playnext=1&list=PL1D768857AF0632B2

This video is an anthropologists talking about what he likes in anthropology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNgx2FLQea4

this a forensic anthropology video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprJBYYRcqQ&feature=grec_index

This is another viedo talking about anthropologists visiting a tribe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7p-_whtOtQ&feature=grec_index

this video talks in deatail of anthropology and where it comes from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq61mVg3ldU&feature=grec_index

This video talks about people going to a tribe for the first time and hoping they will accept them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjcD-U1LxH4&feature=grec_index

This video talks about how similar anthropology and archeaology are to each other.

this video talks about antropology in detail, and each part or type of antropology.

A Personal Response to Bollywood Cinema; The Face of India?

Ali Husain’s lecture Bollywood Cinema; The Face of India? was about the correlation between Bollywood cinema and the movies’ correlation with the social changes in India. He showed many various clips from Bollywood films ranging from the 1970’s to modern day. Husain stressed the differences shown in traditional attitudes vs. modern advancement. Husain used the films as a representation of the effects that globalization and economy have on the film genre and India as a social whole.

I was awed by the elaborate and intricate scenes of Bollywood films as this was my first introduction to the genre. However, my feelings of awe were contradicted by the material of the lecture. I was intrigued by the obvious connection between cinema and any country’s social period. Movies, to some extent, mirror the cultural events and social ideas of the time period and location in which they were made. I was saddened by the Western world’s influence on such a tradition and honor based society causing such a major loss of values.

Husain exemplified this idea by presenting two clips. The first was a clip from a classic 1970’s Bollywood film where a young woman was singing an Indian love song to a young man. Husain explained that this was very traditional. The characters were typical and traditionally Indian. They were dressed modestly and the film was set in a small village which was common for most Indians. It struck me as very intimate and sweet. The scene portrayed a very personal moment between two people in love. He contrasted it with a second clip from 2006. This was a choreographed pop scene set on the beach. The scene featured extremely fit, tan, glossy actors singing “Shut Up and Bounce.” The actors were very scantily clad in garishly bright, sparkly clothing. The scene was completely dramatized and commercial but still managed to be extremely enthralling. The bright colors, dancing and actors drew me in and I was fascinated. He explained the complete loss of morals, values and modesty represented in the second clip. I was saddened that modern audiences failed to see the historical and intrinsic value of the first clip. I was also mildly disgusted that I was one of the modern masses who is drawn in by bright colors and beautiful people regardless of the film’s lack of substance and meaning.

Husain explained that as the Western world became more influential in India, western Hollywood marketing techniques, e.g. sex, simple and dramatic plots, and pop music, became more prevalent in the social and cultural structure of the Bollywood genre. As the industry gained a foothold economically, the producers sacrificed many traditional views and morals in exchange for monetary gain. The change that India experienced socially was traceable through the change in the films. Overall, the lecture had a good thesis that compelled thought with interesting material. I enjoyed the insight into a different cultural background.

Inuit Hunting

Anther video I watched through Human Planet was a short clip looking at the Inuit. This video looks at the hunting of a narwhal. Two brother have been watching for narwhal for weeks and have finally spotted a group swimming by. With the utmost elegance the brothers canoe out to the hunting spot. Once they have identified the specific narwhal they want the move in and look for the perfect chance to strike. They use spears to kill the narwhal and this takes a good deal of time.

I thought this was interesting because of the determination they have for hunting the narwhal. A narwhal will last their families a great deal of time but the process of hunting is tedious. The narwhal brings vitamin C the Inuit which is why the narwhal is so important.

Wodaabe Flirting

On the Discovery Channel is a show called Human Planet. This show looks at different cultures all over the world and documents them. One of the videos I found interesting is a video clip about the Wodaabe culture. The Wodaabe have a festival where the men of the tribe dress up and try to impress the women of the tribe. The women are very critical looking at height, teeth, singing, dancing and posture. They dance for five hours to prove themselves to the women. There are three judges and at the end of the 5 hours they choose their man.

Childhood Obesity as a Result of American Culture

Obesity in Americans and American children in particular, has been escalating at an alarming rate in the last few decades. The is due to the American culture as it has changed over time and the ramifications of that change on the American diet. Among preschool children aged 2–5, obesity increased from 5.0% to 10.4% between 1976–1980 and 2007–2008 and from 6.5% to 19.6% among those aged 6–11. Among adolescents aged 12–19, obesity increased from 5.0% to 18.1% during the same period (“Childhood Obesity and Overweight”). This rise in obesity, caused by poor diets, has been gaining media attention and is now being addressed by the government.

Iconic cultural American foods; bologna, hot dogs, fries, mac and cheese, ice cream, and hamburgers are all high in calories and low in nutrients, i.e., low nutrient density foods. These foods all contribute to the high childhood obesity rate and are found readily in the typical American diet. Fast food, cafeteria meals, and prepackaged foods have a negative effect on diets because they are often low in calcium, riboflavin, vitamin A, folic acid, and vitamin C, as well as being high in sugar, fat and saturated fat (Herbes). This type of low nutrient density eating combined with minimal exercise and large portions are the main causes of the obesity epidemic.

Legislation is trying to battle this epidemic by passing a bill that will put restrictions on school cafeteria lunches. Recently, President Obama has signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, in which, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has put stricter restrictions on the nutritional value of cafeteria lunches. The authors of the legislation hope to reduce sugary, high-fat milk products, processed grains and starches, replacing them with fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The legislation also mandates that schools must reduce sodium levels, calorie counts, and drastically limit the amount of starches (e.g. potatoes and corn) that can be served (Parsons). If this is successful, it will greatly reduce the amount of excess glucose and fats that children consume, which often results in adipose, or fatty tissue. If the bill is successful in maintaining a healthy weight, the children will have a lowered risk of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, bone wear, and other weight sensitive illnesses.

The bill however can only control the part of the children’s diet they consume during lunch. The rest of their day is highly influenced by the fast food culture, consumer centered society and sedentary lifestyles. Children are a reflection of the adult controlled culture in which they are raised. In order to positively change the climbing rate of childhood obesity we must adapt a long-term, healthy lifestyle as a nation.

Bibliography

"Childhood Obesity and Overweight." Overweight and Obesity. Center for Disease Control, 31 Mar. 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. .

Herbes, Kirsten. "Dietary Trends, American." Internet FAQ Archives - Online Education - Faqs.org. Faqs.org. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. .

Parsons, Sarah. "School Lunch | Sustainable Food Articles & Issues | Change.org." Sustainable Food. Change.org, 13 Jan. 2011. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. .

Ted Goebel's Lecture; The Beringian Origins of the First Americans

Ted Goebel’s lecture had the main purpose of addressing the main scientific concerns archeologists have of early Americans. The lecture questioned the origins, culture, and migration period of the Paleo-Indians. Dr. Goebel draws from three major scientific fields to express both modern views and theories concerning the earliest American as well as his own personal beliefs. These fields are molecular genetics, human paleontology, and classic archaeology.
Goebel discussed how evidence strongly suggests that Homo sapiens from the late Pleistocene era came from the Lake Baikal region of Southern Siberia, and crossed the dry land mass of Beringia, through the Bering Land Bridge. The early Americans are expected to have eventually settled in various Alaskan locations. Although most genetic evidence comes from modern Native Americans, skeletal remains have been found of two Homo sapiens from the migratory period being studied. One set of remains dates before the glacial maximum and the other dating after. These two time periods are the two most likely migration periods. The first ranges from 32,000-20,000 YA and the other is after 17,000 YA. More DNA is needed for concrete findings.
The second field Goebel draws from is from human paleontology. Connections were made between the appearance of the Ainu people from Japan and Native Americans, however, the connection

discounted through DNA testing.
The last field of science is classic archeological excavation. The Yana RHS (Rhinoceros Horn Site), found in the Baikal Lake region, resulted in the discovery of many ancient stone tools and bones. The carbon dating of these artifacts dated the site at 13,000 YA, which makes it the oldest known site within the Arctic Circle. Other sites that were excavated were found around Alaska and helped to define the Denali and Nenana cultures through biface and microblade testing and analysis. Layered sites also resulted in the discovery of a third Ushki culture. There is a theory in which the Denalis and Nenanas are the same people but inhabit sites at different times depending on the season. This theory may be insufficiently supported by evidence.

Aboriginal Song and Dance Lecture

The most interesting aspect of the Aboriginals that Yimdumduma described was the idea that all the tribes of Australia are put on the earth in order to serve as earthly costodians. The Aboriginals use Walkabouts to reconnect themselves to the landscape and its creators. The world is sending signals to us all the time and every action that a Bushman does is focused toward the

memory of the creators.
The Frog Lady is creator of the earth, Rainbow the snake is creator of the oceans and Big Boss is creator of the skies. Frog Lady first created the lands then married Rainbow after he created the oceans. Rainbow left to govern the oceans and Big Boss then married Frog Lady also. (This polygamist attitude is still accepted in the Bushman tribes.) Rainbow grew angry and flooded the oceans until the Lightening People, with the help of the white and black falcons, killed Rainbow and the flood waters receded. When the creation was finished the ancestors transformed into the landscape itself; jumping into rock to form pictographs, turning into plants and animals and even humans like us.
Yimdumduma sang these stories beautifully. He told us that every creature and action has its own song. He sang songs for the kangaroo, lizard (boy's dance), and crane (girl's dance). The songs are sacred but also a way to create great joy within the people.
Even such a peaceful, spiritual and happy people have a tremendously difficult past. When Europeans colonized Australia, they took sacred aboriginal land and looked down on the natives. The Europeans said that Aboriginals were the lowest and least intellectual of all the tribes in the world. As time moved forward, they were seen as less inferior and more like antiques needing restoration. In the 1960's there was what was known as the Lost Generation, in which the government took the Bushman children away from their families due to assumed inadequate rearing. The government has only recently apologized for this dark time in history. The Aboriginals are still continually fighting to defend and maintain their sacred culture.

St. Stephen's Mission

I have been a frequent visitor of the St. Stephen’s Mission and have taken for granted the rich cultural heritage as something fun to look at during a boring mass. However, after discussing it in class I have been compelled to do a little more research on the subject.

The United States Government created the Wind River Reservation, in the Wind River Mountains near what is now Lander and Riverton. The Northern Arapahoe and Shoshone tribes began to seek structure in this new land. Chief Black Coal was quoted in 1878 as saying, “This (land in southern Wyoming) was the country of my fathers, now dead and dying. We love our children. We very much want a good school house, and a good man to teach our children to read your language, that they may grow up to be intelligent men and women, like the children of the White man. And then, when Sunday comes, we would be glad of some good man to teach our children about the Great Spirit." Soon after, Bishop James O’Connor offered $5000 and with the help of government funds founded a school and church. Bishop O’Connor and New York Mission of the Society of Jesus sent Father John J. Jutz, a German missionary, to lead the new church. Father Jutz arrived in April of 1884 to find that Reverend John Roberts had already been assigned to the post. Jutz then decided to travel to the far eastern end of the reservation. The Northern Arapahos settled there were open to the idea of a new school. Jutz arrived at Black Coal’s camp in May and founded what was to become the St. Stephen’s Mission with the help of Brother Ursis Nunlist.

The original Mission consisted of three buildings, a church which also housed the boys dormitory (the structure was destroyed by a fire 1928), a sister’s covenant and girls dormitory (this building was demolished in 2003 due to structural damage), and what is now known as Sister Incarnata Hall. The church was rebuilt and that structure is what stands today.

The Jesuits have had a history of denying the Native’s their cultural history, including forbidding the students at the St. Stephen’s boarding school to speak their Native Language. However, in the past 30 years the Mission has moved forward and began to incorporate the Arapaho and Shoshone culture into the church. In the mid 1990’s the interior of the church was in need of restoration and the missionaries combined with the Native American worshippers, remodeled the church in a traditional Native American depiction of Catholic imagery. This consisted of murals depicting, on the left side of the alter, a Native American Virgin Mary in a swirling Wyoming landscape, and on the right side, a Native American Jesus galloping toward the Great Spirit. There are also traditional Indian Stations of the Cross as well as a symbolic ceiling mural. The stained glass windows were installed later, in 1996, with the help of Central Wyoming College art professor, Sally Wesaw. The windows were designed by local artists and symbolize Native American teaching of the Great Spirit including sacred hunts, creation, and sacred animals.

This is an example of cross cultural change and the gradual combining of traditional native teachings and forced structured religion. The Jesuits attempted to initiate a sterile Christian doctrine but their attempts were unsuccessful until the native people integrated their own traditional rites and rituals. In 2010, the Jesuits gave up leadership of St. Stephen’s Mission to the Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne. The people celebrated this with a traditional pow-wow ceremony. The church, ironically, serves primary Caucasian Catholic worshipers formerly from St. Margaret’s Church in Riverton.

HIV and college

The Red Pump Project was brought to my attention through one of my classes. After talking about HIV and AIDS in class two weeks ago, it reminded me of this. This website has an article that discusses how prevalent HIV and AIDS are on college campuses. The article discusses how college is the perfect place for HIV and AIDS to be transmitted. Many of the stereotypes are “only gays get that” or “I don’t hang around those types of people” but the thing is these stereotypes aren’t true. With college being a natural place to party and let your hormones loose, HIV and AIDS are on the rise on college campuses. Many people don’t realize that they can be infected by this disease. Until college student starting taking this issue serious, many people will be infected when just a little of thinking could have saved them.

The Red Pump Project tries to raise awareness of this disease. There are articles on their website about HIV and AIDS as well as information about how to get involved. The website is: http://www.theredpumpproject.org/what-we-do/

DEA Mistake

I found an article discussing a cry for help from the DEA for help interpreting Ebonics. Apparently the DEA is looking for people to be able to translate Ebonics to proper English. They need these translations to be able to listen in on wire taps on potential drug dealers. The issue here is not that they need help “decoding” the language; this issue is how they address and call the language. Because the cry for help was asking for Ebonics speakers, many people have become offended by the term. Many believe this is stereotyping of African Americans. Just because they are African American or speak some Ebonics, doesn’t mean they will understand drug dealers. As quoted in the article, many people don’t understand the terminology the drug dealers use.

The author of this article suggests if the DEA would have come up with a different term other than Ebonics, then there would be no story here. But the because of this blunder many people have become very upset.

Ancient Greeks Warfare

The ancient Greeks could arguably have had the best military of all time. With each city-state utilizing a military, it hard to tell which one was the best. When doing research I looked more specifically at the Spartan military.

The Spartan soldiers were known as hoplites. Training to become hoplites started as young as age 7 when boys were turned over from their mother to the stare. From there they precipitated in Agoge, which was a 13 year training to become a solider. Classes taught the boys different war songs, how to speak quickly and to the point and different warfare techniques. Once they became of the age 20 they were required to like in barracks at least until the age of 40.

After finding out this information, I believe this dedication to warfare is what created such a strong legacy for Spartan Warfare. If everyone wasn’t on board with this, Sparta would not have been able to protect its city limits.

sports in american society

I just finished reading over an article that discusses how American society is changing due to sports. The article discusses how influential these sports are on society. The first thing the article mentions is how sports are starting to change people’s career paths. As quoted in the article the average baseball player makes 50 times more than the average American. Because of this teens are striving to become the next big ball player but don’t necessarily realize the sacrifices that come with it.

The article then goes on to discuss the impact football is having on society. Because football players are tough and strong and push each other around, this is creating high school age kids to do this as well. These ball players are role models yet they are setting a bad example for their successors.

Even though sports do have a somewhat negative impact on society overall I believe it has a positive impact. As mentioned in the article, it does promote physical fitness but it also provides motivation and opportunity. Man y kids would not be able to attend college if it were not for organized sports. And the motivation to be successful and creates that extra drive and passion to be the best.

When looking at American society it is obvious that sports and competition play a role. Of course with the good is some bad but overall this impact is positive in my book.

The Negative Effects of Abortion on Nurses

Pro life or pro choice; this is what commonly comes to mind when the debate regarding abortion is provoked, intentionally or unintentionally. People usually debate taking the sides of either the mother or the unborn child. Not many have stopped to consider the effect of abortion on the people who actually have to perform and aid in the procedure. This is very similar to the people who give the lethal injection; even though they are only the masked men who play a part in the process, there is a great toll that is taken on their personal moral standing. The same idea applies to the nurses who aid in the process of abortion. Even though they are just middlemen, it is not a job to be taken lightly and no matter their position in the debate they still have to do their job. Regardless of the stance a nurse takes on the debate regarding abortion, the issue weighs heavily on his or her conscience eventually, if not immediately.

The debate regarding abortion deeply involves the consideration of personal ethics and morals and the stance each individual takes. The issue of abortion is very controversial even in terms of nursing. There are many laws and regulations that protect a nurse from having to be involved in the process of abortion if their religion or morals prevent them from being comfortable in the situation. It is the right of a nurse to decline aiding in an abortion procedure. They may be required to give care to the patient, when considering the involvement of the abortion itself. The American Nursing Association code clearly states that, “nurses care for patients regardless of the patient’s values and life style” (Ethical Dilemmas & Nursing Practice, 2010). 61 percent of nurses object to being part of the procedure but all agree that care is necessary before and after and should not be allowed to deny, regardless of comfort on the subject (Ethical Dilemmas & Nursing Practice, 2010). There have been state laws and institutional policies put in place to ensure that a nurse’s refusal to participate in an abortion will not hurt his or her career or punish them in anyway. Issues come up when a nurse who is accepting of early terminations accepts the participation in an abortion that is a late termination. The nurse will then have a hard time to decline being involved in the procedure because they can’t be selectively accepting, even though late terminations make many involved in the process uneasy. Refusal by the nurse to participate is based on religio-moral grounds; this is why selectively refusing to participate in abortions due to the gestation period or such may cause complications leading to nurses selectively refusing to give care. The problem that comes with selectively accepting or rejecting to give care promotes the judgment of the patient, which is unethical in the nursing world. As the book Health Care Ethics points out that an unborn fetus is still a human regardless of the fact that it is undeveloped (Page ). Seeing the fetus either by the patient or the health care provider takes a great weight on the conscience of the people who witness the procedure, regardless which side the person takes on the issue of abortion.

Despite the position a nurse takes when considering the issue of abortion, a nurse must give full potential of their care to a patient before and after the procedure in addition to providing aid if complications arise. Nurses are required to be trained on the abortion technique in a classroom format. Most often a video is shown that explains step by step what is entailed in the process. It is at this time that, many realize whether or not they are fit to assist and whether or not they are capable of moving past the fact that this deals with a tiny human being whose life is prematurely terminated (Yarbrough, Catherine Jean). Surgical termination can be done from a gestation period of seven to eleven weeks. This is normally a daylong procedure that requires an overnight stay. It has the most complications and calls for the most attention of nurses. As the article states, “the procedure is a vacuum aspiration, which involves a catheter being inserted through the cervix and suction being applied to remove the contents of the uterus” (Conscientious Objection to Termination of Pregnancy: The Competing Rights of Patients and Nurses). The procedure takes such a toll on the nurse because they are the ones who have to clean up the remains, and count them to make sure none of the fetus is still in the uterus. This causes moral, physiological, and physical discomfort to many nurses as well as the patients. There are psychological consequences that are uncertain but there have been reports of severe psychiatric disturbance in patients, 8 months after abortion for patients (Clinical Focus). This shows effect of an abortion can be very severe, psychologically and emotionally to the patient. Nurses are the ones who have to aid in the process and they have to participate in more that a typical patient. The emotional toll that the nurses have to handle seem far greater than that of the patient even though the patient may take a large toll emotionally themselves. The abortion process is very similar to that of an emergency D&C (Dilation (or dilatation) and curettage) which occurs during a miscarriage. Cathy Yarbrough is a nurse that has been working in the hospital for many years, she chose to decline being a part abortion procedures, however she has had lots of friends who chose to participate and who have themselves had abortions. During an interview she talked about how one of her friends had two abortions when she was young yet once she was ready to have kids, could not. This is not an uncommon matter. Many women who have abortions, due to scar tissue, become infertile and cannot have children when they want to because of the choices they made when they weren’t ready for a child (Yarbrough, Catherine Jean). Nurses are the ones who relate and emotionally aid the patients. Not only do they have to help themselves through the traumatic experience, but also they have to aid the patients who have complications, immediate and long term. No one takes the abortion process lightly. In addition to protecting the psychological stand point of the patient a nurse must constantly check on his or herself to be sure that the abortion process isn’t affecting them in a harmful way. The abortion process contains controversial issues that eventually impact the nurse in a negative way.

The issue of abortion takes a toll the nurses emotionally eventually if not immediately. Every nurse copes with the issue in different ways personally, however professionally it seems to be fairly consistent. Often the nurses convince themselves that what they are doing is good in terms of how the birth of a child may affect the patient. In the U.K. there was a study by the Journal of Advanced Nursing where nine nurses who work in the abortion field volunteered to show the effect of abortion on the nurses who execute the procedure. The nurses were all women and took a pro-choice stance. They stated that, “I think it should be any women’s right to have any procedure performed which they see fit at that time”. The nurses make it clear that they try to have an atmosphere in the office that is free of judgment. However this seems to be an oversimplification of a complex set of emotions as the nurses later confess to feeling uncomfortable and sometimes in violation of their morals by participating in the process (Journal of Advanced Nursing). The nurses convince themselves that they are doing a good thing; that they are helping to create a better life for the women by letting her choose to start a family on her time, regardless of the activities she participates in. Another one of the ways the nurse’s cope is by placing the levity of the situation onto someone else. They transfer the weight of the decision so it rests solely with the client, saying, “[the client] had to make the choice, I haven’t made it.... It is not my choice, it’s theirs” (Journal of Advanced Nursing). As accepting of the situation as the nurses in the study seem, they admit to avoiding situations that would provoke the question of where they work. This is because other people judge them and often it starts up a debate they would rather not partake in (Journal of Advanced Nursing). Though the nurses seem to be mostly accepting of abortion, many confessed to feeling uncomfortable with late gestation abortions. The women say that they simply have to put aside their feelings and do their job regardless of their level of comfort. The nurses feel a duty to their job and try to detach themselves emotionally as much as possible without sacrificing good service.

It is rare in this debate for people to consider the effects of abortion on anyone besides the potential mother. The patient often does not take into account, prior to the procedure, the effect that they are thrusting upon themselves and those who execute the process. The nurses who work in an abortion clinic have chosen to deal mainly with abortions. However as Dolores P. talks about in the article Ask an Abortion Provider, nurses and nurse practitioners in the abortion field are dying out. This could possibly be due to the negative affects the procedure place on the nurses. The article goes on to talk about how the issue of abortion is never an easy decision. It is weighed down heavily by personal reasons that result in an abortion. Many patients that come into the clinics do not consider or initially care about how the abortion may affect them or those who perform the procedure. It is hard to defend how the procedure can have negative results on the nurses who work in abortion clinics because they chose to be deeply involved with that field of work. Except to say that they may not realize possible ramification later on in their career. The nurses that work in the hospitals however do not choose to work with abortions directly. Patients will choose to come to a hospital instead of an abortion clinic to have the procedure done. Due to the negative consequences that many nurses feel when having participated in an abortion procedure there have been laws put in place to ensure that the nurses will be able to stay psychologically sound as well as able to give the appropriate care to the patients without being involved in the actual procedure. Many nurses in the hospitals do not want to be apart of abortions due to personal beliefs, as well as religious and moral reasons, however some agree to be involved in the procedure because of the complications that may occur when a patient is turned away due to reasons that are not medically related. Most abortion patients consider issues such as whether or not they should have the child instead of how an abortion may affect them both emotionally and physically and those who may also be affected by their decision. Abortion is a topic that is to be taken lightly by none; many psychological issues develop in those who are involved in the process, whether it be the patient or the nurses.

The negative effect of abortion on the nurses who are involved in the process is much larger than many would expect. The issue weighs heavily on the person’s conscious due to the moral values on life and how these values are influenced by faith, culture, and personal ethics. Even though it is argued that a fetus may not be considered a human, all who have seen an unborn child can recognize how similar a child that was born is to that of an unborn fetus, structurally speaking. The issue of abortion effects nurses so severely because to many it is not simply tissue matter; many, especially to those who are deeply religious, think it of as the body of a lost life. All nurses who participate in the process of abortion admit to having doubts and guilt on the matter. Disregarding the stance a nurse takes on the matter of abortion, the process places a great weight on his or her conscience eventually, if not immediately.

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