Discussion: Family Disaster Plan Research Paper

Discussion: Family Disaster Plan Research Paper

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Question Description
Help me study for my Nursing class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

For this paper you must cite and reference 2 sources. The paper should be 2–3 pages and written using current APA format. Your paper should address the following:

a. How would you prepare for the following situation? (provide realistic examples and details for safety and survival)

(Scenario) At this moment, you are sitting at home working on your WCU class. Suddenly, the National Weather Bureau sends an alert across your cell phone—a tornado is headed your way. You have 15 minutes before touchdown in your neighborhood. What is your plan? This is a ‘shelter in place’ scenario, you cannot outrun the tornado. Identify a safe place in your home to take shelter.

You must include research. Cite and reference two sources and explain the recommended safety measures in a tornado emergency and how you would apply them to your specific living arrangements.

b. How prepared are you in the event of a disaster? Describe your level of disaster preparedness using specific examples and references to your “go-bag” and preparedness checklist assignments.

Example: “I am more prepared for a water-related disaster than a fire-related disaster even though I live in a highly secluded, forested area. I have a boat as transportation in the event of flooding, but I do not have rain barrels or fire barrier supplies on hand.”

Example: “There were many missing items on my preparedness checklist. I realized that I do not own a flashlight. If I had to use my phone as a light it would drain the battery very quickly.

c. Reflect on how prepared you were before this class and compare it with how prepared you are now.

Have you acquired any new emergency items?

Do you plan to take any additional trainings or certification courses?

Have you shared your knowledge with friends and family?

Disaster

A discussion of the items in your home go bag – what is present and what is missing.

What I Have:

A load out bag
Canned foods
2 gallons of water
Water bottles
Dry cat food
Flashlight
First aid kit
Garbage bags
Batteries
Pliers
Can opener
Bug repellent
Sunscreen
Baby wipes
N95 masks
Clothing for my husband, baby, and myself
Important documents in a ziploc bag
Over the counter medications: Tylenol, baby Tylenol, Zyrtec and ibuprofen
Inhaler
Diapers
Baby formula
Two baby bottles
Plastic and paper utensils
Blankets
gasoline

Missing Items:

Local maps
Sleeping bags
Fire extinguisher
Books, games
First aid book
Whistle
Matches

A brief explanation of the demographic considerations and potential disaster hazards in your area and why you included certain items.

Some of the demographic considerations that we would need to consider is the canal that is located by our cul-de-sac because it can cause flooding. Besides the canal, I do not feel there are any other demographic considerations. As I mentioned before, I do live in Florida which is prone to hurricanes every year. So, although natural disasters aren’t a for sure thing each year we are prepared. In my family’s case we would stay within our home during a hurricane or for any other natural disaster that would occur. Due to the hurricane seasons that happen on a yearly basis these items are usually required, water is an essential along with canned goods, the batteries are needed because most of the time the first thing to go during a hurricane is the electricity, many people have generators which is an investment that we need to make. Also, my vehicle is a Jeep wrangler which helps in cases of driving through debris and is a means of transportation including four five-gallon tanks of gasoline which normally are filled.

Your family, pets, and living situation considerations and why you included certain items.

My family consists of my husband, our baby girl, Aria, and two cats, Patches and Boo. Out of all of us I use an inhaler which I have packed within our bag along with over the counter medications such as Tylenol, baby Tylenol, ibuprofen, and zyrtec. As for the cats, they have enough dry food, but I would look to find the closest shelters where they can attend or I can place them in their cat carriers till further notice.

Are you prepared to help others in your community in the event of a disaster?

I feel that in case of any disaster besides hurricanes my family would be ready because not only are we prepared with items but my husband is a medically retired purple heart from the marines who served in Afghanistan and served as a corpsman and with my medical background with the knowledge I have obtained in nursing school, the both of us combined would be able to survive and manage anything that we are faced with along with helping others. We are not only a family, but a team and we have the moral that no one should be left standing alone, but one thing for sure is that we will take of each other and our daughter first before helping others.

NURS 431 Miami Dade College Family Disaster Plan Research Paper
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Discussion: Family Disaster Plan Research Paper

Discussion: Family Disaster Plan Research Paper

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.