Discussion on exxon spill impacts on environment

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Hi, I am looking for someone to write an article on exxon spill impacts on environment Paper must be at least 1250 words. Please, no plagiarized work! The Exxon Valdez departed from the Trans Alaska Pipeline station in Valdez, Alaska on the 23rd of March 1989 at 9:12 pm (Leacock 7). The navigator William Murphy led the supertanker through the Valdez Narrows, with steersman Harry Claar driving and Captain Joe Hazelwood supervising. When the supertanker successfully passed through the Valdez Narrows, Murphy abandoned the vessel (Sylves & Comfort 78). When the ship came across icebergs in the shipping lanes, the captain instructed the steersman to drive the supertanker out of the shipping lanes to prevent hitting the icebergs. He afterward assigned Gregory Cousins to the wheelhouse, and then Robert Kagan took the place of Claar as steersman. However, Kagan and Cousins were not able to return to the shipping lanes for unknown reasons and the supertanker got stranded on Bligh Reef (Sylves & Comfort 78-79).

On the 24th of March, 1989, the Exxon Valdez, a supertanker measuring 987 feet, shipwrecked on Bligh Reef, discharging more than 260,000 barrels or 11 million gallons of crude oil into the previously unspoiled surroundings and ecosystem of Prince William Sound (York 399). The spilled oil flowed and scattered to the southwest along the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Archipelago, and the Kenai Peninsula, which was 750 km from the point of origin. The oil spill in due course spread all over 11,000 square miles of ocean and smeared 1,300 miles of shoreline (Bryan 28). The National Transportation Safety Board made the investigation and identified five possible causes of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. First, Gregory Cousins was not able to correctly guide the ship, perhaps because of exhaustion and too much amount of work (Hellstrom 367).

Second, the captain was not able to hand over an appropriate navigation tool, perhaps because of deficiency from alcohol.

Discuss physician assisted suicide be legalized.

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Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses physician assisted suicide be legalized. Under such circumstances, some of these patients would decide to die rather than continue to live under these conditions. At this stage, in order to ease their ongoing pain, few of the patients request assistance from their physicians (Blank & Bonnicksen, 1994).

The patients who ask for such favors do not fall into simple diagnostic categories. The spectrum of patients who have been asking for this favor is very wide and the range of physicians’ response is equivalent to nothing when compared. Yet each request can be compelling and their ongoing life is miserable. A few of the examples include a person who is suffering from AIDS from eight years and as a result, has lost his sight and also losing his memory. a mother with seven children suffering from ovarian cancer, who can no longer eat and has bedsores on her abdomen (Blank, Bonnicksen, 1994). These are the sort of cases for which the physician-assisted suicide must become legal.

Physician-assisted suicide is part of Euthanasia. In 1985, the Dutch Government Commission has defined this as the deliberate act in which the patient’s life is terminated on the request of the patient by a physician. The same government defines physician-assisted suicide as the act in which the patient takes the lethal drugs herself or himself. According to the Oregon Death with Dignity Act 1994, physician-assisted suicide is defined as “the prescription of a lethal dose of medication for a person with a terminal illness (Dees, Dassen, Dekkers & Weel, 2010).

In 1994, the state of Oregon, USA, has legalized physician-assisted suicide. In this year, 0.12 % of the annual death rate was recorded by this process. In Belgium, when physician-assisted suicide was legalized in 2002, 0.3 % of the annual deaths were labeled under its title (Lachman, 2010). The above-discussed statistics show that physician-assisted suicide has not affected the overall death rate of the states.

DISCUSSION 1-1  In response to at least two of your peers, address the following

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DISCUSSION 1-1 
In response to at least two of your peers, address the following:
Suggest relevant strategies and techniques for your peers to use that you learned about in the module resources, making sure to use APA style citations to cite your source(s).
Elaborate on the general value and impact of successful techniques they mention in their initial post.
1-2 Milestone one
Overview
In this module, you learned how to select presentation topics and evaluate sources for credibility. In Milestone One, you will select a topic and credible resources based on a provided scenario, which you will continue to use throughout the course as you work on your course project. Selecting a topic and finding initial resources now will help you get a great start on your project and incorporate feedback from your instructor early on in the brainstorming phase of your presentation creation.
Scenario
Your manager has asked that each person in your department select an emerging policy, practice, or process that is relevant to your career or professional development goals and present it to the team in an informative, unbiased presentation to share information about a variety of career-relevant topics. Because this is intended as professional development, your manager has also asked that your presentation use a variety of scholarly and popular resources, which the team could consult on an ongoing basis to learn more or stay informed.
Prompt
As your presentation topic, select a current or emerging policy, practice, or process that is relevant and applicable to your career or professional development goals. Then select at least five resources to increase your understanding of the topic. Potential topic examples, by specialty, could include:
Any: remote work policies
Human resources/management: performance evaluation processes
Criminal justice: body camera policies
Education: personalized education plans
Communication: First Amendment (free speech)
Healthcare: HIPAA
You are free to select any one of these topics or another of your choosing. The above are just suggestions.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Topic Selection: Choose a relevant topic for your informative business presentation and explain how it relates to your career or professional development goals.
Intended Audience: Describe the intended audience for your presentation and explain:
How is this topic relevant for them?
What can they learn from your presentation?
Resource Selection: List at least five resources that you will use to support your presentation that meet the following requirements:
At least two resources are scholarly
Each resource is cited using APA-style citations
Each resource is credible
Submit a 1–2 paragraph response and references in a Microsoft Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

In this assessment, pretend you are gathering information for a family assessment and looking at the medical history and social influences on a fa

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There are 2 parts to this assessment. In this assessment, pretend you are gathering information for a family assessment and looking at the medical history and social influences on a family unit. You present this in a genogram and ecomap. You also conduct a windshield survey of the community in which your chosen family resides.  

Part 1: Abuse and Neglect: Orientation Project 

Select a family within your community as the basis for the completion of assessments.

(Family name: Mr. Wiliam and Mrs. Maria Green)

Husband and wife living in Chicago, IL. No children and have been living in Chicago since they meet. William recently retired at the age of 64. Due to the covid situation, he retired early because he has multiple co-morbidities/underlying conditions. Maria is a nurse and currently working full-time in the nursing home.  They have 1 car to use for transportation and both are licensed to drive. Maria is 46yrs old and William is 66yrs old. They don’t have any families around the area. Maria is from the Philippines and William is born and raised in Chicago but his parents are deceased and his siblings live in Minnesota. 

Formulate key questions for obtaining valuable information. 

Ensure your family assessment addresses: 

  • Identifying data 
  • Developmental stage and history of family 
  • Environmental data 
  • Family structure 
  • Family functions 
  • Family stress and coping 
  • Family composition 

Provide a brief overview of the family members. 

Complete a genogram and ecomap. 

Format your assessment data as follows: 

  • 875-word summary 
  • Submit your genogram and ecomap as a mind map or other visual representation. 

Note: Remove all personally identifying information, such as the family members’ names. Refer to family members by initials only. 

Part 2: Community Assessment 

Review the windshield survey aid. 

Review the Windshield Survey Resources 

Observe your family’s community by driving around the area. 

Consider aspects of the community that could affect residents’ health and any HealthyPeople Leading Health Indicators that may be applicable to the community. 

Conduct a windshield survey that addresses the following components: 

  • The age, nature, and condition of the community’s available housing 
  • Infrastructure needs—roads, bridges, streetlights, and so on 
  • The presence or absence of functioning businesses and industrial facilities 
  • The location, condition, and use of public spaces 
  • The amount of activity on the streets at various times of the day, week, or year 
  • The noise level in various parts of the community 
  • The amount and movement of traffic at various times of day 
  • The location and condition of public buildings—the city or town hall, courthouse, and so on 
  • Walkability of community; walking paths/biking paths/safety? Proximity for walkability to community resources? 
  • Public transportation availability? Cost? Accessibility? 
  • Social service centers? Public libraries? Parks? Churches? Community centers? Recreation centers? 
  • Health care facilities? How many? Clinics? Hospitals? Accessibility of health care resources? 
  • Food/nutrition? Food deserts? Grocery stores? 
  • Homeless population? Homeless services? 
  • Police/fire presence? 
  • Schools? Location? Physical condition of schools? 

Compile your windshield survey data, using the Windshield Survey Template to include: 

  • Data overview of all community components as identified in the Community Tool Box Resource 
  • Strengths of community as evidenced by windshield survey 
  • Weaknesses (gaps in service) as evidenced by windshield survey 
  • Develop 1 family nursing diagnosis based upon identified gap in community resources as an indicator of potential poor health outcomes 

Format your assessment as noted: 

  • 18- to 20-slide presentation 
  • The slides should only contain essential information and as little text as possible. Do not design a slide presentation made up of long bullet points. Your speaker notes convey the details you would give if you were presenting. See this link from Microsoft.com for more help.

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Windshield Survey Aid

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Windshield Survey Aid

Use these questions to guide your community assessment.

Boundaries

To what extent can you identify the boundaries of the neighborhood: natural boundaries such as a river or different terrain; man-made, such as highway or railroad; or economic, such as difference in real estate, presence of industrial or commercial units along with residential?

Does the neighborhood have an identity or a name? Is it displayed? Are there unofficial names? Are there sub communities near the area?

Housing and Zoning

How old are the houses? Of what style and materials are they constructed? Are all the neighborhood houses similar? If not, how would you characterize the differences?

Are there signs of disrepair, such as broken windows, steps, doors? Are any of the houses vacant?

Signs of Decay

Is the neighborhood improving or declining? Is it vibrant and full of life? How would you decide?

Is there trash, rubble, poor drainage, or disease vector harborage? Are there dilapidated sheds, rubble-filled vacant lots, abandoned cars, or boarded-up buildings?

Parks and Recreational Areas

Are there parks and recreational areas in the neighborhood? Is the open space public or private? Who uses it?

Commons

What are the neighborhood hangouts, such as schoolyards, bars, restaurants, parks? What groups go there? At what time?

Do common areas have a sense of territoriality, or are they open to strangers?

Stores

What supermarkets or neighborhood stores are available? How do residents travel to the store? Are there drug stores, laundry mats, and dry cleaners?

Transportation

How do people get in and out of the neighborhood? What is the condition of the streets? Is there a major highway near the neighborhood? Who does it serve? Is public transportation available and how accessible is it to your family?

Service Centers

Are there social agencies, clinics, recreation centers, and schools? Are doctors, dentists, or other health care providers accessible? Is there a hospital in the area? How accessible are these service centers to your family?

Street People (and Animals)

If you are walking during the day, who is on the streets; for example, are there women, children, teenagers, community health nurses, collection agents, salespeople? How are they dressed?

What animals do you see; for example, do you see stray animals, pets, watchdogs, or livestock?

Protective Services

Is there evidence of police and fire protection in the area? Where are they in relationship to the family’s residence?

Race

What is the ethnicity of residents? Are the residents African American, Caucasian Americans, Asian Americans, and so forth? How are the different racial groups residentially located?

Ethnicity

Are there indications of ethnic variances, such as food stores, churches, private schools, information in another language?

Religion

What churches and church-operated schools are in the neighborhood? How many are there?

Class

What is the social status of the residents? Are they upper, upper-middle, middle, working, or lower socioeconomic class? On what information do you base your judgment?

Health Status

Is there evidence of acute or chronic health conditions in the neighborhood, such as automobile accidents, alcoholism, drug addition, teenage smoking, pregnant teenagers, inappropriately dressed or unclean children?

Comparison

How does this neighborhood compare to the neighborhood in the immediate vicinity?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of this neighborhood and community?

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Windshield Survey Template

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Data Overview

Data

Strengths

Weaknesses

Data Summary

Please summarize your data by responding to the following:

1. Describe the strengths of community as evidenced by Windshield Survey.

2. Describe the weaknesses (gaps in service) as evidenced by Windshield Survey.

3. Identify 1 problem based on the identified gap in community resources as an indicator of potential poor health outcomes

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