Evaluate and discuss a current natural or man-made disaster focusing on disaster characteristics and management styles.

Identify a current natural or man-made disaster in the news within the last 5 years.

Discuss the following for that certain disaster within the last 5 years. Answer this for that disaster and not in general terms.

• The type of disaster
• Characteristics of the disaster – Use the textbook for these characteristics and relate them to your disaster. How can your disaster be described using the characteristics.
• Application of disaster management stages – Use the word stages and apply to your disaster – what happened during your disaster

APA paper with introduction and conclusion

Suggested Headings:

Current Natural or Man-Made Disaster (level one heading)

Type of Disaster (level two heading)

Characteristics of the disaster (level two heading)

Application of disaster management stages (level two heading)

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

• Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.
• Style
• Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download a Microsoft Word APA template. Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition manual before submitting the assignment.
• Number of Pages/Words
• Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.
• Instructions:
• STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.