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Advanced practice nursing (APN) reflects the combination of graduate education and nursing. Within advanced practice nursing, Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have become one of the four major roles for nurses. Throughout history, NPs have been and are called to serve by gathering patient histories, performing physical exams, ordering procedures, diagnosing, treating, and managing disease, and prescribing medications and making referrals. In correlation to the servitude of NPs, Jesus taught us how to…

Although Krakauer’s Into Thin Air was a riveting tale of dangerous and perilous adventure, Anatoli Boukreev’s version of the deadly 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest told in his ghost written book, The Climb, co-written by G. Weston Dewalt, was far more believable, in large part due to the highly conflicting details between the two novels, and Boukreev’s modest storytelling that stuck to what he knew on that mountain, unlike Krakauer’s accusation expedition style of storytelling, where he…

Every year, Sherpas risk their own lives attempting to safely guide other mountaineers to the summit of Mount Everest, yet they receive no special award or recognition after accomplishing this amazing feat for many other mountaineers. A couple thousand dollars may seem like a reasonable fee to aid others up the mountain, but it is not worth the life-threatening conditions they must overcome. Sherpas are genetically adapted to the below-freezing temperature and they have a stronger resistance to…

Sharpe 1 Grace Sharpe Professor Fara Lindsay Earthquakes and Volcanoes Homework 1 June 15th, 2016 Sabancaya The volcano I choose to write about is none other than the Sabancaya volcano. It is located in the Andes mountains in Peru. This particular volcano is a stratovolcano part of a collection of three glacially covered volcanoes. The elevation of the Sabancaya volcano is 5967 meters high and it is the smallest of the three, however, it happens to be the most active. Volcanic ash and…

Mount Saint Helens Devastates the State of Washington The 1980 Eruption of Mount Saint Helens was a moment to remember in history. The eruption of Mt St. Helens was devastating. The damage done costed lots of money. The eruption was huge and blew lots of ashes into the air and forest. Many people and animals died. The skies remained dark for days. It is by far the most destructive and violent volcano recorded in North America (Bagley). Mount St. Helens had been dormant for as long as we can…

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Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air” is a book of mortality and consequences. In the spring of 1996, Krakauer took an assignment from Outside magazine to report on the industry of commercially guided, high-altitude climbing. He would later regret that decision for the rest of his life. Eight people on his expedition died, either from freezing to death or falling. There are a multitude of health effects that can cause harm to humans at the extreme altitude and temperatures that Everest holds, as…

Some people form crazy, dangerous actions when undertaking a mission. Take Farah Ahmedi, for example, she climbed an enormous mountain on a prosthetic leg to reach freedom and safety. Annie Johnson built a whole business out of a bad situation that happened with her husband. Rikki-Tikki fought off dangerous cobras to save his new family. Though these people were all different and in different circumstances, they each took on a mission to survive. Farah Ahmedi: Though Farah Ahmedi had a…

Donner party The Donner party happens in 1847 in Springfield, California.The Donner party was led by George Donner sixty years old man. This is why it's called the Donner party because it was led by George Donner party. there a lake called Donner lake. The trek had been organized by James Reed. There were 90 emigrants that left Springfield to head west. One of the ending causes for the Donner party they were blocked by snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Which caused them to resorted…

Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 m (29029 ft.) The height of it was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. There are dangers that await that include high winds, bad weather, and altitude sickness for people who climb the mountain. There is an average of 5,000 people who try to climb it. Lack of oxygen is a serious problem while climbing it. If you climb an…