NURS 4211 Assignment Windshield Survey/Community Assessment
NURS 4211 Assignment Windshield Survey/Community Assessment
NURS 4211 Assignment Windshield Survey/Community Assessment
Conduct a “Windshield Survey” in a section of your
community. Instructions for the survey can be found in Stanhope and Lancaster
(2016) on page 416, Table 18-6. As you notice, conducting a Windshield Survey
requires that you either walk around or drive around a particular section of
the community and take notes about what you observe. A Windshield Survey cannot
be conducted by reviewing websites or Google Earth only. It requires actually
taking a look at the selected area of the community. This survey should be
focused on the problem and population you have selected for your practicum
project. If you choose, for example, obesity among Hispanic schoolchildren, you
might want to locate a section of the community where many Hispanic children
live, or you might want to conduct the Windshield Survey around where Hispanic
children attend school. If Hispanic children are not found in a specific
section of your community (e.g., Chinatown in San Francisco or Harlem in New
York), then you may select the section of the community where you live or work
but pay particular attention to your practicum population and practicum problem
as you conduct a survey of the community as viewed through the eyes of the
public health nurse.
By Day 7 of Week 3
Submit a 3- to 4-page paper including:
Introduction to the community, including the name of the
community and any interesting or historical facts you would like to add about
where you live
Photographs of the selected area of the community that serve
as evidence of your observations and hypotheses
Windshield Survey findings, including a description of the
section of your community that you chose to survey
Description of the Vulnerable Population and Available
Resources
Demographics of the vulnerable population
What social determinants create their vulnerable status?
What community strengths exist to assist this population?
Conclusions based on Nursing Assessment of the Community
Based on what you have found, what conclusions can you draw
about your community and your selected population for your practicum?
Select at least 5 scholarly resources to support your
assessment. Websites may be included but the paper must include scholarly
resources in its development.
For this Assignment, review the following:
AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
BSN Program Top Ten Citations and References
Walden paper template (no abstract or running head required)
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