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 conduct a windshield survey in your community (click here for help)

1. Collaborate with health and human service agencies to address population health concerns.
2. Analyze professional nursing roles in the diverse practice of community health nursing.
3. Utilize knowledge of the social and political system to stimulate discussion, raise consciousness, and/or propose change related to the health of vulnerable populations.
4. Document in a comprehensive, organized, and clearly stated manner.
5. Establish effective working relationships with clinical faculty, facility personnel, peers, patients, families, and community representatives.
6. Accurately identify safety risks and appropriately intervene to provide a safe environment for patients, families, populations, and communities.

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Instructions:

Section 1

 

Windshield Survey – read steps 1-6 before starting the assignment

1. Use the template provided in this document (p. 2-5) to conduct a windshield survey in your community. Do not just visit the areas you are familiar with, see the whole town. If your town does not have one of the items on the list, report it as NA.  Items should be answered fully to receive full credit.
2. Enlist the help of a family member who will drive for you so you can take notes. If possible, use public transportation for at least part of the journey. Describe this experience by answering the questions in the template provided.
3. Take photos of sites that surprise or concern you about your community.  Photos taken should be photos that come from your phone or camera while completing the windshield survey.  Uploading pictures from a website online will not meet the requirements for photos.
4. Prepare a report using the windshield survey template, include at least 3 photos from the experience.
5. At the end of the report provide a 3-4 sentence response to each of the following questions.

1. What seem to be the community’s biggest challenges?
2. What disparities did you note?
3. What surprised you?
4. Were there any safety risks identified in your assessment? If so, how would a community health nurse need to intervene to address the safety risks?
5. How has your perspective about your community changed?
6. What would you want readers to know about your experience?

1. While completing the windshield survey, locate one social service agency that you want to further explore.  You will use the internet to further explore this agency and discuss the nursing process for community as client which will be discussed in a later section of the assignment.

Windshield Survey Tool

 

For Community Health Nurses to be able to knowledgeably plan services for a community, it is essential to know a specific community, identify health-related resources that may be helpful to members, and learn about gaps in services. A windshield survey is conducted from a car and provides a visual overview of a community. Conditions and trends in the community that could affect the health of the population are noted. This data provides background and context for working in the community or for conducting a community assessment.