Note: You have two Assignments to complete. You must complete each as they are graded separately.
Assignment #1: Community Assessment
Course Outcome
NU450-2: Appraise population health and health risks using community assessment, epidemiologic data, and vital statistics
Introduction
A windshield survey is a kind of community assessment that provides the nurse knowledge of the community of interest. The characteristics of the community and relevant public health data provide valuable information related to the health and well-being of the population who live within it. A community assessment is the equivalent of a head-to-toe assessment, but instead of assessing an individual you are looking at characteristics that define a community. Visit the websites listed below to guide you as you conduct a modified community assessment:
Community Tool Box. (2017). Section 21; Windshield and walking surveys. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/windshield-walking-surveys/checklist
Find a friend or someone to drive you through the community. As you travel through your community, take note of features that highlight the community’s unique characteristics.
What to observe in a general community assessment survey:
- Epidemiologic data and leading health indicators
- Physical environment
- Education
- Safety and transportation
- Politics and Government
- Health and Social Services
- Recreation
- Communication
- Economics
- Differences among neighborhoods or areas of the community
Prepare a 15-slide (excluding title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation that addresses the characteristics of the community that you assessed The final slide should highlight key indicators that reflect the health of the community.
The PowerPoint presentation should include photographs, illustrations, and bullet points. The speaker’s notes must accompany each slide and be at least 100 words in length. You must include at least three references, cited within the speaker’s notes and included on the reference slide
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Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:
- be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
- consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
- utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing Assignment should:
- follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
- be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
- display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics;
- be double spaced and in 12-point Times New Roman font; and
- use APA 6th Edition formatting and citation style.
Refer to the Assignment Grading Rubric under Course Resources for grading criteria.
Submit your Assignment to the Assignment #1 Dropbox before midnight on the last day of the unit.
