...Windshield Survey Reflection Shane P. Donald NUR/405 May 19, 2014 Cynthia Januale Windshield Survey Reflection A windshield survey was conducted of the Fall Creek community just north of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The focus of the survey was an initial assessment and overall impression of the community where the participating family lives. According to Stanhope and Lancaster, (2012, p.190) community is defined as a "social network of interacting individuals, usually concentrated in a defined territory". Individuals, grocery stores, and hospitals are just a few examples of what makes up a community. Community health refers to "the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and the relationship between the community and the larger society" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 401). Indicators used for assessment of community health include infant mortality rate, number of motor vehicle crashes, childhood poverty rates, lung cancer rates, and other data used to develop a broad definition. The Phrase "community as a client" refers to the focus of nursing in an integrative model for community health promotion. It is important to remember that community oriented care is population focused, addressing the complex mix of health problems, clients, and levels of care within the system. Partnerships in the context of communities as the clients refer to shared responsibility for outcomes between nursing and the...
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...Week 2 Assignment Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection (Part 1 of the Programmatic Assessment) Fleurette Duverglas University of Phoenix NUR/405 - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE Professor Sharon Baker November 17, 2014 Windshield Survey and Reflection Introduction The fundamental objective of conducting a community assessment is to attain the complete scenario of the region and identify the requirements of the specific community. This assignment is reflection of my windshield survey conducted in North Miami Beach. The client includes a family that consists of five members. The assessment of the community is based on precise and inclusive examination of various aspects that includes history, health care issues of the region, data on the population of community, mediums of communication available, vital statistics, governmental efforts, and attitude and perception of the community members. The community health nursing requires a holistic approach, and the selected five member family needs to be considered with respect to. (Annerbäck, 2012). Community is specifically defined as the “social group of any volume whose members inhabits in specified locality, share government, and often have a similar cultural and historical heritage”. Furthermore, community health can be understood as congregation of combined requirements through identification of problems and administration behaviors within the community itself...
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...Windshield Survey Summary Dennis Yonkers NUR 405 March 3, 2014 Karen Wilson Windshield Survey Summary Nightingale, arguably the first modern nurse, influenced and changed healthcare by collecting and interpreting data observed during her service in the Crimean war (Audain, 2014).. Similarly the public health nurse (PHN) attempts to help and influence the community they serve. The windshield survey is a tool for the PHN in obtaining data within the community. Basic physical characteristics about the environment including the inhabitants are gained. This subjective tool is performed while driving or walking, and is used by the nurse to assess the needs of the community. Community Community is a broad subjective term. One capacious definition of the term is, a defined region one lives, works, interacts with others and the environment; inclusive is a semblance of structure and beliefs based within that society where the members define and identify themselves as being part of that group (Standhope & Lancaster, 2012). Using this definition one sees that any group can be a community, and boundaries can merge one into many different types of communities with in the same location. Using this, one sees that the American community is broken down into further sub sets such as states, counties, cities, towns, school districts, and the list can continue ad infinitum. For the purpose of this paper the term community is defined within its relation to the school district of South...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Valerie Kwiecien Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice Nur 405 Karen Harriman March 18, 2013 Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Define Community Community is defined as an organization of individuals whom live in a geographical area that has boundaries. These individuals may share the same culture and values. The individuals are arranged in a social structure as related to relationships, which the community has developed over a length of time. Common beliefs are shared and by doing this the members of the community acquire their own personal and identity within the society. The beliefs and values that have been developed by the community previously may be modified in the future (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Define Community Health Community health is defined as an ongoing series of changes that promote health (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The changes occur within the community between the nurse and the community. Community health has three components. The status of the community, the structure, and the process of the community. The status of the community includes morbidity and mortality rates as well as risk factor profiles. The structure of community health is the services and resources within the community. The process of community health looks at how the communities solve problems. Define Community as a Client The community as a client is defined as a situation...
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...Windshield Survey of Lake Worth, Florida NUR 405 June 10, 2013 Windshield Survey of Lake Worth Florida As nurses we know medical professionals more than ever are responsible for treating large diverse populations. Understanding cultural differences in various populations is crucial to produce positive outcomes. Nurses have a major role in health care promotion. Nurses should be treating the patient as a whole in mind, body, and spirit. This should be included in community treatment too. Individual, family, environment, and community assessments are necessary to provide the care and improve health care outcomes in the community as a whole. The World Health Organization’ s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who share a common culture, values and norms which have been developed by the community in the past and modified in the future” (p. 397). For me this means these people generally have the same of similar beliefs and values. Community health is described as “the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and larger society” (p. 401). My understanding of community as the client is the care given has the potential to affect the whole community not just one family. Nurses can provide education and treatment in the community in settings such as schools, parks, civil centers, the workplace, and home. The result...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Kysa Douglas, RN NUR/405 November 10, 2014 Sybil Meadows, MSN, BSN, RN Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection There are many different definitions for what a community is. The one I find most appropriate is from the World Health Organization (WHO). They provide the following definition: “A group of people, often living in a defined geographical are, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time. Members of a community gain their personal and social identity by sharing common beliefs, values and norms which have been by the community in the past and may be modified in the future.” (Stanhope, 2012) According to Stanhope community health is “the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society.” (Stanhope, 2012) The community becomes the client when the focus of the nurse is on the collective or common good of the population rather than a single patient. The nurse may care for individuals or families, but the resulting changes in health are intended to affect the community as a whole. Even if direct nursing care is provided to an individual, if their health needs are a common community-related problem, it is still considered community health. With the community as the client, decisions are made...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Mary Lou Lamer NUR/405 January 25, 2013 Dawn Warner Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Introduction “Although it is necessary to identify health risk factors among individuals and groups in the community, it is of paramount importance that nurses learn to identify and work with health problems of a defined population or the total community”. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pg. 395). The “windshield survey” is one method that the nurse can use to collect data about a particular community, however, understanding the meaning of community, community health, community as a client, and partnership, as they relay to nursing in the public setting, is important to successful data assessment. Community “Community is a locality – based entity, composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting society’s institutions, informal groups, and aggregates”. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pg. 398). There are varying definitions of the meaning of community. Those within a community usually share some type of common interest. There may be different types of communities; some examples of these communities are, face –to-face community, neighborhood community, community of identifiable need, and community of special interest. Community Health “Community Health is the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society”. (Stanhope...
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...Health Education Plan NUR/405 October 10, 2011 Health Education Plan Educating the public is a role every nurse must participate in to promote, maintain, and restore health among a community. To accomplish such requires community members receive and have a practical understanding of health-related information (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). One method to accomplish such is to develop a health educational plan. The purpose of this paper is to create a health education plan based upon information collected from a windshield survey and Friedman family assessment conducted by a nurse in the community of Palmdale, California. Areas that will be discussed include, a description of the educational need based upon assessment findings, educational goals and objectives, educational methods that will be used to implement the health educational plan, and the methods applied to evaluate the educator and process used in the development and implementation of the health education plan. Identification of a Health Educational Need In conducting a windshield survey and Friedman family assessment, the nurse identified multiple educational needs. The priority educational need in common and identified among both the family and the community of Palmdale, California is the need for education on the maintenance of chronic illnesses. Determining what chronic illness to focus on in terms of development of the health educational plan however, presented more of a challenge. When observing...
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...Windshield Survey NUR/405 December 3, 2012 Pamela Smith Abstract Windshield Survey A community is a group of people who live in the same area, interact with each other, and share certain norms and values. A community is defined as a locality-based entity, composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Community health is the process or characteristics that allow a community’s population and economy to survive. Community health is defined as the meeting of collective needs through identification of problems and management of behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society (Stanhope, & Lancaster, 2012). The community is the client if a nurse works towards helping the community even when this is accomplished by helping one individual at a time. The community is the client only when the nursing focus is on the collective or common good of the population instead of on individual health. Although the nurse may work with individuals, families or other interacting groups, aggregates, or institutions, or within a population, the resulting changes are intended to affect the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The Community Health Partnership (CHP) is a community development process that engages communities...
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...Health Education Plan Deborah Hibbs Nurs 405 March 12, 2012 Beth Meadows RN,MSN, NCSN Health Education Plan This health education plan is based on information collected from information gathered from a Windshield Survey and from interviews of a subject family. Educational Needs Although smoking rates have gone down over the last few years, there is still a need for education related to smoking and smoking cessation. In the Windshield Survey, it was stated that due to local and state regulations, smoking in public places is illegal and since these laws have been in force, smoking rates in the area have dropped. “New survey results show Washington’s adult smoking rate has dropped to a new low of 14.8 percent. That’s down from 15.3 percent the previous year. Washington now has the third lowest smoking rate in the nation—the state’s best ranking since measuring across all 50 states started in 1995 (Washington State Department of Health, 2010).” Even with the lower rate, there is still a need for more education, especially among the lower income group. According to the Washington State Department of Health (2010) website, “The smoking rates among people from low income or with lower educational backgrounds remain high at 29 and 27 percent, respectively. While people with lower incomes try to quit as often as people with higher incomes, they are less successful.” My subject family has a mother and father who are chain smokers and two teenage children who are suffering from...
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...Persuasive Letter Deborah D. Mogg NUR/405 June 11, 2012 Kim Hall Persuasive Letter Dear Mr. Supervisor: My name is Deborah Mogg and I am a Registered Nurse and a student at University of Phoenix in the RN-BSN program. I am writing this letter to you as the Supervisor of the Charter Township of Waterford to bring forward an issue that I feel needs attention in our township. I recently completed a Windshield Survey of my immediate community of Watkins Lake Estates and I have lived in Waterford for sixteen years. During this time I have noted the lack of adequate right-of-ways for both pedestrians and bicyclists. I also noted the alarming number of overweight and obese adults and children in the community. I’m sure you are aware of the exploding epidemic involving obesity and the increase of chronic disease conditions related to obesity including heart disease, stroke, and diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The effects of obesity and poor nutritional choices are well-documented and reported in every form of media available today. You may not be aware that the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2011-2020 as the Decade for of Action for Road Safety, with the stated goal to reduce road fatalities around the globe utilizing efforts at the regional, national, and global levels (“UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020”, n.d.). I think these two can be put together to promote awareness and a healthier lifestyle for our community...
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...Grammarly Report generated on Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:11 Grammarly DOCUMENT Page 1 of 9 ISSUES FOUND IN THIS TEXT 0 Contextual spelling 0 No errors Grammar 0 No errors Punctuation 0 No errors Sentence Structure 0 No errors Style 0 No errors Vocabulary enhancement 0 Checking disabled Grammarly Report generated on Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:11 Grammarly NUR/405 Family Nursing Diagnoses Janet-Lee Matthie NUR/405 07/27/2015 Bonnie Schoettle NUR/405 Family Nursing Diagnoses Within a community, a family is usually considered to be the hallmark of society, with establishing a set of rules, beliefs, and values to lAccording to Stanhope and Lancaster (2012) States that, a family nursing assessment, identifies family problem areas and from strengths that help to build interventions, so as to promote and maintain good health. Assessment of the Family: The family that I choose to conduct an assessment consists of a family of four (4), Two (2) adults and two (2) children ranging from age five through nine. J.H Sr. age a forty (40) doting father and husband solely carry the family's financial responsibility on his own, from a salary typical of a minimum wage. J.H recently diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus and sometimes appears melancholy due to his recent diagnosis, but tries to muster a smile when someone is looking. K.H age thirty-five (35) and a stay at home Page 2 of 9 Grammarly ...
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...Windshield Survey Reflection Jessica O. NUR/405 Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice March 28th, 2016 Cynthia Januale Community can be defined in many ways. According to Meriam Webster (n.d), there are 12 different ways that community can be defined. Community can best be defined as “a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)” ("Community," n.d). To most people, community is the area and people that surround the place they live and/or work. Community health is defined by Stanhope and Lancaster (2014) as “the meeting of collective needs through identification of problems and management of behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society.” Community as client refers to the fact that the patient themselves is not always the only client. The community they live in and the resources available to them are also a part of the patient and the care that they need. Partnerships with different medical associations, community programs and other parts of the community as well as other people and citizens of the community are essential to the patient and their well-being. If there are no resources to help the patient’s needs, the patient becomes more at risk. The participating family’s community (La Verne) appears to be a somewhat upscale neighborhood with small town feel and values. The city appears to be very involved in its’ citizens well-being and has their best interest in mind, especially the...
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...Windshield Survey Reflection Sherry Roy NUR/405 9/4/2011 Reflecting on the area of daily influence opens the eyes to a new perspective. Looking at communities through the eyes of a nurse creates an assessment all its’ own. Analyzing the events and conditions people live in tells a lot about the person. The nurse can reflect on the surroundings and develop an opinion regarding the patient. The difficulties the community can impose create negative outcomes and or can be productive for the patient; this is revealed in the assessment surrounding the patient. The historical area of the community does have down falls. The paint that was used in the era of older homes and apartments contain lead. Lead, a contaminate to children in the home, school or business is a concern for the community and the nurse. The lead would give the nursing diagnosis of, Risk for Contamination (Household Lead Exposure). Lead exposure in apartments, schools and playground equipment are primary sites for exposure. Nursing interventions would consist of ongoing screening program for lead levels of individuals, agency notification of levels, decrease the exposure to minimize the risk, relocate families to a safe environment, and educate the high-risk people about lead exposure (Polk & Green, 2007). OSHA has standards set in place to regulate the levels of lead exposure. They mandate that areas of lead paint must be removed and for a cleaner environment of the community. The city and...
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...Persuasive Letter NUR/405 2012 Diane Schlicke Persuasive Letter October 25, 2012 Brunilda Price Coordinator of Community Services Community Health Assessment and Planning Ocean County Department of Health175 Sunset Avenue Toms River, N.J. 08754 Ms. Price, I am a Registered Nurse pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in nursing through University of Phoenix. The class focuses on healthy communities, theory, and practice. One assignment for the class is to assess a family and conduct a windshield survey and community health nursing reflection in the community that the family resides. Working with the members of the family and the relationship that family has with the community and how they interrelate with each other is very informative. The Community Health Planning unit of the Ocean County Department of Health is the agency to contact knowing the division assesses current health conditions, obtains health statistics, and collects data regarding health indicators, resource for residents and community-based organizations, and identifies opportunities for improvement in health care. Identifying a community problem of childhood obesity that will adversely affect a toddler in the family that I am affiliated has heightened my interest to prevent the devastating outcomes associated with obesity (Ocean County Department of Health, 2012). Preventing lifelong disease process is a goal for the welfare of the community population. Addressing the issue of healthy food...
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