Windshield Survey Considerations
Overview of Community Assessment and Community Health Nursing Intervention: Community assessment is a systemic way to determine the health status, resources or needs of a population. Community Health Nurses (CHN) assess the community by using the nursing process:
Part 1: CH nurses gather subjective data (i.e. windshield survey and interviewing key informants). Based on this portion of the assignment you will analyze your findings and provide a summary of the key community health issues for your community.
Part 2: Next, you will obtain objective data (Demographic, Education, and Economic date, as well as Morbidly and Mortality rates, Health risk rates obesity, alcohol use, seat belt use, etc.). After collection and analysis of the data, Community Health Nursing needs are determined by comparing their community findings to the larger community (city/county, state and nation). Base on those comparisons, you will develop two priority Community Health Nursing diagnoses.
Part 3: Lastly, Community Health nurses develop interventions to address those priority health needs (Community Health Nursing Diagnosis) and indicate methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions proposed.
Overview: Windshield Survey of the Community and Interview Key Community Informants
The purpose of this assignment is for you to obtain a clear understanding of the physical environment, people and services within the community, as well as,to begin to understand the community’s perceptions of their needs. Before beginning this assignment, watch the following video.
Directions
Locate a community focal/starting point (for example, neighborhood, church, clinic, school, other) in the city or county where you live. Once you select a focal or starting point, you will conduct a survey of the community surrounding the site.
