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Question 1: For this discussion, you will collect assessment data about your city or county. This
post will include information about demographics (general characteristics) and epidemiological
data (disease or health behavior rates) of your community.
1. Demographic data: Go online to the U.S. Census Bureau
at https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.. Obtain a range information about the demographic characteristics of the population for
your city or county of residence. You may have to look at county data if your city is not listed.
Discuss demographic data about age, ethnicity, poverty levels, housing, and education. (City:
Largo, Florida. County: Pinellas County)
2. Epidemiological data: Go to your city or county health department website (search the
Internet) or County Health Rankings (http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.) and report epidemiological data about your area.
3. Identify several priority health concerns for your area.
The Instructions on Finding Demographic Data on the U.S. Census Website (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. will assist you in using this website as a resource.
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of
populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier.
1. Question 2: Download the Community Windshield Survey form (Links to an external site.)Links
to an external site.. Type your name and answers directly onto this Word document. Your
form does not need to follow APA formatting; however, you are expected to use a professional
writing style with complete sentences, accurate grammar, and correct spelling. If references
are used, they must be cited in the text and the complete reference should be included in the
reference box in APA format. References are optional.
2. Watch Caring for Populations project overview and Milestone 1 tutorial (click this link or copy
and paste it into your
browser): http://www.brainshark.com/devry/CourseProjectandMS1_2016. (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site. (transcript (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.)
3. Save the form by clicking Save as and adding your last name to the file name; for
example, NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith.
4. Submit the completed form by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 2.
5. Length: The completed form should be three to four pages in length (not including any
optional references).
Guidelines
Below are the requirements needed for successful completion of the Windshield Survey Form.
1. Introduction to the Community: Identify the community you will be using for this assignment
with the city and state and provide a brief, one paragraph description of the community. Your
community should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work setting. The
community must include a residential area and be broad enough to answer the survey
questions. You do not need to include demographic data.
2. Windshield Survey: Assess your community by doing a windshield survey. Information about
the components of a windshield survey is located in your textbook, Nies & McEwen (2015) on
page 98 (Box 6-2). Drive through the area and report your observations by describing each of
the following six areas using a majority of the questions from each category of Box 6-2 as your
guide (one to two in depth paragraphs for each category). Be sure to include what you
observed related to each of these categories, and also include any significant items that
are missing in your community because this may be equally important in identifying a
community health problem.
a. Community vitality
b. Indicators of social and economic conditions
c. Health resources
d. Environmental conditions related to health
e. Social functioning
f. Attitude toward healthcare
Note: It is helpful to conduct this assessment at least two different times: during the day or
evening, on a weekday and/or on the weekend. If possible, plan on asking someone to drive
during your survey so that you can take notes.
3. Vulnerable population: Identify an aggregate or vulnerable population in your community
based on your observations. What did you observe about this population? See Units five (5)
and six (6) in Nies and McEwen (2015) for examples of vulnerable populations and
aggregates.
4. Conclusion: Provide a summary of your findings. Describe several potential community health
problems for the vulnerable population that you identified.
5. References: The purpose of this assignment is to document your observations of your
community. Outside sources are not required. However, if sources are used, these sources
must be cited within the form (Author, year) and listed in the reference section in APA format
(see APA resources for help with formatting).
Question 3: The term liberalism, when applied to governments, is very different from the
term liberal in America. Where liberalism implies a limited government, here in the United
States a liberal is not usually seen as supporting a smaller government. This can be very
confusing. In an effort to better understand these various meanings, we need to explore the
variations within liberalism itself.
So who would like to explain how modern liberalism varies from classical liberalism? In
addition, in what ways is classical liberalism similar to conservatism today?
Question 4: As your text explains, Plato is considered the father of political science. Within The
Republic, he presents his theories on the foundations of a perfect government. Rather than a
theoretical examination of government, The Republic is written in story form, as the main
character Socrates explores the ideal way to form a city.
A largely studied portion of The Republic deals with Plato’s cave allegory. The story goes
something like this: You, as a person, find yourself within a cave, chained to the ground, facing
a stone wall. You cannot stand, and all you know are the images that play out before you, which
are the shadows cast by a light source from behind you. You cannot see behind you, but you
know that there are others in the cave with you. This is the only state you have ever known. It is
your only reality of the world. Plato goes on to explain that then one day, people come and
remove your chains, and take you out of the cave. As you can imagine, you are scared and
frightful, and thus fight these individuals as they drag you into this new setting. However, over
time you learn to accept the larger image of the world around you and come to understand life
outside of the cave. You then attempt to go back into the cave to free others.
This story was Plato’s attempt to explain the world around us. Just picture it: You are chained to
the ground and all you can see in front of you is a cave wall. There is a light source behind you,
which casts reflections on the wall.
What do you think you would think of these reflections? Could they represent family members?
Or friends? What about a god?
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR443 Community Health Nursing
Caring for Populations: Milestone1: Community Windshield Survey Form
Directions: Please refer to the Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric
for specific instructions in order to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 150
points.
Type your name, date, and observations directly on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the
assignment name and your last name; for example, NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith. When you
are finished, submit the form to the Week 2 Caring for Populations: Windshield Survey Dropbox by the
deadline indicated in your guidelines.
Your Name:
Criteria
1. Introduction of
Community (20 points)
Identify the city and state
of your community and
briefly describe the
community you will be
using for this assignment.
It should be the area
where you live or the area
surrounding your work
setting but must include a
residential area.
Demographic data are not
needed.
2. Windshield Survey (75
points)
a. Vitality: Use a
majority of the
questions from Box 6-2
in your text to describe
your observations
about the community
vitality.
b. Indicators of social
and economic
conditions: Use a
majority of the
questions from Box 6-2
in your text to describe
your observations
about the social and
economic conditions.
Date:
Your response
Largo, Florida
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c. Health Resources:
Use a majority of the
questions from Box 6-2
in your text to describe
your observations
about the health
resources.
d. Environmental
conditions related to
health: Use a majority
of the questions from
Box 6-2 in your text to
describe your
observations about the
environmental
conditions.
e. Social functioning:
Use a majority of the
questions from Box 6-2
in your text to describe
your observations
about the social
functioning.
f. Attitude toward
healthcare: Use a
majority of the
questions from Box 6-2
in your text to describe
your observations
about the attitudes
toward healthcare.
3. Vulnerable population
(20 points) Describe a
vulnerable population or
aggregate that you
identified during your
survey. What did you
observe about this group
such as their appearance
and actions?
4. Conclusion (20 points)
Provide a summary of
your findings. Describe
several potential
community health
problems for the
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vulnerable population
that you identified.
5. References:
References are not
required for this survey: If
you used references, they
must be listed in APA
format. If you include any
references here, you must
also include an in-text
citation (author, year) in
the body of the form.
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