There Are 2 Parts To This Assessment. In This Assessment, You Gather Information For A

There are 2 parts to this assessment
In this assessment, you gather information for a family assessment and look at the medical history and social influences on a family unit
You will conduct a windshield survey of the community in which your chosen family resides
Part 1: Family Assessment Select a family within your community as the basis for the completion of assessments in this course
 The family must have at least 1 child under the age of 18 living the home
Complete and submit a signed Family Release of Confidentiality form to your course instructor prior to your first point of contact with the selected family
  Review the key points of therapeutic conversation
  Formulate key questions for obtaining valuable information
  Ensure your family assessment addresses:  Identifying data  Developmental stage and history of family  Environmental data  Family structure  Family functions  Family stress and coping  Family composition Parenting styles Provide a brief overview of the family members
  Define child abuse and neglect using your states terminology
Note any parenting weaknesses that might indicate possible abuse and/or neglect
Write a minimum 875-word summary of Part 1
Note: Remove all personally identifying information, such as the family members names
Refer to family members by initials only
  Part 2: Community Assessment  Review the Windshield Survey Aid
  Review the Windshield Survey Resources  Observe your familys community by driving around the area
  Consider aspects of the community that could affect residents’ health and any HealthyPeople Leading Health Indicators that may be applicable to the community
  Conduct a windshield survey that addresses the following components:  The age, nature, and condition of the communitys available housing  Infrastructure needs roads, bridges, streetlights, and so on  The presence or absence of functioning businesses and industrial facilities  The location, condition, and use of public spaces  The amount of activity on the streets at various times of the day, week, or year  The noise level in various parts of the community  The amount and movement of traffic at various times of day  The location and condition of public buildings the city or town hall, courthouse, and so on  Walkability of community: walking paths/biking paths/safety and proximity for walkability to community resources Public transportation availability, cost, accessibility Social service centers, such as public libraries, parks, churches, community centers, recreation centers  Health care facilities, including how many, such as clinics and hospitals, and accessibility of health care resources Food/nutrition, including details such as food deserts, grocery stores  Homeless population and homeless services details  Police and fire department presence  Schools and their location, including physical condition of schools, and note whether daycare, preschool, elementary, middle school, high school
Community resources related to child abuse and neglect, spousal abuse, or elder abuse Compile your windshield survey data, using the Windshield Survey Template to include:  Data overview of all community components as identified in the Community Tool Box Resource (in the Windshield Survey Resources below) Strengths of community as evidenced by windshield survey  Weaknesses (gaps in service) as evidenced by windshield survey  Develop 1 family nursing diagnosis based upon identified gap in community resources as an indicator of potential poor health outcomes Develop 1 family diagnosis based upon identified gap in community resources as an indicator of potential poor/weak parenting Format your assessment as noted:  18- to 20-slide presentation  The slides should only contain essential information and as little text as possible
Do not design a slide presentation made up of long bullet points
Your speaker notes convey the details you would give if you were presenting
See the Create Speaker Notes page from Microsoft for more help
Submit your assignment
Windshield Survey Resources  Review these resources for information about completing a windshield survey:  Table 6-1 (p
267) of Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations  Assess page fromHealthyPeople,gov  Section 21
Windshield and Walking Survey from the Community Tool Box ctb
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edu Windshield Survey Aid  nsg482_v4_wk2_windshield_survey_template
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