NR 442 Assignment: Community Windshield Survey Form.
NR 442 Assignment
NR 442
NR 442 Assignment: Community Windshield Survey Form.
Directions: Refer
... [Show More] to the Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric for specific instructions in order to complete the information below.
1. This assignment is 8 hours of MANDATORY scheduled clinical hours.
2. NO POINTS ARE AWARDED BUT PARTICIPATION IN WINDSHIELD SURVEY AND COMPLETION OF THIS ASSIGNMENT ARE MANDATORY AND CONSIDERED INTO THE OVERALL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND ARE “PASS/FAIL”.
3. Each team member must submit this form individually—not as a group.
4. 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, Smith_NR442 Windshield Survey Form. When you are finished, submit the form Windshield Survey Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines.
5. Submit to Dropbox.
Your Name: Date:
Criteria Your response
1. Introduction of Community (P/F)
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. The area our group chose for our windshield survey is in the area of North Las Vegas with the zip code 89115. This are is a little unique to Las Vegas, in that this is the area that includes Nellis Air Force Base. The Base is gated and guarded as well as the off base housing provided for military and family. This zip code is comprised of areas of North Las Vegas, Nellis Air Force Base, and Sunrise Manor, Nevada. This area is closer to the area where I attend school, and is an area I was not very familiar with prior to embarking on this group project.
Our group thought it would be interesting to explore the area that included the military base, the nice military housing immediately surrounding it, and the much poorer area just outside that. What I found most interesting in our first drive thru (Gabby’s boyfriend is military and was able to get us on base to drive around) was the on base housing is not kept up very well.
2. Windshield Survey (P/F)
a. Vitality: Use a majority of the questions from Box 6-2 in your text to describe your observations about the community vitality. The day we chose to drive the area was a Sunday and the weather was nice. I would have expected to see lots of people out and around enjoying the weather, playing at parks, engaging in sports, and I didn’t really see any of that. There wasn’t too many people out and about. The people we saw were mostly African American and either in small groups of teenagers or single males walking around. Of the people we saw most seemed to be overweight, lots of jaywalkers and people just standing around. Most people appeared well kept and clean and I didn’t notice any pregnant women or women with small babies and I did not notice any tourists or what looked like people visiting the community.
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. The Nellis on base housing was run down, weeds in the yards and not kept up very well, which was surprising to me. It seemed to match all the surrounding neighborhood, with the exception of the Nellis off base housing, which was a gated and guarded neighborhood that was much better kept. I noticed children playing in the yards there, as well as riding around on their bikes. The neighborhood had a central community pool and park for it’s residents to use. Once outside of the nice Nellis neighborhood there was some homeless I saw, even a group of people living under a tree. There was a large industrial area and the housing was mostly apartment housing. This area had people outside on their porches hanging out, people watching and talking.
c. Health Resources: Use a majority of the questions from Box 6-2 in your text to describe your observations about the health resources. We drove by a Hope Christian Health Center and I noticed in a strip mall a Clinica Naturista, which I imagine was a holistic clinic serving the Hispanic population. We drove past a closed and abandoned Rite Aid and Walmart, and besides the hospital on base for the military and their families, the closest one would have to be North Vista Hospital. The area didn’t seem to have any doctors offices, fitness centers or gyms. What I did notice was several check cashing facilities, liquor stores, and adult entertainment shops.
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. The area seems very poor surrounding the Base. There is a lot of litter on the streets and it is clear there are no HOA regulations for any of the surrounding neighborhoods. Some homes had bars on the windows, graffiti on the sides of apartments. The area inside the off base housing had nicer kept street that were well lit. The streets outside that area were not as nice and did not seem to be well lit. I did not notice any stray animals.
e. Social functioning: Use a majority of the questions from Box 6-2 in your text to describe your observations about the social functioning. Driving thru the neighborhoods there were several teenage kids out, hanging in their yards, on their phones, the music was loud. Several people had their garage doors up and I noticed they were jam packed with all kinds of junk, almost like they were hoarders. Some people were working on or fixing things while in their garage. I did not see very many young children once we were outside the Nellis housing area.
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. As far as attitudes toward healthcare, I didn’t see much in the way of health promotion. As I had mentioned before, there were no visible gyms or fitness centers, and well as no health food or vitamin stores. I did see an excessive amount of fast food restaurants. There is more offered for those on the military base. Gabby was able to provide us with some information regarding all the health services that are provided for the military and their families. The military provides Tricare health insurance, which is basically free healthcare services that include medical, dental, and vision care.
3. Vulnerable population (P/F) 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? Our group had talked about the homeless initially, but once we got in the neighborhood and drove around and didn’t see a large amount of homeless, so we felt that the young males were more of a vulnerable population. Because the area is impoverished and most living there do not seem to have higher educations and there did not seem to be any sort of services to help the youth, it would stand to reason that these young men will have a harder time getting out of the area and making a better life for themselves without support.
4. Conclusion (P/F)
Provide a summary of your findings. Describe several potential community health problems for the vulnerable population that you identified. This area is a poor area, with rundown neighborhoods and older unkempt homes. There was not a lot of visible community services, healthy food choices, healthy lifestyle choices to be seen. I saw some schools, but no parks or libraries or community centers for the youth of the area. But what I did see was several liquor stores, fast food restaurants, and adult entertainment shops. This is why I would say the biggest concern would be surrounding health issues and unhealthy lifestyles.
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. [Show Less]