Windshield Survey: Valdosta, Georgia Community health nurses have the responsibility of assessing the community he or she will be working in to provide the best care to the residents in the community and to gather this data the community health nurse completes a windshield survey (Nies & McEwen, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the findings from the windshield survey completed in Valdosta, Georgia. Direct Data While examining the community of Valdosta, Georgia there were some common themes throughout the city. In this community there are multiple grocery stores spaced throughout the city, such as Publix, Winn-Dixie, and Walmart. Even though there are quite a few grocery stores for people to buy food to cook, on weekdays …show more content…
Most of the doctor offices in Valdosta are located close to the hospital. The city of Valdosta has multiple types of specialty doctors, such as cardiologist, infectious disease, urologist, and nephrologist. Furthermore, there are multiple nursing homes in this community. Also, the community of Valdosta has multiple public schools. Some of the public schools are in the Lowndes County School System, while others are a part of the Valdosta City School System. The county schools look like they are kept up better and have less signs of decay than the city schools. In addition to this community having multiple schools, this community has many different churches people can attend and on Sundays most of the church parking lots are full. Even though there are some common themes throughout this community there are some big differences. In the part of the community close to Moody Airforce base there is mostly new neighborhoods made up of nice looking houses. When driving through these neighborhoods in the middle of the day young kids are seen riding bikes without helmets and playing in the middle of the road. Also, many young adults can be seen walking or running around the neighborhoods. Additionally, there is a railroad track that runs through some of these neighborhoods and there is no railroad arm or lights to signal when a train
Directions: Please refer to the Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing for specific instructions in order to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 150 points.
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
Renee Brooks Catacalos and Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen wrote, “Suburban Foraging: Two Families Eat Only Local,” and found that, “Price comparisons revealed that no one store was cheaper across the board” (120). They wrote this piece to inform others of their journey and some details that weren’t originally on the market. One grocery store in particular,
The boundaries of the windshield surveys consisted of the north to south areas located between The Gateway Park and 16th street, and west to east areas between 4th avenue and Arizona. This location is often referred to as “Historic Yuma” or “Old Yuma” and contains many historical buildings.
Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (8th ed.). Maryland Heights, MO: Mosby Elsev
Over the next several weeks, the nursing students observed the residents’ needs. We implemented our Health Hoopla based on key informant interviews, a census tract assignment, windshield surveys,
“Nurses have a long and rich history of wanting to do the most good for the most people. Today, it is imperative that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) continue that tradition by delivering care that improves the health of populations.” (Curley & Vitale, 2016). Along with other health care providers, APRNs individually share the responsibility of promoting more healthier lifestyles among his or her surrounding community. Over the course of the past several years, much needed attention has been focused towards population based health disparities and the impact thereof on our nation. In the pursuit of obtaining a healthier society, the U.S. government has designed and utilized a program presently titled HealthyPeople2020. This program
The community I have chosen for this paper is The South ward of Newark, New Jersey where the hospital which I work is located. Newark is an urban community consists of primarily of African American and Hispanic population. The South Ward of Newark and contains 17 public schools, five daycare centers, three branch libraries, one police precinct, and three fire houses (City of Newark New Jersey, 2013). The city’s property and violet crime levels tend to be higher than New Jersey’s average level (Newark, NJ Profile, 2013). Observation of this community through a window
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO:
During the Community health rotation we had the opportunity to conduct a Windshield Survey in Warrenton, Virginia, a town in Fauquier County. Fauquier County was number eight in the United States Census Bureau list of the highest income counties in the United States. Despite this statistical data, while conducting the windshield Survey we were able to witness the prevalence of poverty in the community. At the 2000 Census, the population in Warrenton was 6,670, and by 2010 Census the population grew by 45 percent, to 9,611. The top three largest growing populations are the white community, the black or African American community, and the Hispanic or Latino community.
Even though most people lived more than a mile from a supermarket – and half didn’t have a car – they still traveled outside of the neighborhood to shop at supermarkets.
Nies, M., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders.
Community assessment, a key process in community health nursing, aims to evaluate the needs, resources, and challenges of a given community. The information gathered from the assessment is crucial to formulating health promotion objectives and activities that are geared to improve the general public’s health (Nies & McEwen, 2015). To complete this community assessment, I utilized methodological approaches to collect quantitative and qualitative data, which include several interviews from key informants, a windshield survey, and a review of published reports and census data. Thus, this paper intends to present a comprehensive profile of my community, identify perceived and actual threats, and recognize relevant health improvement opportunities for my neighborhood.
little in the way of fresh produce and other nutritious food items. The cost of utilities continues to
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