School of Nursing QEP Writing Prompt
NUR 2680L (Community Health Nursing)
For this scholarly paper, you will complete a community needs assessment of your zip code/
neighborhood. Utilizing the community assessment components (People, Place/Environment, and
Social Systems), address the guidelines listed below:
Describe the Community
1. People (demographic data and biological, social, and cultural factors)
2. Place/Environment (physical and environmental factors)
3. Social Systems (health systems, economic factors, resources, and services)
Research and Analysis of the Community
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Conduct a windshield survey of your neighborhood.
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Analyze the data on your community (the windshield survey information along with any data and
statistics you found).
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Identify your community’s needs and strengths.
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Identify a community health program/resource that your community could utilize to alleviate the
needs you’ve indicated.
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Summarize how this community health program/resource helps meet the Healthy People 2030
initiatives.
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Reflect on what you learned from the assignment and how it will impact your practice in the future.
Requirements:
? Your paper must be APA format and at least 750 words not to exceed 1000 words.
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Double space your paper and use Times New Roman 12-point font and 1-argins.
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Proofread your paper; visit and present proof of seeing a writing tutor before submitting
your paper to 5rn-it-inŠ?
A minimum of two (2) scholarly references (ex. Healthy People 2030 and Center for
Disease Control) must be used. APA format must be used in citing and referencing
sources.
MDC BLSON T.M./R.S 12/2019 QEP Fundamentals Writing Prompt
NUR2680L Community Needs Assessment QEP Paper TEMPLATE
(Provide the reader with an outline (in narrative form) of what you will accomplish in this paper.)
Introduce the community being assessed (zip code, location, boundaries, type of dwellings). Give a
very brief overview of some of the needs in your community that you discovered as a result of this
study. What could be the role of community health nursing to meet these needs?
Community Data
(Make sure to cite reliable and professional sources- Healthy People, US Census, Miami Matters, etc)
People: Based on your research, discuss the community demographics, social factors, and cultural factors.
This includes who makes up the community, the socio-economic status, and cultural influences. Also
include your observations from the windshield survey.
Environment: Discuss the physical and social environments that can affect health. This includes
discussing available public spaces (parks, playgrounds, gardens) and are the spaces clean and maintained
or littered? Include observations from the windshield survey such as the availability of bike lanes,
streetlights, or sidewalks (are they maintained or cracked.) Other environmental factors to consider are
signs, billboards, and graffiti. Are there concerns with air, water, or noise pollution? Is violence an issue
or does it feel safe?
Social Systems: Discuss the health systems available (hospitals, urgent care, assisted living, pharmacies),
resources (buses/trains, grocery stores, farmers-arkets, places of worship, schools, childcare, food
pantries, fast food vs healthy food options) and services (police, fire, gyms, YMCA, museums, cultural
centers).
Analysis
Based on all the information you have gathered through research and observation, identify a few strengths of
the community. Identify the top 1 or 2 needs that you would recommend focusing on. Discuss why those needs
should be the priority focus. Explain how it relates to a Healthy People topic and goal.
(Remember to cite Healthy People within your paper and in the reference page).
Recommendations
Identify an organization or program within the community that aims to address the need(s) you
have discussed. Present the organizationàmission or vision and discuss how it relates to the
Healthy People goals? Give an example of a specific topic objective that it aims to meet.
(Remember to cite Healthy People within your paper and in the reference page.)
Summary
(Summarize the most important points and draw any final conclusions about topic).
State the priority needs (top 1 or 2) that have been identified by conducting this community needs assessment.
Explain how this need makes the community vulnerable to negative health outcomes and how nurses could
help meet this need.
Reflection
(In this section, you may now begin to write in first person (I, me, my).
Address the following questions in a narrative fashion:
xplain how learning about a windshield survey and conducting one has affected the way that you
view communities in general or this community specifically.
ow can nursing as a discipline advocate for communities like this to address the needs
identified?
dentify three opportunities that you as a future health care professional could seek out to become
civically engaged within your community.
ow do you think the role of community health nurses will evolve in the future?

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