FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITYRN TO BSN PROGRAM,
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Prof. E. Cruz, RN MSN
Windshield Survey
Assignment Guidelines
A. Windshield Survey
The Windshield Survey is comprised of general qualitative observations that give you a snapshot of the
community that you can capture as you drive/walk through the community. The demographic data can be
obtained online, through the public library, county or township administration buildings. Please address
the following in a narrative format following APA guidelines:
1. Geographical description
Boundaries, geographical, political, or economic, how is it seen.
Housing a zoning
Sign of decay
2. Health Resources
a. Type of services available: health department, private MD, dentist, hospital clinic,
b. pharmacy, health promotion, mental health
c. School and occupational health services
d. Official and voluntary services
e. Self help and support groups
f. Service organizations, faith-based programs
g. Stores (grocery, retail, drug, dry cleaning, etc.
h. Transportation
3. Citizen safety and protective services
a. Police and fire
b. Shelters for victims of abuse
c. Others: neighborhood watch etc.
4. Services provided by senior citizens senior centers, meals on wheels, transportation, day care,
long term care.
a. Parks and recreational areas
5. Community welfare services beyond city/state aid as provisions for emergency food, shelter,
and clothing.
Below please see the rubric that will be used to grade your survey and due date instructions.
The assignment must be presented in an essay style using APA format in the required Arial 12
font with a minimum of 1000 words.
Windshield Survey Rubrics
Proficient
Grading Criteria
Accomplished
Physical Environment
5
3
1
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Provides clear, concise
summary clarifies with
multiple examples.
Provides summary but
provides limited or unclear
supporting details or
examples.
People
5
3
Student provides a
general summary
but provides no
supporting details
or examples.
1
▪
Provides clear, concise
summary clarifies with
multiple examples
Provides summary but
provides limited or unclear
supporting details or
examples
Provides a general
summary but
provides no
supporting details
or examples
Service
5
3
1
▪
▪
Provides clear, concise
summary of health
services; clarifies with
multiple examples.
Provides summary of health
services but provides limited
or unclear supporting details
or examples.
Student provides a
general summary of
health services but
provides no
supporting details
or examples.
5
Two to three welldeveloped paragraphs.
3
Two to three adequate
paragraphs.
1
Summary length is
insufficient.
Clearly and succinctly
identifies and describes
key community health
issues.
Describes community health
issues. Interpretation of data
could be strengthened.
The community
health issues
identified in the
summary are weak
or are inaccurate.
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▪
▪
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Area
Boundaries
Housing
Growth or Decline
Demographics
Homogeneous
Healthy Lifestyle
Behaviors
Risk Behaviors
Poverty Indications
Health
Mental Health
Services
Social
Fire/Police
Educational
Transportation Park /
Recreational
Religious Stores and
Shops
Analysis
Summary of the Key
Community Issues
References to the collected
data support the student’s
summary.
Conclusions are based on
data but argument could be
stronger.
Data is
misinterpreted or
does not support
diagnosis.
3
2
Conclusions are
inaccurate or based
on opinion.
1
Adheres to APA format;
error free paper. 90%100% of paper is well
organized and consist of
well-constructed
paragraphs.
80% to 89% of paper
adheres to APA format, is
well organized and error
free, and consist of wellconstructed paragraphs.
Conclusions are accurate,
logical, and based on the
collected data.
Mechanics
Key data is relevant but may
not fully support diagnosis.
Needs
Improvement
70% to 79% of
paper adheres to
APA format, is
well organized
and error free,
and consist of
Score
Timeliness
Scores
Comments
No spelling or
grammatical errors.
Contains 1-5 spelling or
grammatical errors.
well-constructed
paragraphs.
Contains 6-10
spelling or
grammatical
errors.
2
1.5
1
Submits assignment on
or before the due date.
Submits assignment 1
day after the due date.
Submits
assignment 2
days after the
due date.
16-25
7 – 15.5
6-15
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