This assignment assesses intended course outcome(s) Apply the nursing process and evidence-based practice to accurately assess family and community health systems across the lifespan.Apply systematic research practices to identify family and community health system needs.Discuss the multi-dimensional role of the community health nurse in risk reduction and health promotionA Windshield Survey gives an objective overview of a community. Information obtained from this exercise can be used to identify a community’s strengths and weaknesses. These direct observations allow one to better understand the environment in which individuals live and interact. This information can help us better understand the health status of the individuals within the community and the community as a whole. The Windshield Survey needs to be conducted in the same community where the Public Healthcare Agency you will be interviewing is located.If the agency you have signed up for an interview with is not in your area, students may conduct the windshield survey using Google Maps or Google Earth to find out the information about the area. You may also find other helpful information online. As part of the Windshield Survey the community, you will need to gather some demographic information about this community. This information can be found online through city or county websites. Include the following information:Population statistics: Total population, broken out by age, race, and gender.Median information compared to state, age, income, house values, and educational attainment.Health Data, mortality, morbidity, chronic diseases, prevalent diseases.You can find data through Healthy People 2020, the CDC, the US Census Bureau, and the National Vital Statistics System. This statistical data, along with the observational data from your windshield survey, will be needed as you construct your community health assessment plan.If the agency you are going to interview is in your area, you can also drive around a predetermined community (or have another drive while you take notes) and gather information about various aspects of the community (see Windshield Survey Tool). You will need to determine the most appropriate time to gather information. For example, if you travel around the community on a weekday morning and this is a commuter community you may not see anyone outside. You may want to divide your time and make several short trips to obtain a better perspective. You can also make observations as you do your errands or travel to and from work. Try to document what you see as soon as possible after your trip. Avoid preconceived ideas about the community and record what you observe; strive to remain objective. Be sure to map out your planned route beforehand. You can use a mini recorder to take audio notes or even a camera for pictures. It should take no more than two hours to conduct the windshield survey, and another two hours to obtain demographic data on the area.Please refer to your readings for further information regarding the windshield survey.If you will be riding in a car while conducting your survey, there are several things to keep in mind:If possible, have someone else drive while you record the data. If you have to drive yourself, make sure you stop at regular intervals to record your data.Try to be inconspicuous.Pay attention to safety.If you have chosen a large city to focus on, you might want to consider narrowing your survey down to a single community in that city.Submit your data in an APA formatted paper. You may include photos or other items. Alternatively, you may elect to compose a PowerPoint presentation of your data and photos for submission. NOTE: The survey tool provided is for recording your data during your survey you should NOT submit the tool as the completed assignment.The Outline for the Windshield Survey is as follows:Description of the community15%Population Statistics15%Social and economic conditions15%Health data and resources15%Environmental conditions15%Social functioning15%Grammar, spelling, organization, references, and creativity10%This activity aligns with:Course OutcomeAACN BSN Essential1. Apply the nursing process and evidence-based practice to accurately assess family and community health systems across the lifespan.   Essential VII.5: Use evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and follow-up throughout the lifespan. Essential VIII.9: Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations on the care of the very young, frail older adults, and other vulnerable populations. Essential IX.2: Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness, using a constructed pedigree from collected family history information as well as standardized symbols and terminology. Essential IX.11: Provide nursing care based on evidence that contributes to safe and high-quality patient outcomes within healthcare microsystems. 2. Apply systematic research practices to identify family and community health system needs.   Essential II.9: Apply quality improvement processes to effectively implement patient safety initiatives and monitor performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care. 4. Discuss the multi-dimensional role of the community health nurse in risk reduction and health promotion Essential VI.4: Contribute the unique nursing perspective to interprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes. Essential VIII.4: Demonstrate professionalism, including attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others, and attention to professional boundaries with patients and families as well as among caregivers. Essential IX.6: Implement patient and family care around resolution of end of life and palliative care issues, such as symptom management, support of rituals, and respect for patient and family preferences. Essential IX.20: Understand one’s role and participation in emergency preparedness and disaster response with an awareness of environmental factors and the risks they pose to self and patients. Essential IX.22: Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system as related to nursing prac

Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review this Sample Final Paper GEN499 for additional guidance on the expectations of this assignment.The topic of your essay needs to be a global societal problem from the following list: Climate change Pollution Religious conflict and violence Rise of artificial intelligence Lack of education Unemployment and lack of economic opportunity Government accountability and corruption Food and water security International drug trafficking Poverty and income inequality Reflect: Based on the topic that you have chosen, you will need to use critical thinking skills to thoroughly understand how this topic can be a global societal problem and determine some logical solutions to the problem.Write: This Final Paper, an argumentative essay, will present research relating the critical thinker to the modern, globalized world. In this assignment, you need to address the items below in separate sections with new headings for each.In your paper, Identify the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph. Conclude with a thesis statement that states your proposed solutions to the problem. (For guidance on how to construct a good introduction paragraph, please review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) from the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).) Describe background information on how that problem developed or came into existence. Show why this is a societal problem. Provide perspectives from multiple disciplines or populations so that you fully represent what different parts of society have to say about this issue. Construct an argument supporting your proposed solutions, considering multiple disciplines or populations so that your solution shows that multiple parts of society will benefit from this solution. Provide evidence from multiple scholarly sources as evidence that your proposed solution is viable. Interpret statistical data from at least three peer-reviewed scholarly sources within your argument. Discuss the validity, reliability, and any biases. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of these sources, pointing out limitations of current research and attempting to indicate areas for future research. (You may even use visual representations such as graphs or charts to explain statistics from sources.) Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from your solution. Provide at least one positive ethical outcome as well as at least one negative ethical outcome that could result from your solution. Explain at least two ethical issues related to each of those outcomes. (It is important to consider all of society.) Develop a conclusion for the last paragraphs of the essay, starting with rephrasing your thesis statement and then presenting the major points of the topic and how they support your argument. (For guidance on how to write a good conclusion paragraph, please review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) from the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).) The Global Societal Problem, Argument, and Solution Paper Must be 1,750 to 2,250 words in length (approximately between seven and nine pages; not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource. Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.). Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources. Must use at least eight scholarly sources. Source Document Requirements: Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library. Government sources may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. Examples include whitehouse.gov, state.gov, usa.gov, cdc.gov, and so forth. These websites can be used to make a stronger point about your proposed solution within the argument. Where documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) must not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) must not be used. Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia must not be used. Religious texts must not be used. The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning. Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.). Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score. Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications. Good Critical Thinking Tips: Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue. Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly. Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue. Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research. Writing Tools: Before you submit your written assignment, you are encouraged to review the The Grammarly Guide: How to Set Up & Use Grammarly (Links to an external site.) tutorial, set up a Grammarly account (if you have not already done so), and use Grammarly to review a rough draft of your assignment. Then carefully review all issues identified by Grammarly and revise your work as needed. Writing help is available 24/7, every day of the year, right when you need it! 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