The community health nurse can perform a type of community ...

[maychende]

The community health nurse can perform a type of community assessment called a windshield survey in some texts. This survey is a(n):
 
  a. systematic assessment the nurse makes while driving through the community
  b. count of all the broken and cracked windshields in the community
  c. snapshot of people in the community in cars without seat belts fastened
  d. informal count of the number of babies not in properly positioned car seats

Question 2

A major goal of the community health nurse's community assessment is to determine:
 
  a. how affluent the community is and how the family compares to the average in terms of income
  b. the influences of the larger environment on the child's and family's health and development
  c. how many churches and of what type are in the community and how the spiritual needs of the family are met
  d. how to get health care practitioners to accept nurse practitioners and to take Medicare assignment

[aloop]

Answer to Question 1

A

Feedback
A Correct. A windsheld survey is a systematic assessment that is performed while the nurse travels through the community.
B Incorrect. The nurse should pay attention to the environment to assess risk factors for safety but this option is not included in the survey.
C Incorrect. The nurse should pay attention to the environment to assess risk factors for safety but this option is not included in the survey.
D Incorrect. The nurse should pay attention to the environment to assess risk factors for safety but this option is not included in the survey.

Answer to Question 2

B

Feedback
A Incorrect. Affluence or lack of affluence is part of the consideration, but not a major goal.
B Correct. The nurse's goal is to use knowledge gained during the community assessment to determine how the larger environment influences the child's and family's health and development.
C Incorrect. The churches are part of the larger environment, but are not a major goal of community assessment.
D Incorrect. This is not a major goal of the community health nurse.

[maychende]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[sultansheikh]

Excellent