This guide is for NURS 440 Week 2 Community Assessment Part 1, start to submission. A windshield survey of your own community.
NURS 440 is Post-licensure Strategies for Community Health Care, 4-5 credit hours, in Liberty University's RN to BSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS440; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 440 Post-licensure Strategies for Community Health Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 50 points |
| Length | Windshield survey (no length set in the guide) |
| Sources | Cite any data you use in current APA |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 440 Week 2 Community Assessment Part 1 asks for
The community assessment uses your own community. Part 1, in Module/Week 2, is a windshield survey: observing the community to gather subjective information. The whole assessment, completed in Part 3, is 11 to 15 pages in current APA, so this part is its first section. Worth 50 points.
Where it fits in NURS 440
In the published schedule, Community Assessment Part 1 is one of 14 graded written assignments in NURS 440. It follows Week 2 Health Education Program Part 1 and comes before Week 3 Cultural Assessment Group Project Part 2. The same week also has Cultural Assessment Group Project Part 1 and Health Education Program Part 1, so plan the week's writing together.
How NURS 440 Week 2 Community Assessment Part 1 is graded
Liberty grades Community Assessment Part 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 50 points in the published guide. That is about 5% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 440 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 440 Week 2 method, step by step
Read the case for facts, not impressions
Read the case in Community Assessment Part 1 and list the facts that matter: who is involved, what happened, what constraints exist. Separate facts from assumptions before analyzing anything.
Name the central problem
Decide what the core problem is and say it plainly. The rest of the analysis should be organized around it.
Apply the course framework
Use the model or concepts from Post-licensure Strategies for Community Health Care to analyze the case. Name the framework, then work through it with the case facts, step by step.
Weigh the options
Compare alternatives before recommending one. Each option needs its advantage and its risk stated in the terms of the case.
Recommend and justify
Make a clear recommendation supported by sources (Cite any data you use in current APA), with the first steps of implementation.
Answer every question asked
Check the case questions one last time. Each one needs a direct answer, clearly labeled, within Windshield survey, no length set in the guide.
A structure for NURS 440 Week 2 Community Assessment Part 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 700 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Case summary | The facts that matter, briefly. | ~100 words |
| Problem | The central issue, stated plainly. | ~90 words |
| Analysis | The course framework applied to the facts. | ~250 words |
| Options | Two or three alternatives with benefits and costs. | ~130 words |
| Recommendation | The chosen action, justified, with first steps. | ~120 words |
A topic angle that works
Drive or walk the community at two different times of day and record what you see in standard windshield survey categories: housing, open space, boundaries, commons, transportation, services, stores, street people, signs of decay, race and ethnicity, religion, health and morbidity, politics and media.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Housing: mostly single-family homes built in the 1960s, many with visible repairs needed; two apartment complexes near the highway.1 Services and stores: one pharmacy, two dollar stores and no full-service grocery within the town limits; the nearest hospital is 18 miles away.2 Transportation: no public bus; at 3 p.m. several older residents were walking along the highway shoulder, which has no sidewalk.3
- Records observations by category.
- Notes services and access gaps.
- Adds a time-specific observation with a safety concern.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 440 Week 2
- Opinions instead of observations.
- Missing survey categories.
- A community you cannot observe in person.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Windshield survey (no length set in the guide)
- Sources: Cite any data you use in current APA
- Every case question answered under its own heading
- A clear recommendation with its justification
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What is a windshield survey in NURS 440?
An observational assessment of your community, made by driving or walking through it and recording what you see in standard categories.
How many points is NURS 440 Week 2 Community Assessment Part 1 worth?
50 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 440, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 5% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 440 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 440?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 440. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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