NUR 458 Module 1 Team Charter for Community Care Example

Reviewed by Ingrid Vasterling, MSN, RN Arizona State University Updated October 2026

This NUR 458 Module 1 sample is the Team Charter in Community Care and Collaboration, the clinical community health course near the end of ASU's prelicensure BSN. In ASU NUR 458, teams set roles and responsibilities that support health promotion and disease prevention in a climate of mutual respect and shared values. This composite team of five seniors will spend the semester with day laborers who wait for work each morning at a Phoenix hiring corner. Their charter begins with shared values, assigns roles matched to each course deliverable, from the interview guide to the two presentations, sets norms for respectful disagreement, plans around clinical days and explains how the team will check its own functioning midway through the term.

CourseNUR 458 Community Care and Collaboration
ModuleModule 1
Paper typeTeam charter
LengthAbout 338 words, 4 pages
FormatAPA 7 student paper
SchoolArizona State University
ProgramBSN in Nursing
UpdatedOctober 2026

Free sample paper for NUR 458 Module 1

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Team Esquina: A Charter for Community Work With Day Laborers in Phoenix

Student Name

Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University

NUR 458: Community Care and Collaboration

Instructor Name

Month Day, Year

What this page is doingThe team named itself for the street corner where its population gathers each morning, which keeps the charter tied to a real place rather than an abstract project.
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Team Esquina: A Charter for Community Work With Day Laborers in Phoenix

Shared Values

We commit to respect for the men and women we will meet, many of whom work without contracts or insurance; to honesty with each other about workload; and to a strengths-based view of the community, noticing what workers already do to protect each other, not only what they lack.

Purpose

To assess the health of day laborers at one hiring site, identify their priority needs with them and propose a nursing intervention that a community partner could carry out.

Roles

All members collect data at the site, contribute to the data analysis and present a section of each presentation.

MemberRoleResponsible for
ACoordinatorAgendas, deadlines, communication with clinical faculty
BInterview leadInterview guide and provider interview notes
CData leadFunctional health patterns tracking and the three completion checks
DEvidence leadJournal club articles and citations
EPresentation leadWindshield survey and population presentations

Norms

We speak Spanish with workers when we can and use a trained interpreter otherwise. In meetings, every member speaks before a decision is made. Disagreements are about ideas, never about people, and we say "I see it differently" rather than "you are wrong." Anyone can pause a site visit if they feel unsafe.

Schedule

Team meetings on Thursdays after clinical, 30 minutes. Shared folder for drafts; group chat answered within one day.

Checking Our Teamwork

At midterm and after the final presentation, each member completes the course team evaluation, and we discuss the results together. Teamwork research shows that clear roles and backup behavior support team effectiveness (Salas et al., 2005), so if one member falls behind, another covers the task and the team revisits roles.

What this page is doingThe charter grounds roles in each graded deliverable and adds concrete norms for language access and disagreement, which addresses the course's emphasis on mutual respect rather than listing generic team rules.
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Why This Population

Hiring-site work is among the most dangerous jobs in construction and landscaping, with injury rates in one Seattle study far above the average for U.S. workers (Seixas et al., 2008), and fear of losing work can keep injured workers from seeking care (Walter et al., 2002).

References

Salas, E., Sims, D. E., & Burke, C. S. (2005). Is there a "Big Five" in teamwork? Small Group Research, 36(5), 555-599. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496405277134

Seixas, N. S., Blecker, H., Camp, J., & Neitzel, R. (2008). Occupational health and safety experience of day laborers in Seattle, WA. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 51(6), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20577

Walter, N., Bourgois, P., Loinaz, H. M., & Schillinger, D. (2002). Social context of work injury among undocumented day laborers in San Francisco. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10501.x

NUR 458 Module 1 instructions, in plain terms

In the posted syllabus, the Team Charter is worth 2 of 100 points. Its purpose is to identify team roles and responsibilities that support a team approach to health promotion and disease prevention in a climate of mutual respect and shared values, wording that points to values and norms as much as to tasks. Check Canvas for a template, if one is provided, and for the due date. Expect to state shared values, the team's purpose, roles linked to the course's many deliverables, norms for communication and disagreement, a meeting plan and how you will evaluate your teamwork, which the course also grades through two team evaluations. Write the charter early, because the interview guide, functional health patterns checks and presentations all depend on who does what. Revisit it when the team evaluations come due.

Inside the NUR 458 Module 1 example

The charter starts with shared values, including a strengths-based view of the community, then a one-sentence purpose. A table assigns five roles, each tied to specific deliverables, with a line ensuring everyone collects data and presents. A norms section covers language access, equal voice before decisions, respectful disagreement and safety at the site. Brief schedule and communication rules follow, then a plan to use the course's team evaluations, supported by teamwork research. A closing paragraph explains why the population matters, citing injury research. Three sources support the charter, though most of its value lies in the specific agreements. Every agreement is short enough to remember during a busy site visit. The safety norm is placed where members will see it before each visit.

Reading the NUR 458 Module 1 grading rubric

Expect the charter rubric to check clearly identified roles and responsibilities, evidence of shared values and mutual respect, communication and decision norms, a workable schedule and a plan for evaluating teamwork. Credit goes to roles tied to actual deliverables and norms that address real situations, such as language barriers or disagreement. Because the syllabus stresses mutual respect and shared values, a values section is more than decoration here. A plan to use the team evaluations shows the team will act on feedback. Brevity and clarity help, since the charter is a working document the team will reread. Teams that name a fallback for missed tasks usually lose fewer points to uneven work later in the term. Faculty may compare the charter with the team evaluations at midterm.

NUR 458 Module 1 help: mistakes that cost marks

A common weakness is a charter that copies a generic template without mentioning the population or setting. Name the place and people you will work with and the norms that setting requires. Another is assigning roles without matching them to the course's deliverables, which leaves gaps later. Include a safety norm for site visits. The desk can sketch a charter for your site once it knows who is on the team and where you will work. Revisit the charter after the first team evaluation. Keep a copy in the shared folder where everyone can find it. Decide how the team will handle a member who is sick on a presentation day. Agree on one shared calendar for all deadlines.

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NUR 458 Module 1 questions, answered

Where can I find a free NUR 458 Module 1 sample paper?

A full NUR 458 Team Charter sample for a semester with day laborers in Phoenix, with values, roles, norms and a teamwork check, appears on this page.

How many points is the NUR 458 team charter worth?

Two of the course's 100 points, small but due early.

What should a community health team charter include?

Shared values, purpose, roles tied to deliverables, norms for communication and disagreement, a schedule and a plan to evaluate teamwork.

Why add norms about language to a team charter?

Community work often crosses language barriers, so agreeing to use interpreters and plain language protects respect and accuracy.

Does NUR 458 grade teamwork?

Yes. The syllabus includes two team evaluations of group presentations in addition to the charter.