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For my post this week, I decided to pick from two different types of articles describing one basic concept: occupational health nursing in the United States. Occupational health nurses (OHN) are Registered Nurses who independently observe and assess workers' health status with respect to job tasks and hazards. " Using their specialized experience and education, they recognize and prevent health effects from hazardous exposures and treat workers' injuries and illnesses." Before doing some research, I had no clue that such a job did exist. The difference between the two articles is that one is considered a "blog," while the other is considered to be a "scholarly article."
The scholar article provided much more information on the background of the work at the beginning of the text.
While the blog article jumped right into the roles of an occupational health nurse.
The scholarly article provided more information on the number of people in the United States who are occupational health nurses, the percentage of people who are satisfied with their job being an occupational nurse, the wide range of salary to start, and salary of those who are more experienced, and the average ages of an occupational nurse. Towards the bottom of the page, they provide a table of all the information and statistics they provided in the text. Lastly, they provided a long list of references that they used to compose their article.
On the other hand, the blog article was short, sweet and to the point. This article provided the reader with a basic average salary, a list of five main things needed to become an occupational health nurse, and programs which you can go through to become an occupational health nurse.
The audience for the scholarly article is aimed at an audience who is more interested in the background of the job, and not so much about HOW to become an occupational health nurse, but WHAT they do and why they are important for businesses to have. The audience of the blog post is aimed at an audience who is looking to become an occupational health nurse, as they provide the requirements, which the scholarly article does not provide.
Depending on what you want to get out of each article will determine its importance. If you want to know more in depth information about being an occupational health nurse, the scholarly article is the one you should look into. If you want to know basic requirements that are necessary, the blog article is the one you should look into. As far as which one is more "trustworthy," the scholarly article provides references for all of it's statistics, while the blog article has no references. Due to this, the scholarly article would be the more trustworthy, as you can tell that they did their research and provided evidence.
Overall, both articles are helpful, depending on what you want to know. I know I learned something from both, and has made me realize how many different types of nursing there are for me to explore.
-Brooke B.
"Scholarly Article":
http://search.proquest.com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/docview/925777344?pq-origsite=summon
"Blog Article":
http://nursinglicensemap.com/advanced-practice-nursing/occupational-health-nurse/
Interested in this field of nursing? Heres another website you might find helpful in finding out more information from that I used to help define what an occupational health nurse was.
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