Systematic Review
There is a variety of jobs related to healthcare and people holding such positions often have severe health issues as their patients do. In order to understand health situation and determine the most important health risks for nursing professionals, a long-term study has been conducted. In their article, Baer et al. analyze the findings of previous researchers and make a conclusion concerning the most significant factors associated with mortality in nurses (2011, p. 319). Having analyzed the cases of more than one hundred thousand female nurses from the United States, the researchers found out that the largest number of deaths was connected to the presence of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The problem stated by the authors is quite common to my practice and the practice of my colleagues as a lot of our patients fit into the category studied. What is more, some cases of cancer were related to tobacco use whereas other ones were not.
It was stated that the risk of cardiovascular disease was more significant for older professionals. In general, the conclusions made by the group of researchers confirm the findings reported in previous studies in the field. Therefore, the authors suppose that the common recommendations such as managing weight, avoiding the use of tobacco and alcohol, and being physically active really help to decrease the risk of many dangerous diseases. I suppose that this information is closely related to numerous health issues that my patients have and the range of problems that they find important. If the information is true, it will encourage me to provide my patients with the education based on additional risk factors retrieved such as scarce consumption of cereal fibre and fat.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Childhood obesity remains an important problem of our society as growing obesity rates significantly decrease the level of public health. In their article, Bleich, Segal, Wu, Wilson, and Wang (2013) review the works by previous researchers in the field devoted to the ways to prevent obesity among children. To begin with, it is necessary to evaluate the sources analyzed by the authors. Although childhood obesity belongs to the number of popular topics for discussion, the article does not rely primarily on recent studies. In fact, the authors of the review also tried to consider the approaches to obesity prevention that were used a few decades ago and this is why the references contain both newer and older sources. Also, it can be said that the review supports the importance of the study as the authors analyze the articles and define whether the evidence mentioned is strong enough. It is also necessary to say that secondary sources constitute the majority of the references listed.
Nevertheless, the primary sources are analyzed in quite a detailed way. As for objectivity of the discussed article, I suppose that all the works are critically examined because the authors analyze them paying an increased attention to their weaknesses. It can be also said that the review is organized in a way allowing the researchers to unfold the ideas properly. Thus, sections of the review help to introduce and discuss the problem in an effective manner and it really helps to support the need for the review. Also, the paper ends with the summary of the knowledge gained during the research. The most important findings are listed and discussed in order to define further studies that may be conducted based on the given review.
References
Baer, H. J., Glynn, R. J., Hu, F. B., Hankinson, S. E., Willett, W. C., Colditz, G. A.,… & Rosner, B. (2011). Risk factors for mortality in the nurses’ health study: A competing risks analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(3), 319-329.
Bleich, S. N., Segal, J., Wu, Y., Wilson, R., & Wang, Y. (2013). Systematic review of community-based childhood obesity prevention studies. Pediatrics, 132(1), 201-210.