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Advanced Health Assessment of Women

Skills, Procedures, and Management

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Skills, Procedures, and Management

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R. Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, FAAN

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Aimee Holland, DNP, WHNP-BC, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN

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The only text to focus specifically on advanced health assessment/management of women

This authoritative text for busy clinicians, advanced practice students, and faculty delivers essential content focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to women/persons with a vagina across the lifespan. Brimming with new and updated content, the fifth edition reflects the most current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines available. It includes 14 new chapters written by experts in their field and the addition of disease management content, especially medications. Chapters are enhanced with management/pharmacology summary charts and case studies with discussion questions. The use of two colors improves readability, and amplified Instructor Resources include key statistics/epidemiology, learning objectives, suggested student activities and self-assessment questions, and UAB videos.

Using a clear, concise outline format, this user-friendly text delivers quick, comprehensive information regarding the health assessment and management of women/persons with a vagina. It defines the role, skills, and scope of practice of different health providers and illuminates a variety of assessment skills, techniques, and procedures used by advanced practice clinicians in everyday practice. Sample assessment forms are integrated throughout along with numerous educational handouts for patients. Discussion of techniques includes a comprehensive list of requisite equipment and information on patient prep and recommended follow-up. Boxes, tables, and figures throughout reinforce key information. Purchase includes access to eBook for use on most mobile devices or computers.

New to the Fifth Edition:

  • Fourteen new chapters
  • Telehealth in women's health
  • Vaginal health and vaginal microscopy
  • Mental health screening
  • Preconception care
  • Complementary and alternative medical therapies
  • Adolescent health
  • Lactation assessment and management
  • Female veterans
  • Male sexual and reproductive health
  • Amenorrhea
  • PMS/PMDD
  • Sexual health and related problems
  • Human trafficking
  • The contraceptive consult
  • Expanded breast health including breastfeeding
  • Transgender care
  • Updates on screening instruments
  • Best-practice apps
  • Case studies
  • Management/treatment summaries
  • Enhanced instructor package including key statistics/epidemiology, learning objectives, student activities, and self-assessment questions
  • Two-color printing to improve readability

Key Features:

  • Delivered in outline, bulleted format for speedy reference
  • Reflects the most current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
  • Offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step coverage of procedures
  • Addresses treatment/management of multiple conditions
  • Includes detailed illustrations
Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

UNIT I. FEMALE REPRODUCTION

Chapter 1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems

Chapter 2. The Reproductive Cycle

UNIT II. HEALTH ASSESSMENT

Chapter 3. The Health History

Chapter 4. Telehealth in the Women's Health Setting

Chapter 5. The Physical Examination

Chapter 6. Vaginal Infections and Vaginal Microscopy

Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Infections

Chapter 8. Assessment of the Skin/Aesthetics

Chapter 9. Assessment of the Female Breast

Chapter 10. Breast Imaging

Chapter 11. Mental Health Screening: Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Suicide, and Dementia

Chapter 12. Preconception Care

Chapter 13. Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies

UNIT III. EVALUATION OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Chapter 14. Assessment of the Pregnant Woman

Chapter 15. Adolescent Health

Chapter 16. Lactation Assessment and Management

Chapter 17. Assessment and Clinical Evaluation of Obesity in Women

Chapter 18. Lesbian Health (Don't Ask . . . Won't Tell: Lesbian Women and Women Who Have Sex with Women)

Chapter 19. Transgender Healthcare

Chapter 20. Female Veterans: When the Woman was a Warrior

Chapter 21. Male Sexual and Reproductive Health

UNIT IV. EVALUATION OF SPECIAL GYNECOLOGIC PROBLEMS

Chapter 22. Assessment of Menopausal Status

Chapter 23. Osteoporosis and Evaluation of Fracture Risk

Chapter 24. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) and Vulvovaginal Atrophy

Chapter 25. Assessment of Pelvic Pain

Chapter 26. Assessment of Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia

Chapter 27. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Chapter 28. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Chapter 29. Amenorrhea

Chapter 30. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

UNIT V. EVALUATION OF THE PELVIC FLOOR

Chapter 31. Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Chapter 32. Urinary Incontinence

Chapter 33. Sexual Health and Related Problems

UNIT VI. ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN AT RISK

Chapter 34. The Sexual Assault Victim

Chapter 35. Intimate Partner Violence

Chapter 36. Assessment and Response to Human Trafficking

UNIT VII. INFERTILITY AND SUBFERTILITY ASSESSMENT

Chapter 37. Initial Evaluation of Infertility

Chapter 38. Methods to Detect Ovulation

Chapter 39. Intrauterine Insemination

UNIT VIII. CONTRACEPTION

Chapter 40. The Contraceptive Consult

Chapter 41. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use

Chapter 42. Cervical Cap and the One-Size Diaphragm

Chapter 43. Intrauterine Contraception

Chapter 44. Contraceptive Implants

UNIT IX. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES

Chapter 45. Cervical Cancer Screening and Colposcopy

Chapter 46. Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Chapter 47. Urinalysis and UTI

UNIT X. ADVANCED SKILLS

Chapter 48. Vulvar Cancer and Biopsy

Chapter 49. Endometrial Biopsy

Chapter 50. Acrochordonectomy (Skin Tag Removal)

Chapter 51. Cervical Polypectomy

Chapter 52. Incision and Drainage of Bartholin's Abscess

Chapter 53. Pessary Insertion

UNIT XI. PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (ONLINE ONLY)

Chapter 54. Pharmacological Management Summaries in Women's Health

UNIT XI. SUPPLEMENTAL CHAPTERS (ONLINE ONLY)

Chapter 55. In-Office Sonohysteroscopy

Chapter 56. Donor Insemination

Chapter 57. Simple Cystometrogram (CMG)

Chapter 58. Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation

Chapter 59. Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation

Index

Authors

R. Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, is a nurse practitioner (NP), national speaker/educator, and consultant. She has worked for 40 years as a family nurse practitioner specializing in women’s health.

Aimee Chism Holland, DNP, WHNP-BC, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN is globally recognized as a women's health expert, nurse practitioner educator, leader, and policy advocate. Dr. Holland is the Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Clinical Education and a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

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  • Release Date: February 16, 2023
  • Paperback / softback
  • 652 Pages
  • Trim Size: 7in x 10in
  • ISBN: 9780826179623
  • eBook ISBN: 9780826179630
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