A ?one-stop? comprehensive guide to women?s health, updated with new evidence-based guidelines and timely topics
The 11th edition of this classic guide for management of common gynecological conditions by advanced practice nurses is updated with cutting-edge topics, new evidence-based guidelines, and current patient teaching materials to enhance excellence in clinical practice. It features a completely updated chapter on the well woman annual exam including issues about the care of older women, and extensive revisions throughout the new edition regarding contraceptive methods, CAMs, medical abortion, HIV-AIDs, HPV screening and vaccine recommendations, and much more. Appendices containing abundant clinical resources and valuable patient teaching information, and comprehensive bibliographies, are also extensively revised and rewritten.
Concise and well organized, this authoritative resource features an outline format that provides speedy access to critical information across women?s age span. Guidelines reflect ?best-practice? standards of care that are culled from literature on evidence-based practice and help to ensure improved patient outcomes. Expert contributors include prominent specialists from all arenas of gynecological health. Complete guidelines are presented in a template that includes definition, etiology, history, physical exam, lab exam, differential diagnosis, treatment, complications, consultation/referral, and follow-up. The guide addresses common gynecologic concerns including infections and sexually transmitted diseases, navigating life transitions, and menopause and incontinence. It encompasses issues of weight management, osteoporosis, smoking cessation, stress management, changes in sexuality, and health risks.
New to the 11th Edition:
Enhanced mental health chapter detailing the discontinuation of SSRI/SNRIs
A bibliography for each guideline including additional websites
Revisions to guidelines for STDs, vaginitis and vaginosis
Guidelines for management of cytological abnormalities and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
New information on hormone therapy, menopause, and osteoporosis
Updated information on contraception based on patients? individual profiles and clinical data
Revised information on natural family planning from an expert NFP educator
Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in Gynecologic Settings, 11th Edition Ebook
By: Joellen W. Hawkins, RN, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP; Diane M. Roberto-Nichols, BS, APRN-C; J. Lynn Sta
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company
Print ISBN: 9780826122827, 0826122825
eText ISBN: 9780826122834, 0826122833
Edition: 11th
