Describe how your first 2 weeks of women’s health clinicals are going.
• Describe your clinical setting and the 10 most common diagnoses.
• How are you feeling about caring for women’s health patient populations? What are your learning goals for this rotation? Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 3
HORMONES
Women's bodies go through a myriad of changes during the course of their life. Hormones play an integral role in those changes at each stage of development, from puberty to post-menopause.
Discuss how hormones across a lifespan can impact a woman's physical and mental health. Give examples. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 4
CONTRACEPTION
Contraceptive counseling provides education, dispels misinformation, facilitates selection of a method that will be successful for the individual, and encourages patient involvement in healthcare decisions and life goals. Discussing contraception brings the nurse practitioner and patient together to create a tailored plan that meets the individual's reproductive needs over a lifetime.
How would you counsel patients on their choices and possible risks? Describe how you would explain the differences to your patients in the long acting reversible contraceptive devices. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 5
SEXUALITY
Sexuality affects individuals and society across a broad spectrum of activities through health, but also through factors at multiple levels, such as gender relations, reproduction, and economics. Physiologic, behavioral, and affective measurement of sexuality and sexual behavior is complicated by cultural values and norms but is essential to individual health (including happiness) as well as public health. Cultural or structural norms that stigmatize aspects of sexuality, such as sexual orientation, have adverse effects on individuals across their lifespan, with homophobia being a prominent example of such.
Discuss how one's age, race, lifestyle, and demographics have an impact on your choice to complete a sexual history when working in the primary care setting with women across a lifespan. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 6
BREAST COMPLAINTS
Women often present to the primary care setting with a variety of breast complaints. Many of these are benign conditions but can be concerning to the patient. Breast complaints are common across the lifespan, and it is imperative for the nurse practitioner to be comfortable in assessing, diagnosing, and treating breast complaints. Review the evidence-based guidelines for evaluating and treating breast conditions. How would you approach the assessment and the evaluation of breast complaints seen in the clinic setting? Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 7
CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN
Chronic pelvic pain can be defined as intermittent or constant pain in the lower abdomen or pelvis of a woman of at least 6 months in duration, not occurring exclusively with menstruation or intercourse and not associated with pregnancy. It is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Chronic pelvic pain presents in primary care as frequently as migraine or low-back pain and may significantly impact a woman’s ability to function.
Discuss the common causes of pelvic pain and who, when, and why you would decide to refer the patient for diagnostics and second opinions. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 8
BREAST FEEDING
CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates throughout the United States and to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding practices toward the ultimate goal of improving the public's health.
Discuss the CDC breastfeeding initiative and describe how you will support this when interacting with your pregnant and postpartum women in the primary care setting. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 9
ADOLECENTS AND PRIVACY
An adolescent’s concerns about privacy can prevent them from seeking primary health care, especially for specific sensitive health care services such as STI screening and family planning issues. Those with privacy concerns are also less likely to talk openly with a health care clinician about important health issues, such as substance use, mental health, and risky sex. Recognizing that confidentiality is critical to high-quality care for adolescent women, professional health care organizations have adopted policy statements and practice guidelines that support the provision of confidential services.
Discuss these guidelines and the laws in the state of South Carolina that address adolescent confidential health care. Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
MN577 DISCUSSION UNIT 10
HORMONES AND DEPRESSION
Hormones and depression: Today, millions of women around the world use hormonal contraceptives that have expanded beyond the pill to patches, implants, injections, and uterine devices. Decades of research support their safety, and serious but very rare side effects such as blood clots are finally much better understood. But other areas of research lag, and we still do not know as much as we would like about how these medications affect women's mental health.
Discuss the guidelines for prescribing hormonal birth control to women with a known history of depression and/or anxiety. How will you manage a patient who reports feeling depressed after starting hormonal birth control? Please write in 6th edition APA format, one page with 3 references.
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