By: Helen A. Carcio, Mimi Clarke Secor

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This manual-style reference presents the clinical skills needed to assess health and provide care to women of all of ages, with systematic reviews of all aspects of female mental and bodily health. The authors and contributors comprehensively cover female reproduction, anatomy, and physiology as examined at the cellular level. Also discussed are developmental, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of women.

Offering an integrated approach to women's health care, the authors delineate the roles and functions of various health care providers serving female patients, including physician's assistants, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners. The chapters present assessment strategies that are on the leading edge of the expanded role of the advanced practice clinician. The chapter authors provide full, in-depth discussions of each assessment skill and technique as well as an understanding of the rationale behind each assessment.

Key topics discussed:

• Health assessment: physical examinations, assessment of pregnant women, and assessment and clinical evaluation of obesity in women
• Female Reproduction: anatomy, physiology, and the reproductive cycle
• Contraceptive devices: the diaphragm, intrauterine contraception, and contraceptive implants
• Assessment of women at risk: domestic violence, STIs, and sexual assault
• Assessment of the infertile woman: initial evaluations, donor insemination, and more

About the Authors

Helen A. Carcio, MS, MEd, ANP-C, has been involved in women's health care, both educationally and clinically, for the past 20 years. She was an associate Clinical Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the nurse practitioner program for ten years where she was awarded the distinguished teaching medal. During that time she wrote a column for the Hampshire Gazette, in Northampton, Massachusetts, titled "Women's Health Matters" . The column addressed the health care needs of women in the community and offered a forum for women to address their concerns.

She has written four books on women's health, including the first edition of Advanced Health Assessment of Women (1999), and has published numerous articles. She was recently awarded "Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur of the Year" by Advance for Nurse Practitioners.

Mimi Clarke Secor, MS, MEd, RN, FNP-C, FAANP is a Family NP specializing in women’s health at Newton Wellesley Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts and a Visiting Scholar at Boston College Graduate School of Nursing. She is a national speaker and consultant, and President Emerita and Senior Advisor for Nurse Practitioner Associates of Continuing Education (NPACE). Ms. Secor is a founding and current board member of the American College of Clinicians. Ms. Secor’s 32 years of clinical experience as an NP have included emergency care, college health, private practice, prison nursing and rural medicine. Before working for 7 years at Bethel Family Clinic, in Bethel, Alaska, she operated an independent Boston area NP practice for 12 years. Among other credits to her name, Ms Secor is on the editorialboard of Clinician News, a former syndicated radio host of ‘Hot Topics in Women’s Health’ and has delivered numerous radio and TV presentations on Women’s Health. She is a founder of the Massachusetts Coalition of NPs (MCNP), a member and fellow in the American Academy of NPs, and a member of the Assoc of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP), the National Association of NPs in Women’s Health (NPWH), and the National Menopause Association (NAMS).

Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgment	p. xvii
Female Reproduction
Anatomy and Physiology of Female Reproduction	p. 3
The Reproductive Cycle	p. 17
Health Assessment
The Health History	p. 27
The Physical Examination	p. 97
Assessment of Vulvar Pain	p. 85
Assessment of the Female Breast	p. 97
Assessment of the Pregnant Woman	p. 117
Assessment and Clinical Evaluation of Obesity in Women	p. 147
Investigative Procedures
The Papanicolaou Smear Rebecca Koeniger-Donohue	p. 163
Vaginal Microscopy	p. 189
Urinalysis	p. 229
Sonohysteroscopy (Fluid Contrast Ultrasound)	p. 245
Bone Densitometry	p. 251
BRCA Testing	p. 259
Contraceptive Devices
The FemCapÖ	p. 271
The Diaphragm	p. 281
The Intrauterine Contraception Mimi Clarke Secor	p. 293
Contraceptive Implants	p. 311
Assessment of Women at Risk
The Sexual-Assault Victim	p. 319
Domestic Violence	p. 325
Sexually Transmitted Infections	p. 331
Evaluation of the Menopausal Woman
Assessment of Menopausal Status	p. 345
Atrophic Vaginitis	p. 357
Evaluation of the Pelvic Floor
Pelvic Organ Prolapse	p. 371
Urinary Incontinence	p. 409
Assessment of the Infertile Woman
Initial Evaluation of Infertility	p. 429
The Postcoital Test	p. 453
Evaluation of the Candidate for Intrauterine Insemination	p. 465
Sperm-Washing Technique	p. 473
Intrauterine Insemination Procedure	p. 483
Donor Insemination	p. 491
Advanced Skills
Vulvar Cancer and Biopsy	p. 503
Endometrial Biopsy	p. 511
Acrochordonectomy	p. 527
Polypectomy	p. 529
Colposcopy	p. 531
The Simple Cystometrogram	p. 537
Bibliography	p. 543
Index	p. 559
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ISBN: 9780826124265
ISBN-10: 0826124267
Series: SPRINGER
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 472
Published: January 2010
Dimensions (cm): 15.2 x 22.8  x 3.6
Weight (kg): 0.794