Advanced Health Assessment of Women. Clinical Skills and Procedures

Description

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

Table of Contents

Preface 
Acknowledgement
Unit I: Female Reproduction
Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of Female Reproduction 
Chapter 2: The Reproductive Cycle 
Unit II: Health Assessment
Chapter 3: The Health History 
Chapter 4: The Physical Examination 
Chapter 5: Assessment of Vulvar Pain 
Chapter 6: Assessment of the Female Breast 
Chapter 7: Assessment of the Pregnant Woman 
Chapter 8: Assessment and Clinical Evaluation of Obesity in Women 
UNIT III: Investigative Procedures
Chapter 9: Investigative Procedures 
Chapter 10: Vaginal Microscopy 
Chapter 11: Urinalysis 
Chapter 12: Sonohysteroscopy (Fluid Contrast Ultrasound)
Chapter 13: Bone Densitometry 
Chapter 14: BRCA Testing 
UNIT IV: Contraceptive Devices
Chapter 15: The FemCap(tm) 
Chapter 16: The Diaphragm 
Chapter 17: The Intrauterine Contraception (IUC) 
Chapter 18: Contraceptive Implants 
UNIT V: Assessment of Women at Risk
Chapter 19: The Sexual Assault Victim 
Chapter 20: Domestic Violence 
Chapter 21: Sexually Transmitted Infections 
Unit VI: Evaluation of the Menopausal Woman
Chapter 22: Assessment of Menopausal Status 
Chapter 23: Atrophic Vaginitis 
UNIT VII: Evaluation of the Pelvic Floor
Chapter 24: Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Chapter 25: Urinary Incontinence 
UNIT VIII: Assessment of the Infertile Woman
Chapter 26: Initial Evaluation of Infertility 
Chapter 27: The Postcoital Test 
Chapter 28: Evaluation of the Candidate for Intrauterine Insemination 
Chapter 29: Sperm Washing Technique 
Chapter 30: Intrauterine Insemination Procedure 
Chapter 31: Donor Insemination 
Unit IX: Advanced Skills
Chapter 32: Vulvar Cancer and Biopsy 
Chapter 33: Endometrial Biopsy 
Chapter 34: Acrochordonectomy 
Chapter 35: Polypectomy 
Chapter 36: Colposcopy 
Chapter 37: The Simple Cystometrogram (CMG) 
References
Index