Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing

by Fogel, Catherine Ingram; Woods, Nancy Fugate

• ISBN13: 9780826102355
• ISBN10: 0826102352
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-23
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

This book is the ideal tool to help advanced practice nurses treat all women for all of their health and wellness issues. For easy reference, Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing is organized into four parts: Women and Their Lives, covering connections between women's lives and their health, Frameworks for Practice, addressing health care practice with women, Health Promotion, covering ways for women to promote their health and prevent many chronic diseases, Threats to Health and Health Problems, addressing problems unique to women, diseases more prevalent in women, and those in which there are different risk factors. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Women and Their Lives
Women and Their Health	p. 3
Social Context	p. 3
Health Expenditures	p. 7
Health Status Indicators	p. 7
Globalization	p. 24
The Future of Women's Health	p. 24
Women as Health Care Providers	p. 29
Health Care Services in the United States	p. 29
Women as Paid Health Care Providers	p. 29
Women as Paid Health Care Providers in the 21st Century: A Preferred Future	p. 41
Women as Unpaid Health Care Providers	p. 43
Summary	p. 44
Women and Health Care	p. 49
The Illness Care Nonsystem	p. 49
Diagnosis and Treatment for Women	p. 50
Sexism and the Education of Health Professionals	p. 55
Sexism and Research on Women and Health	p. 56
Health Care Issues and Arenas for Women	p. 59
The Future	p. 63
Women's Bodies	p. 69
Women's Anatomy	p. 69
Physiologic Influences of the Endocrine System and Hormonal Controls	p. 79
Sexual Differentiation and Development	p. 80
Puberty	p. 82
The Menstrual Cycle	p. 84
Menopause	p. 90
Biological Sex-Based Differences Beyond Reproduction	p. 93
Summary	p. 94
Young Women's Health	p. 97
An Overview of Adolescence in the United States	p. 97
Factors Influencing Adolescent Development	p. 103
Health Services for Adolescents	p. 108
Young Women's Health Problems	p. 112
Mid-Life Women's Health	p. 121
Mid-Life: Definitions and Perceptions	p. 121
Changing Biology: The Menopausal Transition and Beyond	p. 124
Physiologic Consequences of the Menopausal Transition	p. 129
Consequences of Reproductive Aging	p. 130
Assessment of Mid-Life Women's Health	p. 131
Self-Management and Complementary and Allopathic Therapies	p. 136
Older Women's Health	p. 149
Demographic and Economic Considerations	p. 150
Contexts of Older Women's Lives	p. 152
Age-Related Physical Changes	p. 154
Selected Health Issues for Older Women	p. 155
Healthy Aging and Health Promotion	p. 158
Summary	p. 160
Frameworks for Practice
Feminist Frameworks for Nursing Practice With Women	p. 167
Feminism	p. 167
Feminist Theory	p. 168
Traditional Perspectives in Feminist Theory	p. 168
Emerging Perspectives in Feminist Theory	p. 170
Perspectives for Inquiry	p. 171
Feminist Perspectives for Nursing Practice	p. 174
Person/Client	p. 174
Environments and Contexts	p. 175
Health	p. 176
Nursing	p. 176
Feminist Models of Nursing Practice	p. 177
Structure and Process of the Relationship	p. 180
Well-Woman Assessment	p. 185
Health History	p. 185
Special Adolescent Considerations	p. 189
Special Older Woman Considerations	p. 190
Physical Examination	p. 190
Legal Issues in the Care of Women	p. 195
Areas of Law Affecting Women	p. 195
Sources of Law	p. 196
Law as a Source of Empowerment	p. 196
Women as Research Subjects	p. 196
Domestic Violence and Rape	p. 196
Mental Health	p. 197
Abortion	p. 197
Drug Abuse During Pregnancy	p. 198
Child Care and breast-Feeding	p. 198
Breast Implants	p. 199
HIV	p. 199
Strategies to Improve the Legal Status of Women	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 201
Health Promotion
Healthy Practices: Nutrition	p. 205
The Nutrients-A Brief Review	p. 205
Nutritional Needs Throughout the Life Cycle	p. 206
Pregnancy	p. 212
Lactation	p. 221
Nutrition-Related Concerns of Women	p. 222
Nutrition and Health Promotion	p. 230
Healthy Practices: Exercise Interventions	p. 237
Exercise and Cardiovascular Risk Factors	p. 237
Effects of Exercise on Metabolism	p. 243
Effects of Exercise on Bones and Joints	p. 246
Effects of Exercise on Mood and Affect	p. 247
Exercise, the Menstrual Cycle, and Pregnancy	p. 247
Exercise Patterns and Prescriptions	p. 249
Mental Health	p. 253
Prevalence of Mental Illness	p. 254
Prevalence of Mental Illness in Women	p. 254
Why Gender Differences?	p. 255
Mood Disorders	p. 255
Anxiety Disorders	p. 275
Future Directions for Improving Women's Mental Health	p. 286
Women's Sexuality	p. 295
Sexuality and Sexual Health	p. 295
Women's Sexual Response	p. 297
Sexuality Across the Life Span	p. 298
Sociocultural Influences on Sexuality and Sexual Health	p. 300
Sexual Health Care	p. 300
Sexual Health Care Interventions	p. 302
Sexual Health Challenges	p. 303
Sexual Dysfunctions	p. 306
Fertility Control	p. 313
Historical and Social Context	p. 313
Contraceptive Patterns and Practices	p. 317
Contraceptive Decision Making	p. 318
Family Planning Services	p. 321
Contraceptive Methods	p. 322
Preconceptional Health Promotion: A Focus for Prevention	p. 339
Rationale for Preconceptional Health Promotion	p. 339
Progress in Changing the Prevention Paradigm	p. 340
Content of Preconceptional Care	p. 342
Moving the Agenda Forward	p. 342
Threats to Health and Health Problems
High-Risk Childbearing	p. 349
Definition and Scope of the Problem	p. 349
Risk Factors	p. 350
Identification of Risk Status and Ongoing Risk Assessment	p. 356
Fetal Evaluation in High-Risk Pregnancy	p. 363
Nursing Management	p. 367
Conclusion	p. 367
Infertility	p. 371
Incidence and Prevalence	p. 371
Trends and Patterns	p. 371
Assessment of and Diagnostic Approaches to Infertility	p. 372
Causes of Infertility	p. 373
Treatments for Infertility	p. 381
Human Responses to Infertility	p. 382
Future Directions	p. 383
The Challenge of Unintended Pregnancy	p. 385
Unwanted, Unintended, and Mistimed Pregnancies	p. 385
Consequences of Unintended Pregnancies	p. 386
Influences of Contraceptive Effectiveness	p. 386
Issues in Initiation of and Adherence to Contraceptive Regimens	p. 388
Barriers to Effective Contraception	p. 388
Decreasing Unintendedness by Improving Patient Satisfaction and Compliance	p. 389
Frameworks for Providing Contraceptive Counseling	p. 390
Other Influences on Contraceptive Use and Adherence	p. 391
Developing a Research Agenda	p. 392
Perimenstrual Symptoms and Syndromes	p. 397
Perimenstrual Symptoms	p. 397
Premenstrual Symptoms and Symptom Clusters	p. 398
Life Cycle Variation	p. 398
Social Context and Cultural Variation	p. 399
Perimenstrual Normative Experience	p. 399
Perimenstrual Syndromes	p. 400
Perimenstrual Symptom Assessment	p. 401
Symptom Management	p. 405
Reproductive Surgery	p. 421
Women at Risk	p. 421
Diagnosis	p. 421
Consultations and Informed Decision Making	p. 422
Management Strategies	p. 423
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures	p. 423
Tubal Surgery	p. 426
Ovarian Surgery	p. 428
Uterine Surgery	p. 428
Minimally Invasive Treatments	p. 429
Hysterectomy	p. 430
Extensive Gynecologic Surgery	p. 436
Summary and Implications for Research	p. 438
Substance Abuse and Women	p. 441
Epidemiology, Consequences, Risk and Protective Factors, and Prevention of Substance Abuse	p. 441
Screening, Assessment, Brief Intervention, Specialized Treatment, and Relapse Prevention	p. 445
Legal and Ethical Considerations and Implications for Social and Health Policy	p. 452
Conclusion	p. 453
Violence Against Women	p. 457
Forms of Violence Against Women: Definitions and Incidence	p. 457
Female Partners	p. 458
Characteristics of Abuse	p. 459
Health Care Consequences and Costs	p. 462
The Intersection of Race, Social Class, and Sexual Orientation	p. 462
Correlates of Violence Against Women	p. 463
Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Violence Against Women	p. 463
Nursing Research	p. 466
Sexually Transmitted Infections	p. 475
Impact of Sexually Transmitted Infections on Women	p. 476
Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Infections	p. 478
Prevention	p. 480
Screening and Detection	p. 489
Caring for a Woman with a Sexually Transmitted Infection	p. 490
Cervicitis	p. 495
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	p. 499
Ulcerative Genital Infection	p. 501
Diseases Characterized by Vaginal Discharge	p. 508
Human Papillomavirus	p. 515
Hepatitis	p. 518
Sexually Transmitted Infections During Pregnancy	p. 521
Conclusion	p. 522
Women and HIV/AIDS	p. 527
Epidemiology of HIV	p. 528
Natural History and HIV Disease Progression	p. 528
HIV Staging and Progression	p. 529
Transmission	p. 530
Risk Factors for HIV	p. 533
Prevention	p. 536
Management of HIV/AIDS in Women	p. 538
HIV-Infected Women of Childbearing Ag	p. 547
Social Concerns Related to HIV	p. 549
Summary	p. 550
Cardiovascular Disease in Women	p. 553
Definitions	p. 554
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Women	p. 554
Risk Factors and Risk Reduction	p. 555
Pathophysiology of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease	p. 566
Diagnosis	p. 568
Chronic Illness and Women	p. 581
Etiology of Chronic Disease	p. 581
The Epidemiology of Chronic Disease in Women	p. 581
The Trajectory of Chronic Illness	p. 582
Managing Chronic Illness	p. 583
Families and Chronic Illness	p. 585
Chronic Disease in Older Women	p. 585
Upper and Lower Respiratory Disease	p. 585
Gastrointestinal Disorders	p. 590
Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders	p. 598
Neurological Disorders	p. 606
Endocrine Disorders	p. 609
Summary	p. 618
Problems of the Breast	p. 623
Sociocultural Contexts	p. 623
Biomedical Approach to Breast Health: The Illness Paradigm	p. 624
Breast Health	p. 624
Breast Cancer	p. 629
Summary	p. 651
Care of Women With Disabilities	p. 661
Awareness	p. 661
Choices	p. 663
Consultation	p. 663
Expectations	p. 665
Sensitivity	p. 669
Sexuality, Unique Populations, and Reproductive Health With Specific Conditions	p. 670
Parenting With Disabilities	p. 684
Summary	p. 686
Index	p. 693
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