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Women’s Health Care is a practical journal for women’s health nurse practitioners. In the latest issue, you will find:

Importance of Collaboration in Treating Chronic Disease: A Focus on PCOS and Group Medical Visits
By Anne Moore, APRN, WHNP/ANP-BC, FAANP and Julie Caldwell, APRN, FNP-BC
The purpose of this article is to present a synthesis of research regarding polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis and management, particularly with respect to an intervention called the group medical visit (GMV), which is advocated to enhance care for women with this chronic disease. Objectives…

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Women’s Health Care, A Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners

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Women’s Health Care, entering its 9th year of publication, is the official clinical journal of The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH). It is the only women’s health journal published exclusively for the nurse practitioner profession.

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• Annual Conference issue (Spring): contains reports and proceedings of the most recent annual NPWH Clinical Conference along with a preview of the upcoming meeting
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Women’s Health Care – An Article for Nurse Practitioners

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The Relationship Between Limited English Proficiency and Cervical Cancer Screening in Hispanic Women
By Dulce Mia Warren, MS, WHNP-BC and Eileen Thomas, RN, PhD

Hispanic women with limited English proficiency (LEP) who live in the United States, relative to other populations in this country, tend to have low rates of cervical cancer screening. As a result, they are at a higher risk for a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis and related mortality. Although the…

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Counseling Pregnant Patients at High Risk for a Preterm Birth
By Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos, MSN, CRNP, WHNP-BC

NPs treating women with a high-risk pregnancy are responsible for educating both their patients and other healthcare professionals about optimal care for these patients. In order to do so, NPs must be up to date on the latest options available for pregnant women who are at increased risk for giving birth…

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Women’s Health Care – Articles Written for Nurse Practitioners

Improving Interpretation of Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring
By Bertha Isabel Huerta-Bogdan, WHNP-BC, MSN

For decades, electronic fetal heart monitoring (EFM) has generated varied and inconsistent interpretation by nurses, nurse-midwives, residents, and physicians. These inconsistencies have prompted a need for an adjunctive technology to enhance EFM interpretation and minimize human error, thereby enhancing…

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Women’s Health Care Article

The October 2011 issue of the Women’s Health Care Journal is now online. In it you will find articles of interest to women’s health care nurse practitioners, such as:

Motivating Patients to Behavior Change: Tools and Techniques for Patients with Diabetes
By Tom Bartol, NP, CDE

One of the most challenging questions that nurse practitioners or other diabetes educators can ask is: “How can I get my patients to do what they are supposed to do?” For NPs, taking care of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) entails devising treatment plans, providing patient education, and monitoring…

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Women’s Health Care – October 2011

The October 2011 issue of Women’s Health Care is now online. In this issue, you will find articles of interest to Nurse Practitioners, including:

• The Relationship Between Limited English Proficiency and Cervical Cancer Screening in Hispanic Women
  Hispanic women with limited English proficiency (LEP) who live in the United States, relative to other populations in this country, tend to have low rates of cervical cancer screening. As a result, they are at a higher risk for a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis and related mortality. Although the…
• Counseling Pregnant Patients at High Risk for a Preterm Birth
  NPs treating women with a high-risk pregnancy are responsible for educating both their patients and other healthcare professionals about optimal care for these patients. In order to do so, NPs must be up to date on the latest options available for pregnant women who are at increased risk for giving birth…
• More Importance of Collaboration in Treating Chronic Disease: A Focus on PCOS and Group Medical Visits
  The purpose of this article is to present a synthesis of research regarding polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis and management, particularly with respect to an intervention called the group medical visit (GMV), which is advocated to enhance care for women with this chronic disease. Objectives…

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Women’s Health Care – an Article for Nurse Practitioners

The Annual Conference issue of Women’s Health Care includes a Podium Presentation by Anne Marie Mitchell, PhD, CNM, WHNP:

Maternal Body Mass Index and Breast-Feeding Duration
OBJECTIVES:

1. Improve the identification of women at risk for discontinuation of breast-feeding.
2. Inform practitioners that a normal prenatal body mass index (BMI) does not provide reassurance that maternal weight gain-related breast-feeding problems are not a potential threat.
3. Emphasize the need… Read More

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In the most recent issue of Women’s Health Care, a Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners, you will find:

Start Here
By Kathleen F. McCue, MS, RN, FNP-BC, IBCLC
Most new parents want to do everything they can to ensure their baby has the best chance of having a great life. After reading all the books, talking to all the friends, and eating all the right foods, parents quickly learn that taking care of their baby is not formulaic. Everyone has a different answer.…

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Women"s Health Care Journal – Annual Conference Issue 2011

This issue of Women’s Health Care features abstracts presented at the NPWH Conference in Palm Desert, California, in October 2010. The NPWH begins with abstracts from the first- and second-place poster award winners and the four podium presenters. Abstracts include:

Investigating Maternal & Neonatal Characteristics that Influence the Likelihood of a Woman Having an Elective Induction of Labor
By Mary Croyle, MSN, CNM, WHNP; Lauren Hunter, PhD, CNM, WHNP; Melbourne Frank Hovell, PhD, MPH;
OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe the investigated findings for characteristics of women and their infants who have elective inductions. 2. Evaluate current evidence-based data on elective inductions. 3. Describe known and postulated risks of elective inductions.

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