Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in Gynecologic Settings: Eighth Edition

Joellen W. Hawkins · Diane M. Roberto-Nichols · J. Lynn Stanley-Haney

Jan 2004 · Springer Publishing Company

About this ebook

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!

This extensively revised and updated edition is designed to be used as a guide for nursing management of the common gynecological conditions of women, for use in community-based or ambulatory settings. The 8th edition has a number of special features: New information on contraceptive methods, the latest CDC guidelines for management of sexually transmitted diseases, information on smoking cessation and assessing risk of heart disease in women, osteoporosis assessment and prevention, management of abnormal Pap smears, hormone therapy, breast conditions and breast cancer risk, and emergency contraception. Extensive appendixes include dozens of patients handouts, a health history form, informed consent forms for contraceptives, and a self assessment of HIV/AIDS risk.

About the author

Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC-E, FAAN, FAANP, practiced as an OB/GYN women's health care nurse practitioner for 36 years. From 2008 to the present, she has been writer-in-residence, Simmons College School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Boston. Diane M. Roberto-Nichols, BS, APRN-C, is a nurse practitioner in both women's health and adult medicine. She has practiced as an OB/GYN nurse practitioner for more than 30 years. J. Lynn Stanley-Haney, MA, APRN-C, is an adult medicine nurse practitioner with special practice areas that include gynecology and psychiatry.