PART I: WOMENS LIVES, WOMENS HEALTH

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Table of Contents

PART I: WOMEN’S LIVES, WOMEN’S HEALTH

• Women and Their Health
• Women as Health Care Providers
• Women and Health Care
• Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
• Legal Issues in Women’s Health Care
• Feminist Frameworks for Advanced Practice with Women

PART II: HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION FOR WOMEN

• Women’s Bodies, Women’s Health
• Young Women’s Health
• Midlife Women’s Health
• Older Women’s Health
• Well Woman’s Health
• Mental Health
• Nutrition for Women

14. Healthy Practices: Physical Activity

15. Healthy Practices: Sleep

• Genetics and Women’s Health
• Women and the Workplace
• Health Considerations for Women Caregivers
• Women’s Sexual Health
• Primary Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
• Fertility Self-Management and Shared Management
• Preconception Counseling
• Prenatal Care and Anticipating Birth

PART III: MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND WOMEN’S HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

• Breast Health Considerations
• Caring for the Transgender Patient
• Sexual Health Problems and Dysfunctions
• Vulvar and Vaginal Health
• Perimenstrual and Pelvic Symptoms and Syndromes
• Urologic and Pelvic Floor Health Problems
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2 / 4

• Women and HIV/AIDS
• Human Papillomavirus
• Gynecologic Cancers
• Menopause
• Osteoporosis
• The Challenge of Unintended Pregnancies
• Infertility
• High-Risk Childbearing
• Intrapartum and Postpartum Care
• Mental Health Challenges
• Substance Abuse and Women
• Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Health
• cardiovascular disease in Women
• Endocrine-Related Problems
• Chronic Illness and Women
• Care of Women with Disabilities
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Chapter 1 Women and Their Health

The United States ranks 50 th in the world for maternal mortality and 41 st among industrialized nations for

• infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor would

most likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?

• Resolving all language and cultural differences
• Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
• Providing more extensive women’s shelters
• Encouraging all women to eat a balanced

diet

• When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
• Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
• Families are unable to make informed choices
• Childbirth results in changes in relationships
• Families require little information to make appropriate decisions

When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review

• how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when

discussing events of the 20 th century?

• Epidemics of puerperal fever
• Performance of the first cesarean birth
• Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
• Creation of free-standing birth centers
• After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that

additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?

• Hemorrhage
• Embolism
• Obstructed labor
• Infection

The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special

• health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major

problem?

• Smoking
• Heart disease
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be

most important?

• Language
• Health care workers attitudes
• Transportation
• Finances
• After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if

identified by the student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of informed consent?

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