Advanced health assessment of women : clinical skills and procedures / [edited by] Helen A. Carcio, R. Mimi Secor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I. Female reproduction -- 1. Anatomy and Physiology of Female Reproduction / Helen A. Carcio -- 2. The Reproductive Cycle / Helen A. Carcio -- -- Unit II. Health assessment -- 3. The Health History / Helen A. Carcio and Paula Brooks -- 4. The Physical Examination / Helen A. Carcio -- 5. Assessment of the Skin / Kathleen Haycraft and Susan Voss -- 6. Assessment of the Female Breast / Jennifer Dentler and Helen A. Carcio -- -- Unit III. Evaluations of special populations -- 7. Assessment of the Pregnant Woman / Kate Green -- 8. Assessment and Clinical Evaluation of Obesity in Women / Frances M. Sahebzamani and Yolanda R. Hill -- 9. Lesbian Health / Yvette Marie Petti -- -- Unit IV. Evaluation of the menapausal woman -- 10. Assessment of Menopausal Status / Diane Todd Pace and R. Mimi Secor -- 11. Osteoporosis and Evaluation of Fracture Risk / R. Mimi Secor, Nancy R. Berman, Richard Pope, and Cathy R. Kessenich -- 12. Atrophic Vaginitis, Vulvovaginal Atrophy / R. Mimi Secor -- -- Unit V. Gynecologic abnormalities -- 13. Assessment of Pelvic Pain / Amy M. O'Meara -- 14. Assessment of Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia / Deborah A. Lipkin -- 15. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / Yvette Marie Petti and R. Mimi Secor -- 16. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding / Ivy M. Alexander -- -- Unit VI. Evaluation of the pelvic floor -- 17. Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Helen A. Carcio -- 18. Urinary Incontinence / Helen A. Carcio -- -- Unit VII. Assessment of women at risk -- 19. The Sexual-Assault Victim / Karen Kalmakis -- 20. Intimate Partner Violence / Karen Kalmakis -- 21. Sexually Transmitted Infections / R. Mimi Secor -- -- Unit VIII. Infertility and subfertility assessment -- 22. Initial Evaluation of Infertility / Carol Lesser -- 23. Methods to Detect Ovulation / Carol Lesser -- 24. Donor Insemination / Carol Lesser -- -- Unit IX. Contraception -- 25. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use / R. Mimi Secor -- 26. The FemCap / Rebecca Koeniger-Donohue -- 27. The Diaphragm / Helen A. Carcio -- 28. Intrauterine Contraception / R. Mimi Secor, Marcia Denine, and Linda Pettit -- 29. Contraceptive Implants / R. Mimi Secor, Kahlil A. Demonbreun, and Nancy Gardiner Dirubbo -- -- Unit X. Investigative procedures -- 30. Cervical Cancer Screening / Rebecca Koeniger-Donohue and Alison O. Marshall -- 31. Vaginal Microscopy / Helen A. Carcio and R. Mimi Secor -- 32. Maturation Index / Helen A. Carcio -- 33. Sonohysteroscopy (Fluid Contrast Ultrasound) / Helen A. Carcio -- 34. Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer / Constance A. Roche -- 35. Urinalysis / Helen A. Carcio -- 36. The Simple Cystometrogram / Helen A. Carcio -- 37. Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation / Helen A. Carcio -- 38. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation / Helen A. Carcio -- -- Unit XI. Advanced skills -- 39. Vulvar Cancer and Biopsy /Helen A. Carcio -- 40. Endometrial Biopsy / Helen A. Carcio -- 41. Acrochordonectomy / Helen A. Carcio -- 42. Cervical Polypectomy / Helen A. Carcio -- 43. Incision and Drainage of Bartholin's Abscess / Helen A. Carcio -- 44. Intrauterine Insemination / Carol Lesser -- 45. Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation / Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge -- 46. Pessary Insertion / Helen A. Carcio.

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"This is the only truly comprehensive advanced text for the assessment of women's health, written for such primary care providers as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives. It encompasses both foundational and cutting-edge physical and psychosocial information in a clear and concise outline format, and is unique in its presentation of more advanced techniques and procedures not addressed in standard graduate assessment texts. Keeping pace with the expanding scope of advanced practice, the third edition provides several completely new chapters authored by renowned specialists, expanded chapters, and updates. This includes new information on contraception, domestic violence, health history of special populations, lesbian health, evaluation of the pelvic floor, aging and menopause, bleeding irregularities, infertility, skin aesthetics, pelvic pain, and health guidelines."--Publisher's website

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