The 11th edition of this classic guide for assessment and management of common gynecologic conditions by advanced practice nurses is updated with cutting-edge topics, new evidence-based guidelines, and current patient teaching materials to enhance excellence in clinical practice. This edition features a completely updated chapter on the well-woman annual exam, including issues about the care of older women, and extensive revisions throughout regarding contraceptive methods, CAMs, medical abortion, HIV/AIDS, HPV screening and vaccine recommendations, and much more.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• PART I: GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
• 1. Well-Woman Initial/Annual Gynecologic Exam
• 2. Safe Practices for Clinicians
• 3. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
• 4. Smoking Cessation
• 5. Weight Management
• 6. Guidelines for Assessing Victims of Abuse and Violence
• PART II: GUIDELINES FOR CONTRACEPTION AND PRECONCEPTION CARE
• 7. Methods of Contraception and Family Planning
• Barrier Methods
• Contraceptive Spermicides and Condoms
• Emergency Contraception
• Hormonal Contraception
• Intrauterine Devices/Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices
• Natural Family Planning
• Sterilization
• 8. Preconception Care
• PART III: GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING WOMEN'S HEALTH CONDITIONS
• 9. Breast Conditions
• Abnormal Breast Discharge
• Breast Mass
• Breast Pain
• 10. Cervical Aberrations
• Cervicitis
• PAP Smear and Colposcopy
• 11. Emotional and Mental Health Issues Appropriate for Assessment and Treatment in Women's Health Care Settings
• 12. Genitourinary Tract Conditions
• Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
• Urinary Tract Infection
• 13. Infertility
• 14. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Vulvar Dermatology
• Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Vulvar Dermatology
• 15. Medical Abortion
• Postabortion Care: Medical and Surgical
• Postabortion Complications
• 16. Menstrual Disorders
• Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
• Amenorrhea
• Dysmenorrhea
• Endometrial Biopsy
• Premenstrual Syndrome
• 17. Miscellaneous Gynecologic Conditions
• Abdominal Pain
• Acute Pelvic Pain
• Bartholin's Cyst, Bartholinitis
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Dysesthetic Vulvodynia
• Pediculosis
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
• Pelvic Mass
• Pudendal Neuralgia
• Scabies
• Uterine Leiomyomata
• Vulvar Conditions
• 18. Perimenopause and Postmenopause
• General Care Measures
• Hormone Therapy
• Osteoporosis
• 19. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• 20. Sexual Dysfunction
• 21. Vaginal Conditions
• Checklist for Vaginal Discharge Workup
• Checklist for Vaginal Discharge With Odor Workup
• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Candidiasis
• Chancroid
• Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
• Condylomata Acuminata (Genital Warts)
• Genital Herpes Simplex
• Gonorrhea
• Granuloma Inguinale
• Hepatitis
• HIV/AIDS
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum
• Molluscum Contagiosum
• Syphilis
• Trichomoniasis
• PART IV: APPENDICES
• PDF versions of the Patient Information and Consent Forms (Appendix A) and the Patient Education Handouts (Appendix I) are available at www.springerpub.com/hawkins11
• APPENDIX A: Patient Information and Consent Forms
• Diaphragm
• Emergency Contraception
• Hormonal Contraceptives
• Injectable Contraception (Depo-Provera)
• Intrauterine Device
• APPENDIX B: Abuse Assessment Screen
• APPENDIX C: Danger Assessment
• APPENDIX D: Self-Assessment of HIV Risk
• APPENDIX E: Women and Heart Disease: Risk Factor Assessment
• APPENDIX F: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• APPENDIX G: Constipation
• APPENDIX H: Body Mass Conversion Table
• APPENDIX I: “For Your Information”: Patient Education Handouts
• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Candidiasis (Monilia) Yeast Infection
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Contraceptive Implant
• Contraceptive Patch
• Contraceptive Shield: Lea's Shield
• Contraceptive Vaginal Ring (NuvaRing)
• Cystitis (Bladder Infection)
• Femcap
• Genital Herpes Simplex
• Genital Warts (Condylomata Acuminata)
• Gonorrhea
• Hormone Therapy
• Lice (Pediculosis)
• Natural Family Planning to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy
• Osteoporosis
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Postabortion Self-Care: Medical or Surgical
• Preconception Self-Care
• Premenstrual Syndrome
• Scabies
• Spermicides and Condoms
• Stop Smoking
• Stress or Urge Incontinence (Loss of Urine)
• Surgical Postabortion Care
• Syphilis
• Trichomoniasis
• Vaginal Contraceptive Sponge
• Vaginal Discharge
• Bibliographies