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1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributor -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Fast Facts About the Gynecologic Exam: A Professional Guide for NPs, PAs, and Midwives, Second Edition -- Part I: Introduction to the Gynecologic Exam -- Chapter 1: Conducting the Interview and Taking a Gynecologic and Sexual History -- Creating a Therapeutic Environment -- Pre-Appointment Instructions -- Establishing Rapport -- Introduction to Documenting the Gynecologic Exam -- Introduction to Conducting the Medical Interview -- Assess Vital Signs |
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Transitioning to Conducting the Gynecologic ExamChapter 2: The Abdominal Exam -- Chapter 3: The Vulvar Exam -- The Approach -- External Examination of the Genitalia -- Focus of the Visual Examination -- Palpation -- Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation -- Chapter 4: The Speculum Exam -- Preparing to Perform the Speculum Exam -- Prepare the Woman for What to Expect During the Speculum Exam -- Positioning the Woman -- Selecting the Speculum -- Inserting the Speculum -- Inspecting the Vagina and Cervix -- Collecting the Cervical Pap Smear (and Optional STI Testing) |
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Other Diagnostic Tests to Consider Performing During the Speculum ExamRemoving the Speculum -- Discarding the Speculum -- Chapter 5: The Bimanual Exam -- The Bimanual Exam -- The Adnexal Exam -- Chapter 6: The Rectal Exam -- The Rectovaginal Exam -- Indications -- External Rectal Exam -- Rectovaginal Exam -- Internal Rectal Exam -- Anal Cytology -- Part II: Approach to Examining Special Populations -- Chapter 7: Specific â#x80;#x9C;Challengesâ#x80;#x9D; -- Difficult Visualization of the Cervix -- Vulvar and Vaginal Pain -- Vulvar and Vaginal Itching |
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Chapter 8: Examining the Woman With Anxiety, History of Sexual Violence, or Intimate Partner ViolenceAnxiety -- Physical and Sexual Violence -- Intimate Partner Violence -- Human Trafficking -- Chapter 9: Examining Premenarchal Children, Adolescents, and Virginal Women -- Children and Premenarchal Patients -- Adolescents -- Chapter 10: Useful Techniques When Examining Overweight, Multiparous, or Physically Challenged Women -- Obesity -- Multiparity -- Physically Challenged Women |
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Chapter 11: Special Considerations When Examining the Postmenopausal and Older WomanExamining the Postmenopausal and Older Woman -- Age-Related and Atrophic Changes -- The Pelvic Exam of the Postmenopausal Woman -- Health Issues of Older Women -- Laboratory Evaluation of Postmenopausal and Older Women -- Chapter 12: Care of the Woman Who Has Experienced Female Genital Mutilation -- Classification of FGM -- Long-Term Sequelae of FGM -- Performing a Pelvic Exam After FGM -- Chapter 13: Gynecological Examination of the Transgender Patient |
| Notes |
""History-Taking and Communication Considerations"" |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fantasia, Heidi C., PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
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| ISBN |
9780826196095 |
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0826196098 |
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