Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in Gynecologic Settings by Joellen W. Hawkins, Diane M. Roberto-Nichols, J. Lynn Stanley-Haney

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Synopsis

"The best guidelines book available. It is great for NPs of any specialty, as well as CNMs, PAs, and other health professionals caring for women. This book is concise and well organized making it extremely easy to find information quickly. It gives direct and clear information about gynecological care for women throughout the age span. I have used numerous editions of this book for years and it is my number one recommendation for NP students and experienced NPs looking for the best guidelines book on the market. To care for women a practitioner must understand the diversity and complexity of their lives and how these impact their wellness; this book does a remarkable job reflecting this."
—Holly B. Fontenot, RNC, MS, WHNP, SANE,
Clinical Instructor, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College

Now in its ninth edition, the newest revision and update of this standard work is designed to be used as a guide for nursing management of the common gynecological conditions of women, for use particularly in community-based or ambulatory settings. Written by two full-time nurse practitioners involved in women's health, and a teacher of women's health nursing, the book continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the women's health community. Unique to the ninth edition is a new, easy-to-use outline format, the latest STD guidelines from CDC, an update of Bethesda 2001 Terminology for Papanicolaou Smears, expanded and updated coverage of hormones and contraceptives, expanded coverage of weight management and obesity and smoking cessation, and extensive patient education hand-outs contained in an 86 page appendix that includes numerous sampleclinical forms and screening tools while eliminating out-of-date material and incorporating other material into the topical chapters.

Relying on evidence-based practice guidelines, the ninth edition includes:



• Contraception, infertility, and preconception care


• Breast conditions


• Assessment for abuse and violence


• Menstrual disorders and perimenopausal and postmenopausal problems


• Smoking cessation and weight maintenance


• Complementary and alternative therapies, and more

This classic book remains an essential addition to the bookshelf of every women's health practitioner.

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Biography

Joellen W. Hawkins, RNC, PhD, FAAN, has been a women's health nurse practitioner since 1969 and currently practices at the Sidney Borum Jr. Community Health Center in Boston. Since 1983, Dr. Hawkins has been the director of the women's health nurse practitioner program at the William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, teaching clinical and theory courses for that program, as well as the advanced practice role course. She is the nursing editor of Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Her research includes abuse during pregnancy; coalition building to address violence in a community; and historical work on individual nurses, advanced practice nursing, and women's health nurse practitioners. She is the author or editor of 34 books and more than 100 articles in professional journals.

Diane Roberto-Nichols, BS, APRN-C, is an OB/GYN nurse practitioner. She has been employed at Ellington OB/GYN, a solo physician practice, for 16 years. Her focus has been women's health, starting as coordinator of the Women's Health Clinic at the University of Connecticut where she was instrumental in making contraception and confidential heath care available to female students. She also co-developed a protocol and implemented an assault crisis center for sexually and physically abused students at the University. She has continued to provide education and health care to women throughout the life span.

Lynn Stanley-Haney, MA, APRN-C, is an Adult Medicine nurse practitioner with special practice areas in Gynecology and Psychiatry. Since graduation and certification in 1980, she has been involved in a variety of practice settings where she has had an opportunity topursue advocacy in women's health and access to care. As the Director of Nursing for the University of Connecticut Student Health Services she worked with their Women's Health Clinic in assuring quality of care and also provided direct care to students. Along with her long time colleague and co-author Diane Roberto-Nichols, she co-developed and implemented a 24-hr sexual assault crisis service for physically abused and sexually assaulted women students as well as co-authored the protocols that served as the prototype for this book. Since leaving the university, she has worked to implement and manage, as well as work clinically in state funded school-based health services. She has also maintained a clinical practice at Planned Parenthood of Connecticut as well as her current private practice setting. In addition, she maintains a private psychotherapy and medication management practice.