Research Catalog

Title

Advanced health assessment of women : clinical skills and procedures / Helen A. Carcio.

Author

Carcio, Helen Nelson.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1999.

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Details

Description

xiii, 479 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

Arguing that midlevel health practitioners (including physician's assistants, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners are becoming more vital in the management of women's health in the changing health care environment, Carcio (primary care, U. of Massachusetts) presents a manual on the role and clinical skills needed by midlevel providers for assessing and treating women patients. Topics include investigative procedures, contraceptive devices, evaluation of pelvic support, infertility, and advanced skills. Spiral wire binding. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Subjects

• Handbooks and manuals
• Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological
• Clinical competence > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Generative organs, Female > Diseases > Diagnosis > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Women > Health risk assessment > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Female reproduction -- Anatomy and physiology of female reproduction -- Reproductive cycle -- Health assessment -- Health history -- Physical examination -- Assessment of the female breast -- Prenatal assessment -- Investigative procedures -- Papanicolaou smear -- Vaginal microscopy -- Urinalysis -- Sonohysteroscopy -- Bone densitometry -- BRCA testing -- Maturation index -- Assessment of women at risk -- Sexual assault victim -- Domestic violence -- Contraceptive devices -- Diaphragm -- Cervical cap -- Intrauterine device -- Contraceptive implants -- Evaluation of pelvic support -- Pelvic organ prolapse -- Assessment of the infertile woman -- Initial evaluation of infertility -- Postcoital test -- Evaluation of the candidate for intrauterine insemination -- Sperm washing technique -- Intrauterine insemination procedure -- Donor insemination -- Vulvar examination and biopsy -- Endometrial biopsy -- Acrochordonectomy -- Polypectomy -- Colposcopy.

ISBN

0781718260 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98044544^

OCLC

• 39891415
• SCSB-14235840

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library