Fast facts about the gynecologic exam for nurse practitioners : conducting the GYN exam in a nutshell /

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Author / Creator:SECOR, MIMI CLARKE.
Imprint:New York : Springer Pub., c2012.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8954442
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Other authors / contributors:Fantasia, Heidi Collins.
ISBN:0826107818 (electronic bk.)
9780826107817 (electronic bk.)
9780826107800 (pbk.)
082610780X (pbk.)
Notes:Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-160) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other form:Original 9780826107800 082610780X 0826107818
Table of Contents:
  • Conducting the interview and taking a gynecologic and sexual history
  • Abdominal exam
  • Vulvar exam
  • The speculum exam
  • The bimanual exam
  • The rectal exam
  • Specific "challenges"
  • Examining the patient with anxiety, history of sexual abuse, or vaginismus
  • Examining virginal women and premenarchal children
  • Techniques useful when examining overweight, multiparous, or physically challenged women
  • Special considerations when examining the menopausal and elder woman
  • Care of women who have experienced female genital mutilation
  • Performing in-office diagnostic tests.