NRNP 6552
Final Study Guide
Module 1
Week 1: Health and Health Promotion
• Feminist perspective
• Alcohol consumption and women
• Cultural perspectives of women
• Tanner stages
• Primary prevention versus secondary prevention
• US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations
• Preventable causes of death for women
• Common women’s health issues
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendations
• Rape and definition of rape
• Genital trauma and rape
• Pneumonic EMPOWER
• World Health Organization
• CDC HIV testing recommendations
• Gravida/Para/Abortus (GTPAL) system
• Women’s health statistics
• Pregnancy statistics
• Body mass index (BMI) overweight
• Common conditions of women
• Statistics unintended pregnancies
• American College of Nurse-Midwives (who can they treat) definition of scope of
practice
• Healthy People 2020 focus on women’s health
Week 2: Common Health Screenings
• Breast cancer screening recommendations
• Self-breast examination screening recommendations
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• Screening guidelines for Intimate partner violence (IPV)
• Screening for rubella immunity
• Screening for osteoporosis
• Screening for diabetes pregnant and non-pregnant women
• Screening cardiovascular disease and women
• Screening for osteoporosis and women
• Screening for thyroid dysfunction
• Evidentiary examination
• Use of rectovaginal examination
• Colorectal cancer screening (CRC)
• HPV vaccinations
• HIV Screening
• STI screening
• Ovarian cancer screening
• BRCA 1 and BRCA 2
• Cervical cancer and screening
Module 2
Weeks 3, 4, and 5: Gynecologic Health and Common Gynecologic
Health Conditions
• Types of speculums and use of different types of speculums
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Counseling and reduction in STIs
• Normal versus abnormal pap smears
• Gynecologic procedures such as colposcopy, MRI, Ultrasound
• Common areas for breast malignancies
• Methods of abortion
• Menstrual flow
• Perimenstrual symptoms
• Secondary dysmenorrhea
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV-TR
• Diagnosis of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• Premenstrual symptoms
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• Emergency contraception
• Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and menopausal women
• Paragard IUD
• Diagnostic tests for abnormal uterine bleeding
• Surgical abortion
• Dysmenorrhea
• Contraceptive methods advantages and disadvantages of different methods
• Tubal sterilization
• Progestin only pills
• STIs (causative agent and treatment)
• Common forms of hepatitis in women
• Common STI in United States
• Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Menstrual dysfunction
• UTIs
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Vulvovaginal candidiasis
• Primary amenorrhea
• Hyperandrogenism
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
• Hirsutism and combined oral contraceptive use
• Uterine fibroids
• Lichen sclerosis
• Adenomyosis
• Physiologic menopause
• Endometriosis
• Female cancers
• Amenorrhea
Module 3
Weeks 6, 7, & 8: Common Gynecologic Conditions and Common
Health Conditions with Implications for Women
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• Various treatment options including medications, labs and x-rays for common
disorders and their implications for Women
• Evaluate pattern recognition, including age, risk factors and ethnicity in primary
care, cardiovascular, neurologic, genitourologic, endocrine, metabolic and
hematologic, and musculoskeletal diagnoses
• Common topics for primary and specialty care of women:
o Leading causes of death in women
o Cardiovascular risk and contraceptive use
o Hypertension risk factors
o Hyperlipidemia screening
o Gender differences in heart disease
o Psoriasis triggers
o Continence and bladder pressure
o Surgical treatment for urinary incontinence
o Hormonal acne
o Thyroid conditions
o Graves’ Disease
o UTI susceptibility
o Types of UTI
o Uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis
o Pyelonephritis vs. cystitis
o Antibiotic treatment for UTI
o Cranberry products for UTI
o Early pregnancy
o Mammary duct ectasia
o Milky nipple discharge
o EDD
Module 4
Weeks 9, 10, & 11: Obstetrics and Endocrinology and Infertility
• Various treatment options including medications, labs and imaging for pregnancy
and prenatal care, prenatal conditions, prenatal variations, postpartum care and
care of the newborn
• Evaluate pattern recognition, including age, risk factors, ethnicity, in pregnancy
and postpartum care, and care of the newborn
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• Common Pregnancy, postpartum, and care of newborn topics including:
o History of prenatal care
o Etiology of back pain in pregnancy
o Nausea in pregnancy
o Round ligament pain
o Qualitative vs. quantitative Hcg testing
o Gestational age formula
o Workspace safety in pregnancy
o DHA
o Prenatal care models
o Prenatal care schedule
o Optimal weight gain in pregnancy
o First trimester vaginal bleeding
o Early pregnancy loss
o Causes of maternal death
o Onset of labor
o Stages of labor
o Exteriorization
o Induction
o Augmentation
o Presentation
o Edema in pregnancy
o Heartburn in pregnancy
o Medical complications of pregnancy
o PICA
o Toxemia
o Anemia
o Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
o Female Genital Cutting
o Fetal death/stillbirth
o Levator ani support
o Circumcision
o Birth control post-partum
o Endometritis
o Lochia
o Maternal Hep-B infection effects on newborn
o Meconium stained amniotic fluid
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o Predictors of preterm birth
o Gestational Diabetes
o Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy
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