A quality improvement initiative to increase identification of oral disease and dental care in pregnancy
Oral health is an essential aspect of overall health. Preventing and treating oral diseases (eg, dental cavities, periodontal disease) and…
June 2020 Vol. 8 No. 3
Cervical cancer today: Survey of screening behaviors and attitudes
Cervical cancer remains a serious threat to women’s health even as advances in screening technology result in earlier detection and…
Commentary | Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are more common than we think
My experience in both women’s health/prenatal care and the field of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) gives me a unique…
Editor-in-chief’s message | June 2020
Dear Colleagues, We started 2020 off by acknowledging the World Health Organization-designated “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”…
Editor-in-chief’s message | June 2020
Dear Colleagues, We started 2020 off by acknowledging the World Health Organization-designated “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”…
Hypertension: A discussion of the guidelines
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force published their clinical practice guidelines on hypertension in 2017. These guidelines…
June 2020 Vol 8 Number 3
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Message from the new CEO
The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” in honor of…
Nurses and midwives: Partnering to prevent FASDs
Nurses and Midwives: Partnering to Prevent FASDs is a coalition of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the Association of Women’s…
Position Statement | Prepregnancy genetic carrier screening
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) advocates for equitable access to informed, voluntary prepregnancy genetic carrier…
Update on pharmacologic treatment for endometriosis- related pain
Faculty: Caitlin Henderson, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC, is a women’s health nurse practitioner in a private ob/gyn practice in West Islip,…
When sperm and egg aren’t bedfellows: The WHNP role in helping families conceive
Individuals and couples without a sperm-producing partner, including lesbian women, single women, and trans-masculine or nonbinary persons, may seek advice…