Mounting research points to health harms from cannabis, THC and CBD use during pregnancy
Cannabis is a widely used psychoactive drug worldwide, and its popularity is growing: The U.S. market for recreational cannabis sales…
Clinical Topics
Impact of negative messages about women and their bodies
Working in gynecology as a women’s health nurse practitioner, it is commonplace for me to hear my patients make self-disparaging…
Women and alcohol: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment
Alcohol use in the general adult population has significantly increased in recent years, and adult women are at higher…
The honored space of nurse practitioners in adoption
This article focuses on the importance of nurse practitioners providing informed, unbiased, and nonstigmatizing prenatal and postpartum care for individuals…
State-based policies on alcohol use during pregnancy
Alcohol use is common in the United States. In 2020, 54.2% of adults age 18 and older reported drinking in…