Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery II

Catalog description

This course is a continuation of NSMW 7622 and focuses on the provision of reproductive-based health care to non-pregnant people across the lifespan and on the provision of primary care to both the non-pregnant and pregnant person. This course further examines current primary care and gynecological person’s health care practices and theories from the following disciplines: biological, genetic, psychological, developmental, sociocultural and cultural. Students in this course will develop critical thinking, clinical care skills, and management strategies for a holistic approach to primary care and gynecologic care. Emphasis is on comprehensive assessments and prevention and screening recommendations from evidence-based research. Having been introduced to the primary care and gynecologic health promotion and maintenance of people in NSMW 7622 , this course will explore beyond these concepts, and further examine the abnormal conditions in the primary care and gynecologic setting. Pharmacology specific to primary care, gynecologic, reproductive, and sexual health and abnormal conditions will be covered in depth. Attention will be given to the evaluation and management of common episodic and chronic primary care and gynecologic conditions of people in the healthcare settings. Developmental considerations, vulnerable populations, and cultural needs, as they relate to health promotion will be discussed in depth.