Chapter 31 & 32 Flashcards
Important considerations when choosing contraceptive methods (14)
- safety (risk for stroke)
- protection for STDs
- effectiveness
- acceptability
- convenience
- Education needed
- Benefits (benefit outweighs risk?)
- side effects
- effects on spontaneity
- availability (prescription needed)
- expense
- preference
- religious beliefs (Catholics use family planning rather than contraceptives)
- culture (large families gain respect, African cultures prefer to bleed out/menses)
Top 5 contraceptive use in America
- Sterilization
- oral contraceptives
- condoms
- diaphragm (yuck!) with spermicide
- family planning
Special needs of perimenopausal women regarding contraception and best method for them
- contraception should be used up to 1 year following lase menses
- sterilization is most common in older women
- may not understand risk of pregnancy with older age
- progestin only is best (Mirena IUD, Depo-Provera, progestin only oral)
Differentiate between copper IUD and hormonal
- Mirena is hormonal and last 5 years and is smaller
- Paraguard is copper and last 10 years
Which hormonal birth control is weight sensitive
- Transdermal Patch
- weight more than 90 kg its less effective
Which hormonal birth control is lactation safe
-Implanon
Oral contraception teaching
- if N/V/D use back up method for 7 days, this usually indicates altered absorption
- take progestin same time every day, if 3 hours off use back up method for 7 days
- Passes in breast milk-Drug interactions include St Johns Wort, anticonvulsants, and some antibiotics (not broad spectrum or antifungals) or anything that stimulates liver metabolism
- not for diabetics or smokers, high blood pressure,clots, migraines
Chemical Barriers vs Mechanical
-spermicides vs condoms, diaphragm and cervical caps
Calender Family Planning Method
- timing of ovulation
- about day 14 after menses
- unreliable
Standard Family Planning Method
- using string of colored beads to keep tract of fertile vs infertile days
- Day 8-19 considered sterile
Cervical Mucus/ Two day Family Planning Method
- spinnbarket is when mucus becomes stretching
- indicated ovulation
- intercourse is allowed every other day when there is no mucus present
Sympothermal Family Planning Method
- assessmentof body temp with cervical mucus in addition of bloating, weight gain, mittelschmerz, or increased libido
- avoid intercourse if these are present
ACHES
- warning signs of oral contraceptives complications
- A: Abdominal pain
- C: chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis, or cough can indicate PE or MI
- H: Headache, weakness or numbness of extremity, hypertension can indicate migraines and stroke
- E: eye problems can indicate migraine, stroke or retinal vein thrombosis
- S: severe pain or swelling, heat or redness to calf can indicate DVT
Women health initiative
- preventing breast CA, colerectal CA, osteoporosis and CV disease
- health maintenance and screening
Trich discharge
- thin or frothy
- malordorous
- yellow-green or brownish grey