UNIT 3- WOMENS HEALTH Flashcards
What are some leading causes of death amoung women?
Heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries (FALLS)
What is the number 1 killer of women?
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Cardiac disease
Why is cardiac disease the number 1 killer in women?
Women typically present with atypical symptoms
What are some atypical symptoms of cardiac disease?
- Pain, pressure in the chest, discomfort in arm,neck and jaw
- Pain in the upper back and or stomach
- Unusual fatigue
- n/v
- Loss of appetite
- Lightheadedness, dizziness, palpitations
How do nurses assist women with cardiac disease?
Nurses help women identify risk factors and teach women the non classic symptoms of cardiac disease
What are warning signs of a stroke?
Sudden onset of
1.numbness/weakness of the face/arm and or legs
2.Trouble seeing out of one or both eyes
3.Trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
4.Severe headache with no known cause
What is the golden hour?
It is 1 hour from onset of stroke symptoms to administer tPA (tissue plasminogen activator)
What patient education should we provide about strokes?
- Call 911 immediately. Dont wait to see if it will go away
- Teach family and patient to recognize s.s of stroke
What preventative counseling can we provide patients?
- Healthy weight-reduce health problems
- Balanced diet-calcium & vitamin D (dairy, green leafy veggies and sunlight)
- Physical activity- 30 min/day, weight-bearing 3-4/week
- Avoid smoking & second-hand smoke
- Immunization
- Limit alcohol- 1st drink/day
- Accident & injury (rugs)
- Safe sex
What screening procedures should you have done annually esp if there are risk factors?
- Pap smear according to ACS (every 3 years unless abnormal)
- Dental (2 cleanings)
- STI
- Fecal occult blood
- UA
- Thyroid annually if signs of dysfunction
- Genetic testing (signs of hibitual aborter)
- Transvaginal ultrasound
- TB
When should you have a bone density exam?
65 y/o q 2 years
over 45 is starting to be seen more
When should you start having labs to check cholesterol?
20 or if risk factors
When should women have a colonscopy done?
50 y/o q 10 years unless its abnormal
When should women have there eyes checked?
40 y/o q 2-4
65 y/o 1-2 years or annually
When should women be tested for there fasting glucose level?
45 y/o q 3 years
When should women start having their hearing checked?
q 10 years until 50 then every 3 years
When should women start getting mammos done?
40 y/o q 1-2 yrs
When should a women be checked for rubella immunity?
Childbearing age
When should women start doing monthly self breast exams?
After onset of putbery and period starts
What changes in our monthly self breast exam should we report to our PCP?
Lumps, change in skin color or texture, nipple changes (inverted), leaking clear or bloody fluid
How often should a ACS-clinical breast exam happen?
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3 years-19-39y/o
Annually- >40 y/o
When should we teach women to there monthly self breast exam?
After period about a week after.. during your period your breast tend to have lumps due to hormonal changes
What is a mammogram?
Low dose x-ray during mechanical compression of the breast
What are some inidcations of mammogram?
- Screening- every 1-2 years after 40
- Diagnostic- abnormal finding- require further testing
What education should we provide patients about mammograms?
- Pre-procedure- avoid underarm deodrants, lotions, and powders
- Post-procedure- Anticipated time of resuts, mammogram follow-up, and self-breast exams
When should women do a monthly vulvar exam?
All women 18 y/o or younger if sexually active
How is a vuvlar self exam done?
Systematic manner
1. Inspect & palpate- signs of precancerous conditions or infections
2. Mons,clitoris,labia minor, labia majora, perineum, and anus
Report any abnormalities for follow up- discharge, infection, sores, warts
When does the American cancer Society recommend cervical paps?
No longer recommends annual cervical pap smears.. ACS- cervical screening recommendations:
1. 21-29y/o- every 3 years
2. 30-65 y/o every 5 years
3. >65-stop pap- no previous pre cancerious pap in 20 years
Pelvic exam includes what
- External organs exam
- Speculum exam
- Bimanual exam
- Cervical cystoloty or pap smear
- Rectal examination
What should we educate patients on regarding pelvic ecams and papsmears?
- Scheduled 5 days after menstrual period
- Nothing inserted vaginally 48 hours prior to the exam
- Have patient empty their bladder
- Eduction regarding procedure
- Provide a hand to hold or mirror so patient can observe
- Pace in lithotomy position & drape approppriately
- consider semi-fowlers, side lying, with or without stirrups for females unable to lie in lithotomy
- Special considerations- female genital mutilation-female circumcision- usually done to keep them from being sexually active… can ask if they have had any surgery on genital or infections
What is a colposcopy and what are the clinical indications for having one done?
Microscopic exam of vaginal & cervical tissue usually done if a women has an abnormal pap or to treat condyloma
What is a cervical biopsy and what are the clinical indications for having one done?
Extensive surgical biopsy usually done if a women has an abnormal pap-atypical or abnormal cells it is performed early phase of the menstrual cycles and tissue is excised and sent for pthological exam
What is an endometrial biopsy and what are the clinical indications for having one done?
Endometrial tissue aspirated from the uterus usually done if a women has abnormal or postmenopausal bleeding
What is a hysterosalpingography and what are the clinical indications for having this done?
Cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes are visulized by x-ray after injecting contrast dye usually done to evulate for fibriods tumors, fisturlas or infertility
What are our nursing considerations for procedures regarding womens health?
Pre procedure, intra and post procedure
Pre-procedure
1. obtain menstrual hx-LMP and allergies
2. Administer analgesia prior to the procedure (advil or motrin before they come to help with cramping)
3. Education regarding procedure, discomfort and relaxation
4. Empty bladder, place in lithotomy poisition and drape appropriately
Intra-procedure- offer patient support and assist provider
Post-procedure
1. Provide perineal tissue/pad
2. Education patient regarding s/s to report
- allergies, infection and when to expect results
What is a dilation & curettage and what are the diagnnostic and therapeutic reasons it might be done?
Dilate cervix & scrape endometrial tissue (D&C)
Diagnotistc- malignancy,fertility, dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Therapeutic- heavy uterine bleeding, incomplete abortion
What is a endometrial ablation?
Removal of endometrial tissue with laser
What is laparscopy and what are the diagnostic and therapeutic reasoning for this exam?
Laparoscope insterted for visualization & surgery
Diagnostic- fertility,ectopic, adhesions, cysts, endometriosis or PID
Therapeutic- tubal ligation, IUD, or adhesion removal or egg retrieval
What is a hysterectomy?
Surgical removal of the uterus there are different types and which type a women gets depends on reason, age and health
What is a total hysterectomy?
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Removal of cervix, uterus up to the fundus. Ovaries and fallopian tubes are left
What is a subtotal or supracervical hysterectomy?
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Take out above the cervix but leave the cervix
what is a hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy?
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Cervix up to the fundus in addition to the fallopian tubes and ovaries
What is a radical hysterectomy?
Take everything and part of the vagina and lymph nodes usually done in cancer that has mets
What are clinical indications for a hysterectomy?
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Cancer-cervical, endometrial, ovarian
Noncancerous- fibroids tumors, endometriosis, gentral prolapse, PID
What are different surgical techniques of performing a hyst
- Abdominal-transverse (Psfannenstiel)/vertical (low-midline)
- Vaginal-lithotomy position
- Larparoscopic assisted vagainal hyst (LAVH)
What are risk related to a hyst surgery?
- anesthesia complications
- uterine, bladder, or bowel injuries
- hemorrhage
- infection
- DVT-
What is our pre-op nursing care for hysts
1.Admission assessment- no anticoagulants, ASA, NSAIDS
2.Pre-op checklist
- H&P
- informed concent
- Labs- cbc, type and cross, UA, Pregnancy
- Remove jewlrey, glassess, contacts
- NPO 8 hours prior to surgery
- EKG- perform and verify
3. Start IV
4. Void, insert cath
5. Pre-op education, anwser questions
6. Emotional suport
What is our post op nursing care for a hyst procedure?
- Assess v/s, blood loss, LOC, I&O, lung & bowel sounds
- IV therapy
- Pain managment- meds, positioning, pain pump possible
- Administer medication- antibiotics, hormone replacement
- Assist with ambulation
- DC- IV, catheter 24-48 hours
- Progress diet
- Education
- Emotional support
What is fibrocystic breast changes?
Thickening of reast tissue with the formation of cysts
When is fibrocystic breast changes seen?
Occurs before menopause
What are symptoms of fibrocystic breast?
Pain & tenderness are often bilateral occurs around the menstrual cycle
what are diagnostic exams that detect fibrocystic breasts?
- mammograms
- ultrasound
- fine needle aspiration/or core needle biospy
- Excision of the mass
- open or surgical biospy
What is a key assessment question to ask if you are trying to figure out if a lump found in the breast is fibrocystic breasts or potenitally cancer related?
When was your last menstrual period… if they are currently menstrating tell them to do a self breast exam in 7-10 days if the lump remains call again
What is the treatment for fibrocystic breasts?& what’s med might be used
No specific tx proven beneficial. Supportive bra recommended, avoid caffeine, and danazol an androgenic medication which suppresses estrogen
DANZOL is important
What is amenorrhea?
Absence of menses
What are nursing considerations for benign breast disorders?
Acknowledge a breast mass evokes feeling of fear and anxiety and educate regarding how and when results will be communicated
What is the number 1 cause of amenorrhea?
Pregnancy
What is primary amenorrhea?
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Delayed- no secondary sex characteristics by age 14 OR no menses with secondary sex characteristics by age 16
May be genetic or inherited
What is secondary amenorrhea?
Cessation of menstruation– no menses 3-6 months following normal cycles or there is an underlying cause like pregnancy
What is the patho of amenorrhea?
- Endocrine/pituitary function- lack or hormone production
- Heredity/congenital- emotional support may be needed
- PCOS- causes women not to ovulate correctly which causes abnormal periods
- Nutritional/uncontrolled diabetes- anorexia- body doesnt allow period
- Heavy athletic activity- people who are training for sports everyday for 8-10hours have no body fat and there body shurts down and it doesnt let them have periods
- Emotional distress
- 90% no identifiable cause
How do we managage amenorrhea?
Identify and treat the underlying condition
What are nursing considerations for amenorrhea?
- Emotional support- young teen may feel left out
- menstration is unique funciton of women
- Absence can create concerns about feminity and having children
- Adolescent is the time when being diff that you peers is painful
- Education concerning diet, nutrition and exercise
- sometimes a change in diet will do the trick
What is menorrhagia?
Prolonged or heavy menstrual bleeding
Think MANNNNYYY pads for MANNNNY bleeding
What is metrorrhagia?
Irregular bleeding which often occurs between period or after menopause
Metro- think metro train in new york and you get on it and off
What is menometrorrhagia?
Prolonged or excessive bleeding that occurs irregular and mroe frequent
What is the patho of abnormal uterine bleeding (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, menometrorrhagia)
- Pregnancy complication- spontaneous abortions
- Lesions- begnign or malignant of the vagina, cervix, or uterus
- Drug induced bleeding- hormonal contracepties (may not have correct dosage)
- systemic disorders- diabetes, hypothyroidism, uterine fibroids
- Failure to ovulate
How is abnormal uterine bleeding (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, menometrorrhagia) managed?
- pregnancy test- may be a sign of a missed abortion
- Hormone levels- determine if ovulation is occuring
- Lab- CBC, Coagulation studies, liver function
- Endometrial biopsy
- Ultrasound or hysteroscopy- assess the uterine linign
- Oral contraceptive-progestin-estrogen combination- sometimes getting them regulated will help
- Surgical- D&C, endometrial ablation, hyst
What is nursing considerations for abnormal bleeding (menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, menometrorrhagia)?
- Encourage women to seek immediate medical attention
- encourage women to record bleeding episodes and amount of loss
- Importance of nutrition and stress reduction
- Education about diagnostic procedures
- Emotions support for women who fear cancer
What is premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Physical and emotional changes related to menstrual cycle
What are some syptoms a women may experience with PMS?
- Musculoskeltal- back pain, join pain
- Neuro- clumspy, crazy, vertigo
- GI/GU- bloating weight gain, n/v/d, cravings
- Mental or emotional
What is the patho of PMS?
unknown cause but associated with
Hormonal changes- estrogen-progesterone imblance
chemical changes in the brain
What kind of impact does PMS have?
Impacts family- strain on relationships-family conflict, disrupted communication which can lead to the loss of control- child battery, self inflicted injuries and accidents
What are our nursing considerations for PMS?
- Encourage exam and correct dx
- Education about lifestyle changes-diet, exercise, relaxation, sleep, herbal remedies
- Education about mediations- ibuprofen, antidepressants, diuretics, oral contraceptives
- Education and support to the family- family needs to udnerstand this is an actual condition
- Education concerning planning for feeling of loss of control- whats her plan for the day that kids are misbehaving so that her children dont get hurt
What is menopause?
Perment cessation of menstrual cycles
When is the onset of menopause usually?
35-58y/o average age is 51 y/o
What are the 3 stages of menopause?
- Perimenopause- 1st year before last menses typically periods start getting further and further apart, hot flashes, mood swings, decline in estrogin and progestrin
- Menopause- one year after last menses
- Post menopause- after menopause
What is the patho of menopause
Ovaries stop producing eggs and a decline in estrogen and progesterone production
What are the s/s of menopause changes
- Vasomotor- irregular periods/hot flashes/night sweat (1st symptoms typically)
- GI-Incontinence/vaginal changes- increase pH/dryness/painful sex
- Psychoslogical- mood swings/sleep changes/ decrease in sleep/fatigue
- Skeletal- decrease bone density
- Cardio- irregular heartbeat palpitations decrease in HDL and increase in LDL
- Dermatologic- decrease skin elasticity/hair loss
- Reporductive- breast changes, decrease interest in sex
What are womens psychological response to menopause?
- Excited- no longer worry about childbearing
- Grieve-loss of fertility
- comes to term with aging
What are therapies used for menopause managment?
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)-estrogen-progesterone (UTERUS IN)
- both hormones in this therapy work together and it decreases the chance of cancer because you dont have a complete overload of estrogen with uterus but there is an increased risk for breast and uterine cancer
- Estrogen replacement therpay (ERT)- estrogen (NO UTERUS)
- risks and benefits must be considered
- may help with symptoms but increases risk of cancer
What is our menopause education?
- life style changes- diet and exercise
- Hot flashes- avoid alcohol, caffeine, hot drinks, spicy food, smoking; layer clothing
- Night sweats- cool shower before bed, cotton nightwear, cool room
- Sleep distrubances- regular bedtime, 8hrs sleep, dark, quiet, cool room
- Vaginal dryness & sexual discomfort- vaginal lubercants or estrogen cream
- Complementary/alternative therapy
What are the s/s cyclic pelvic pain?
- Pelvic pain which occurs midway between menstrual periods at the time of ovulation
- Sharp pain felt in the lower right or left pelvic area
- last for a few hours up to 2 days
- slight vaginal bleeding after the discomfort
What is primary dysmenorrhea?
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Painful, cramping 12-24 hours before menses, that last about 12-24 hours– consistent usually with every period
What is the patho of primary dymenorrhea?
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Excessive endometrial producation of prostaglandin (protaglandin tells your body its time to have menses)
What is seocndary dysmenorrhea?
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Painful menses with known anatomic factors/pelvic pathology
What is the patho of secondary dysmenorrhea?
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Endometriosis, adhesions, cervical senosis,fibroids
What is the managment of dysmenorrhea?
- Identify and tx underlying conditions
- Prostaglandin inhibitors- ibuprofen
- For primary- ibuprofen inhibits the production of prostaglandin and it wont be as painful
- Pain managment- analgesia, heat, warm bath
- oral contraceptives
- diet-low fat
- excersice, relaxation, biofeedback, acupuncture
What is endometrosis?
The presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus
What is the patho of endometriosis?
- Retrograde menstration- uterus should be lined up with vaginal opening but sometimes a women may have a retrograde and the uterus kind of lies lower allowing the menstral cycle to flow back towards the pelvic cavity. The endometrial tissue sticks to structures outside of the uterus and so when its time to have mentral cycle these area will bleed along with
- Predisposition, immunological changes, hormonal influences