Women's Health Flashcards
A NP suspects ovarian cancer in a patient. What should be ordered before referral?
- Transvaginal U/S
2. Order Lab: Cancer Antigen (CA-125)
As a NP working with women’s health, a NP knows the leading cause of death in maternal patient in the first trimester of pregnancy ____________.
Ectopic Pregnancy
A NP suspects ectopic pregnancy, what is the pain-pattern for ectopic pregnancy?
Patient will report pain for 6-7 weeks. The pain will be located in the lower-abdominal area or right-shoulder. The aggravation factors will be laying supine. It will be described as jarring.
A NP is reviewing a patient’s medical history, what diagnoses will place concern for ectopic pregnancy for the NP.
- History of PID
- History tubal ligation
- Previous ectopic pregnancy
A NP has a follow-up with a patient. The NP suspects ectopic pregancy. What labs need to be ordered? What is the interpretation?
- Quantitative HCG (Beta HCG) - with 48 hours the HCG level should double in a normal pregancy
- Progesterone- 5-20 % , if it is less than 5 it is considered abnormal
- Ultrasound
- CBC
A 30 year old patient is receiving a cervical screen on this visit. How should it be ordered?
In the same collection,
- PAP
- HPV DNA test
- F/U 5 years if patient has negative results
A NP diagnosed patient with pelvic inflammatory disease. Given no contraindication, what should be ordered?
- Rocephin
- Doxycycline
- Flagyl
- F/U in 48-72 hours
What are the strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer? What are the top two?
Top Two:
- most common 16
- 18
What is the gold standard for diagnosing cervical cancer? What is the procedure called?
- Gold: Cervical biopsy
2. Procedure: Colposcopy (viewing of the cervix) with biopsy
According to USPTF, when do you start and stop breast cancer screening for patient without risk factors.
Mammogram
Start at 50
Stop at 75
According to the USPTF, when do you start cervical screenings and stop without any risk factors.
Pap Smear and /or HPV DNA testing starts at 21 and stops at 65
Which vaccine pregnant patients cannot have?
- Live Vaccines
- HPV
- MMR
- Live influenza (Nasal Flu-mist)
- Varicella
A pregant patient wants to travel out the country. She ask about vaccines for travel. What should the NP teach?
The patient cannot have yellow-fever, typhoid fever, and Jan encephalitis vaccine are travel vaccines, BUT pregnant women cannot have because they are live vaccines.
A newly diagnosed pregnant patient ask about vaccines. Which ones should be recommended?
It is encourage for a pregancy patient to have a up-to-date influenza and COVID-19 vaccine.
She will also received TDaP every pregancy at 27-36 weeks of gestation.
If a pregnant patient is not immune to varicella, when will she take the vaccine?
Varicella is live. She will not take it during pregancy. She can have it after giving birth.
The two doses will 4-8 weeks apart