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NURS 2910 > Women's Health and Violence > Flashcards

Women's Health and Violence Flashcards

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Mood

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client’s perspective and enduring emotional state

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Sexuality

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A critical component of human identity and well-being, sexuality encompasses biological sex, sexual activity (including pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction), gender identities and roles, and sexual orientation

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Affect

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The outward expression of the client’s emotional state

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Vulva

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  • covering of female reproductive organs
  • purpose: Protect urethral and vaginal openings, Sensitive to touch during intercourse
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Vagina

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  • Canal that connects the cervix to the vulva
  • menstruation comes out here
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Uterus

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  • Thick Walled
  • Fetus is held in here till birth
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Fallopian Tube

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  • hollow tubes
  • egg and sperm meet
  • fertilized egg moves down to uterus with help of cilia
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Ovaries

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  • Female sex hormones are produced here
  • two glands create eggs here
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Breast

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  • two mammary glands
  • Purpose: Secrete milk following pregnancy & for sexual stimulation and Composed of glands (alveolar) and ducts (lactiferous)
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Mammary glands develop during puberty for women T or F

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True, males stay dormant

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Aerola gets lighter during pregnancy so baby can see the breast T or F

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False, areolas get darker

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Subjective data of assessment of breasts

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  • History of present health concern
  • personal health history
  • family history
  • lifestyle and health practices
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Objective data of assessment of breasts

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  • inspect size, symmetry, areolas, nipples, retraction, dimpling
  • Palpate texture, elasticity, tenderness, temp, masses
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Most common spot for breast cancer

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  • axillary tail of Spence
  • towards the armpit area
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How many times should you self-check your breast

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once a month, or more

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Patient teaching and prevention methods: breasts

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  • mammography and thermography
  • health disparities? Ask more questions
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Premenopause

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  • 2 to 8 years prior to menopause
  • vasomotor symptoms> hot flashes, night sweats
  • several therapies can help
  • symptoms: hot flashes, night sweats, headaches, irregular period
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Menopause

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  • universal and irreversible part of aging
  • 1 year without a menstrual cycle
  • average onset 50y.o
  • ends the childbearing period
  • effect on emotional welling, educate patients
  • atrophy of female reproductive organs
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Genitourinary assessment and teaching

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  • First get history intake> ask questions!!
  • Assessment> usually done by provider, nurses help out
  • teaching and screenings
  • Pap smears, start 21+, every 3 years
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Focused history questions

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  • any problems urinating?
  • noticed any new smells or discharge?
  • are you sexually active?
  • frequency of menstrual period
  • Ever had a misscarriage?
  • When was your last menstraul period?
  • How many partners do you have?
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Common Vasomotor symptoms for pre/menopause

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Night sweats and hot flashes

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Common curable STI’s

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  • Syphilis
  • Gonorrhea
  • Chlamydia
  • Trichomoniasis
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Common incurable STI’s

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  • Hep B
  • Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV)
  • HIV
  • HPV
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Syphilis

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  • if left untreated can lead to disability and death
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Gonorrhea

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  • second most common sti
  • bacterial infection
  • highly contagious
  • increases risk for infertility, ectopic pregnancy, HIV
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Chlamydia

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  • Most common STI in US
  • highest rate in 15-19 y.o.
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Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV)

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  • Recurrent, lifelong viral infection
  • No cure
  • May be on long-term antiviral
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Human Papilloma virus(HPV)

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  • most common viral infection in the US
  • preventable with a vaccine
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The anatomy of females puts women at more risk T or F

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TRUE

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Possible complications of STI’s

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-Pelvic inflammatory disease
- infertility
- cervical cancer
- ectopic pregnancy
- chronic pelvic pain
- death

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Pelvic Inflammatory disease

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  • an infection-induced inflammation of the female upper reproductive tract
  • frequently caused by untreated chlamydia or gonorrhea
  • can cause pelvic abscesses, ectopic pregnancy, depression, subfertility, chronic abdominal pain
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Detection, prevention, and treatment of STI’s

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  • Assess sexual behavior, assess risk for STI
  • Screen for symptomatic and asymptomatic
  • use barrier methods, limit the number of partners, abstinence, safe sex
  • teach how to prevent STI’s> make sure they know how to
  • create safe enviroment
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Common signs of STI’s

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  • odorous or abnormal disharge
  • itching
  • pain with sex
  • urinary frequency
  • dysuria
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Victims

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  • rarely describe selves as abused, battered women syndrome
  • may feel they have a personality flaw
  • many abused as children
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Abuser

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  • feelings of insecurity, powerless, and helplessness
  • refusal to share power, violence to control victim
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Violence against women definition

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any act of gender-based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women

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Cycle of violence

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Phase 1: tension-building> arguing begins
Phase 2: Acute battering> physical abuse take place
Phase 3: Honeymoon> calm/sorry/won’t do again

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Types of abuse

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  • Emotional abuse
  • Physical abuse
  • Financial abuse
  • Sexual abuse
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IPV

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Intimate partner violence

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Intimate Partner violence

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  • Actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or psychological-emotional abuse
  • includes threatened physical or sexual violence when the threat is used to control a persons actions
  • Women are very vulnerable to IPV during pregnancy
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Types of sexual violence

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  • Intimate partner violence(IPV)
  • Human trafficking
  • incest
  • female genital cutting
  • prostitution
  • sexual assault
  • exploitation
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rape

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penetration of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person without the consent of the victim

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Acquaintance rape

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Forced sex by a person the victim knows

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Date rape

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assault occurs within a dating or marriage situation

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Statutory rape

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sexual activity between an adult and person under 18 years

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Nursing Management of rape victims

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  • early intervention and immediate counseling
  • supportive care
  • evidence collection and documentation
  • STI assessment
  • pregnancy prevention
  • PTSD assessment
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Human trafficking

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  • the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons
  • global and domestic problem
  • victims primarily women and children
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Nursing management of abused victim
ASSESSMENT:

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routine screening for indicators of abuse, isolation if suspected of abuse, direct/ indirect questions, safety assessments

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Nursing management of abused victim
INTERVENTION:

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  • goal to enable victim to gain control of life
  • educate the woman about community services
  • offer a safety plan
  • provide emotional support
  • DOCUMENT EVERYTHING

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