I. Read Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 from your Textbook II. NCLEX Review Questions (...

I. Read Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 from your Textbook

II. NCLEX Review Questions ( Chapters 4 to 7) from Evolve Resources.

III. Case Study: Emily is a healthy 30-year-old woman, who has been experiencing pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia (painful intercourse) for the last 6 months. She has no medical problems and is not taking any medications. Emily scheduled an appointment with the nurse practitioner at her gynecologist’s office to discuss her signs and symptoms. She is sexually active and uses condoms for birth control.

What is endometriosis?

Is endometrial tissue outside the uterus similar to endometrial tissue inside the uterus?

What are the theories concerning the cause of endometriosis?

The nurse practitioner examines Emily and tells her that she thinks she has endometriosis. Emily recalls that her mother also had endometriosis. Why is this information significant?

Emily tells the nurse that she would like to get married and have children one day. How is endometriosis managed with women who desire a future pregnancy?

The nurse practitioner refers Emily to support groups for women with endometriosis in her community and the Endometriosis Association Web site. Why are counseling and education critical components of nursing care for women with endometriosis?

Solutions

Expert Solution

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

Next > < Previous

Related Solutions

I. Read Chapters 1 to 3 from your Textbook. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 1 to...

I. Read Chapters 1 to 3 from your Textbook. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 1 to 3 III. Chapter 3 : Functional Assessment in the Elderly Patient Profile H.J., a 74-year-old African American male, is a retired army military officer. His wife of over 50 years passed away four years ago. He has four daughters and two sons who are all grown and married. He has fourteen grandchildren with a great-grandchild on the way. His son brought him to the...

I. Read Chapters 44 and 45 from your Textbook II. NCLEX REview Questions Chapters 44 and...

I. Read Chapters 44 and 45 from your Textbook II. NCLEX REview Questions Chapters 44 and 45 from Evolve Resources III. Urinary Tract Infection Lilly is a 3-year-old girl who has had abdominal pain and fever since yesterday. Subjective Data Lily is complaining of lower abdominal pain. She has had fever for 24 hours. Lilly wet her pants, despite being recently potty trained. Objective Data Vital signs: temp, 38.5º C; pulse, 114 bpm; resp, 32 breaths/min; blood pressure, 104/62 mm...

I. Read Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25 from your textbook. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters...

I. Read Chapters 22, 23, 24 and 25 from your textbook. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 from Evolve Resources. III. Case Study: Nursing Care of the Breastfeeding Mother/Newborn Couplet Charlotte is a 27-year-old G1P1 who just gave birth to a healthy girl at 39 weeks of gestation. The baby is now 20 minutes old and has transitioned well. Charlotte wants to breastfeed her infant because she has read about the benefits of breastfeeding. Her mother and...

I. Read Chapters 29 and 30 from your Textbook and PP presentations II. NCLEX Review Questions...

I. Read Chapters 29 and 30 from your Textbook and PP presentations II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 29 and 30 from Evolve Resources III. Anemia Patient Profile D.G., a 72-year-old male whose wife died six months ago, is brought to the health care provider by his daughter because he is not eating much and has been lethargic and sleeping a lot. He has a history of hyperlipidemia for which he takes niacin/lovastatin 500/20 mg PO daily at bedtime. Subjective Data...

I. Read Chapters 20 and 21 from your Text Book. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 20...

I. Read Chapters 20 and 21 from your Text Book. II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapters 20 and 21 from Evolve Resources III. Case Study: Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patient Profile P.J. is a 74-year-old female who has been seen multiple times in the past with a complex medical history. Most recently, she was discharged one month ago after a 14-day stay for gangrenous open cholecystectomy. The gangrene extended into the common bile duct and she suffered a bile leak postoperatively. On this...

I. Read Chapters 34 and 35 from your Text Book and PP II. NCLEX Review Question...

I. Read Chapters 34 and 35 from your Text Book and PP II. NCLEX Review Question Chapters 34 and 35 from Evolve Resources III. Case Study: Atrial Fibrillation Patient Profile E.W., a 76-year-old white man, comes to the emergency department after a syncopal episode at a local restaurant. He is accompanied by two friends. Subjective Data Has been feeling weak for a few days Became dizzy and fainted while awaiting his dinner Takes one medication, a “water pill” for high...

I. Read Chapter 36 from your Text Book and PP II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 36...

I. Read Chapter 36 from your Text Book and PP II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 36 from Evolve Resources III. Case Study: Mitral Stenosis Patient Profile L.S. is a 59-year-old female who goes to see her primary care provider because of increasing fatigue and shortness of breath with activity. She has a history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, and rheumatic fever as a child. She is taking the following medications: Triamterene/hydrochlorothiazide 37.5/25 mg PO daily Levothyroxine 150 mcg PO daily...

I. Read Chapter 36 from your Text Book and PP II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 36...

I. Read Chapter 37 from your Text Book II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 37 from Evolve...

I. Read Chapter 37 from your Text Book II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 37 from Evolve Resources III. Case Study: Deep Vein Thrombosis Patient Profile D.R. is a 74-year-old obese Hispanic woman who is in the third postoperative day after an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF), for repair of a left femoral neck fracture after a fall at home. Subjective Data States pain in her left hip is a 4 to 5 on a 1-to-10 scale States pain in her left...

I. Read chapters 22, 23, 24 from your Text Book and Power Point Presentation II. NCLEX...

I. Read chapters 22, 23, 24 from your Text Book and Power Point Presentation II. NCLEX Review questions chapters 22, 23, 24 from Evolve Resources III. Case Study : Initial Management of a Patient with Burns Patient Profile M.J. is a 23-year-old white woman transferred via ambulance to the hospital after a fire in her apartment. She was asleep when the fire started and managed to make her way out of the apartment through the smoke. She sustained second- and...

Subjects