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Advanced nursing practitioners* may find themselves providing care to women who are pregnant, for non-pregnancy related conditions that may be linked to, or have an impact on pregnancy, or be called on to provide care in an emergency.
Nov 13, 2023 · The AWHONN Standards of Practice set forth in this ninth edition are intended to define the roles, functions, and competencies of the registered nurse who strives to provide high-quality services to patients, families, and communities.
Description. A report produced from the analysis of a workforce survey designed to explore the employment and role-specific training and continuing professional development (CPD) of registered nurses and unregistered support staff working in maternity services across the UK.
Jan 3, 2024 · Nurse practitioners may feel unable to make substantial change if not practicing in a women’s health setting. However, new guidelines and tools make supporting preconception, contraception, and interpregnancy care a reality in any practice setting.
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- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- WHNP ROLE DEFINITION
- EDUCATION FOR ENTRY INTO WHNP PRACTICE
- WHNP CERTIFICATION
- INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE
- WHNP PROGRAM CURRICULUM
- CLIENT-CENTERED CARE COMPETENCIES
- RELATED CURRICULUM CONTENT
- PRIMARY CARE COMPETENCIES
- ASSESSMENT
- DIAGNOSIS
- MANAGEMENT
- RELATED CURRICULUM CONTENT
- ASSESSMENT
- DIAGNOSIS
- MANAGEMENT
- RELATED CURRICULUM CONTENT
- MALE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE COMPETENCIES
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- DIAGNOSIS
- RELATED CURRICULUM CONTENT
- OBSTETRIC CARE COMPETENCIES
- ASSESSMENT
- DIAGNOSIS
- MANAGEMENT
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- RELATED CURRICULUM CONTENT
- PROFESSIONAL ROLE COMPETENCIES
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Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner: Guidelines for Practice and Education, 8th edition has been prepared by the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) and is designed to provide accurate information in accordance with current standards as of the date of publication. However, these guidelines are not intended to be all i...
More than four decades have elapsed since publication of the first education guidelines for WHNPs (known at that time as Obstetric-Gynecologic NPs or Ob-Gyn NPs). The Obstetric-Gynecologic Nurse Practitioner: Role Definition, Role Description and Guidelines for Educational Development, was published in 1979 by the Nurses Association of the American...
The WHNP is an APRN prepared at the master’s or doctoral level to provide holistic, client-centered primary care for women from puberty through the adult lifespan, with a focus on common and complex gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, menopause-transition, and post-menopause healthcare; uncomplicated and high-risk antepartum and postpartum care; and...
Education for entry into WHNP practice is achieved through both master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. This edition of the guidelines continues to promote the transformation of education, practice, and leadership of the WHNP as a full partner within a complex and evolving healthcare environment. NPWH supports a pragmatic approach f...
National certification provides evidence to clients, HCPs, and the community that the WHNP has the entry-level practice knowledge needed to perform the duties of the role with competence. The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is the recognized certifying body for WHNPs. NCC carries no licensing authority. The ability to practice is regulated...
NPWH recognizes that the use of gender identity-inclusive language in a document that has historically referred to the gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and obstetric healthcare of women and the sexual and reproductive healthcare of men is both a challenge and a work in progress. Readers of this document should know that the intent of the guidelin...
NP programs are based in nationally accredited schools of nursing and are organized using national standards and guidelines. Among the groups providing standards and guidelines are formally recognized accreditation bodies for schools of nursing, AACN, and NONPF. NP programs prepare graduates to meet educational eligibility requirements to sit for a...
Client-centered care is respectful of and responsive to each client’s values, needs, and preferences. Collaboration between client and HCP facilitates informed, shared decision making so that plans of care are meaningful and valuable to the individual client. The WHNP designs, provides, and evaluates client-centered care through demonstration of th...
Ethical principles for client-centered care Social/structural determinants of health Health disparities/health equity Populations at risk for marginalization, including but not limited to racial/ethnic minorities, lesbian/gay/bisexual/ queer persons, transgender/gender non-conforming persons, persons with disabilities, older adults, persons living ...
(general health assessment, screening, diagnosis, management, evaluation of care) The WHNP provides primary care for women from puberty through the adult lifespan that includes general health assessment, screening, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of care for uncomplicated nongynecologic health problems. The WHNP uses consultation, collaborati...
Obtain/perform an age-appropriate comprehensive or problem-focused health history and physical examination. Screen for psychosocial/genetic/lifestyle/environmental factors that may afect health status and health outcomes. Screen for health risks and health promotion/disease prevention needs. Order or perform health screening tests based on age an...
Interpret screening and diagnostic test results. Develop and analyze diferential diagnoses. Diagnose common, nongynecologic, primary care health conditions. Identify/diagnose psychological factors and conditions that may afect health. Identify clients at risk for being in or currently in a violent or abusive relationship.
Develop a plan of care based on assessment findings and diagnoses. Prescribe pharmacologic therapies and initiate nonpharmacologic therapies for common, uncomplicated, nongynecologic primary care health conditions. Provide health promotion/disease prevention education, counseling, and anticipatory guidance. Provide recommended vaccinations. ...
Advanced pathophysiology Advanced pharmacology Advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning Diagnostic tests/procedures and imaging studies Health record documentation Technology for health assessment, diagnosis, and disease management Psychosocial, sexual, and behavioral development from puberty through the adult lifespan Family dynamics ...
Obtain/perform an age-appropriate, comprehensive gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal health history and physical examination. Obtain/perform a problem-focused history and physical examination for both common and complex gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal health conditions. Screen for psychosocial/cultural/genetic/life...
Identify risk factors for gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal health conditions. Identify potential genetic risks to gynecologic, reproductive, and menopausal health. Interpret screening and diagnostic test results. Develop and analyze diferential diagnoses. Diagnose both common and complex gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menop...
Develop a plan of care based on assessment findings and diagnoses for both common and complex gynecologic, sexual, reproductive, and menopausal conditions. Provide anticipatory guidance and other health education related to developmental milestones (e.g., adolescence, menarche, pregnancy, menopause). Provide sexual and reproductive health prom...
Social/structural determinants and inequities that afect women’s health Advanced reproductive anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology Advanced menopause transition physiology, endocrinology, and body changes Advanced reproductive pathophysiology Genetics – for example, patterns of inheritance, chromosomal abnormalities, inherited breast and gynecolo...
The WHNP provides sexual and reproductive healthcare for males from puberty through the adult lifespan. The WHNP program curriculum prepares the WHNP with distinct competencies to provide sexual and reproductive health promotion/disease prevention education and counseling and assessment, diagnosis, and management of common male sexual and reproduct...
Obtain/perform an age-appropriate comprehensive sexual and reproductive health history and physical examination. Obtain/perform a targeted health history and physical examination to identify health conditions that may afect sexual and reproductive health. Screen for psychosocial/cultural/genetic/lifestyle/environmental factors that may afect sexu...
Identify risk factors for sexual and reproductive health conditions. Identify potential genetic risks to reproductive health. Interpret screening and diagnostic test results. Develop and analyze diferential diagnoses. Diagnose sexual and reproductive health conditions. Identify health conditions that may afect or be afected by sexual and reproducti...
Male reproductive anatomy, physiology, and endocrinology Male reproductive pathophysiology Social/structural determinants and inequities that afect men’s sexual and reproductive health Male sexual/reproductive physical examination Diagnostic tests for sexual and reproductive health conditions Age- and risk-based sexual and reproductive health scree...
The WHNP provides comprehensive antepartum and postpartum care. The breadth and depth of the WHNP program curriculum in these areas prepares the WHNP with distinct competencies to provide advanced assessment and diagnosis of antepartum and postpartum risk factors, complications, and urgent conditions. These distinct competencies prepare the WHNP to...
Obtain/perform a comprehensive initial antepartum visit health history and physical examination. Obtain/perform an interval health history and physical examination at routine antepartum visits. Review past obstetric history for complications that require specific monitoring or management in the current pregnancy. Assess risks for inherited medic...
Confirm pregnancy and gestational age. Interpret maternal and fetal screening and diagnostic tests. Identify health promotion/education needs. Diferentiate normal anatomic/physiologic/psychological changes and common discomforts of pregnancy from signs/symptoms of complications in pregnancy based on clinical and laboratory data. Identify and/or di...
Develop a plan of care based on assessment findings. Provide counseling and/or referrals to address psychosocial/cultural/lifestyle/environmental/genetic factors that may afect antepartum care, pregnancy, and pregnancy outcome. Provide gestational age-appropriate anticipatory guidance, education, and counseling. Provide support for the clients’ ps...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Cynthia Belew, CNM, WHNP-C Clinical Professor University of California San Francisco Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP Education Program San Francisco, California Candice Carbone, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer Pennsylvania Hospital, Cooper University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Wallingford, Pennsylvania Eliz...
Jan 28, 2022 · The purpose of this Guideline is to establish a framework for practice and provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations that facilitate the provision of respectful maternity care (RMC) to all people presenting to maternity care settings.
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A maternal and child health nurse serves as an advocate to protect the rights of all family members, including the fetus. Maternal and child health nursing includes a high degree of independent nursing functions, because teaching and counseling are so frequently required.
