| You work in a gynecological office, and your office has been asked to participate in CompetencyIdentify multidimensional nursing care strategies for clients with reproductive system disorders. ScenarioYou work in a gynecological office, and your office has been asked to participate in a women’s health fair. The focus of the fair is health promotion. Preventative screening for female reproductive disorders is vital to identify and treat rapidly to produce the best patient outcomes. Preventative screening includes mammogram and Pap smear and should be performed based on recommended age and associated risk factors. To promote preventative screening, your office will be creating brochures to distribute at the health fair. InstructionsDesign a women’s health brochure by choosing one of the female reproductive disorders covered in this module. In the brochure, include the following: - Overview of the disease including disease process, signs and symptoms, and risk factors
- Preventative screening
- Diagnostics tests
- Treatment
- Multidimensional nursing care interventions
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Endometriosis is one of the female reproductive disorders affecting millions of women across the world. It affects women’s uterus. Rolla (2019) illustrates endometriosis occurs when a layer of tissues develops and grows on the uterine wall or anywhere else. It can grow in other places like ovaries, behind the uterus, on the bladder, or on the bowels. In rare cases that endometriosis grows on the other body parts. This condition can cause infertility, pain, or even heavy periods. In most cases, the pain is felt in the lower back, abdomen, or pelvic areas. Some women do not experience pain but get trouble getting pregnant. Some of the condition risk factors include not giving birth, women with short menstrual cycles, those with heavy menstrual cycles that last for about a week, those approaching menopause, low body mass index, reproductive tract abnormalities, any medical condition preventing the normal flow of menstrual flow from the body and others. (374words)
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