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Sexual and Reproductive Health Nursing Clinical Manual: Screening, Contraceptive Counseling, STI Care, Fertility Support, Prevention, and Patient Education - Tapa blanda

Batts, Marilyn C

 
9798193620914: Sexual and Reproductive Health Nursing Clinical Manual: Screening, Contraceptive Counseling, STI Care, Fertility Support, Prevention, and Patient Education

Sinopsis

A practical clinical manual for nurses providing sexual and reproductive health care across screening, counseling, prevention, treatment support, fertility concerns, and patient education.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Nursing Clinical Manual gives nurses a structured, patient-centered approach to some of the most sensitive and clinically important conversations in healthcare. Rather than treating reproductive health as a collection of isolated diagnoses, the manual connects assessment, communication, safety screening, patient choice, prevention, documentation, and follow-up into a usable nursing workflow.

Readers are guided through inclusive sexual health histories, risk assessment, contraceptive counseling, hormonal and long-acting contraception, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment support, HIV testing and prevention, fertility awareness, preconception care, menstrual and gynecologic concerns, pregnancy testing, early-pregnancy support, sexual function, pelvic health, trauma-informed care, and population-responsive prevention.

Throughout the manual, the emphasis remains on respectful communication, shared decision-making, patient autonomy, confidential care, teach-back, recognition of urgent warning signs, and closed-loop follow-up. Clinical pearls, red-flag alerts, documentation points, case studies, skills checklists, key terms, and review questions with rationales reinforce application at the bedside, in outpatient settings, and in nursing education.

Inside this manual, readers will find guidance for:


  • Conducting inclusive sexual and reproductive health histories without assumptions

  • Screening for pregnancy possibility, STI and HIV risk, reproductive goals, and urgent symptoms

  • Providing balanced contraceptive counseling and supporting shared decision-making

  • Educating patients about hormonal, long-acting, barrier, and nonhormonal methods

  • Supporting STI testing, specimen-site selection, treatment follow-up, and partner-care planning

  • Explaining HIV testing, PrEP, PEP, prevention, and long-term counseling priorities

  • Supporting fertility awareness, preconception health, fertility evaluation, and referral

  • Recognizing concerning menstrual, pelvic, gynecologic, and early-pregnancy symptoms

  • Using trauma-informed communication during sensitive assessments and intimate examinations

  • Strengthening patient education, prevention, documentation, and quality improvement


Designed for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing students, clinical educators, outpatient and community health teams, and professionals seeking a practical sexual and reproductive health reference, this manual supports safer assessment, clearer counseling, and more reliable patient follow-up while preserving dignity and informed choice.

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