Care of the menopausal patient: A nurse practitioner’s view

Abstract

The results of the WHI reinforce the importance of individualized care based on a woman's medical history, medical needs, and desired outcomes. Nurse practitioners can help their patients put recent results into perspective. When HT is used, nurse practitioners should consider using lower doses and reevaluate the need for therapy annually.

Individualized care scale – nurse version: a Finnish validation study

“…Used together with the ICS‐Patient, the ICS‐Nurse instrument provides an opportunity to evaluate the individuality of care in the same care situation from both patient's and nursing staff's perspectives. In turn, these instruments may provide a further opportunity to develop individualized care, which is both highly valued [6–9,29] and demanded [4,5].…”

“…Individualized approaches to patient care have gained increasing importance in the delivery of nursing care [1–3] and have become a topical theme in discussions about health care systems in many western countries [4,5]. The importance of individualized care has also been recognized by patients [6,7] and nurses [6,8,9]. Nurses' work is inextricably linked to the evaluation of the quality of care provision in health care in terms of processes, activities and working environments [10], which in many ways is linked to the provision of individualized care.…”

The efficacy and tolerability of SSRI/SNRIs in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms in menopausal women: A systematic review

“…Providers can suggest a vaginal moisturizer to relieve vaginal dryness for patients using these drugs (Grady, ). It is also recommended that practitioners help patients maintain adequate calcium and vitamin D levels to minimize bone loss if they are not taking HT (Dehn, ).…”

Nurses’ perceptions of individualized care

“…1994, Teeri et al. 2006, Dehn 2007). In mental health, nurses report the need for individualized care (Jones & Kamath 1998).…”