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Women's decision making during the menopausal transition, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2010)

PURPOSE: To describe women's experiences during decision making about hormonal and nonhormonal therapies during the...

 

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Women's self-diagnostic skills: developing the science, Nursing for women's health (2010)

Examines two articles that studied the accuracy of women’s self-testing for diagnosis of vaginal conditions.

 

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Educational programs: effective or not, Nursing for women's health (2010)
 

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PTSD in the postpartum period: a cause or an effect, Nursing for women's health (2009)
 

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Caffeine during pregnancy: how much is safe, Nursing for women's health (2008)
 

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If Margaret Sanger could see us now (with Joellen W. Hawkins), Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG (2008)
 

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The hysteroscopic approach to sterilization, Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG (2008)

Permanent sterilization is the most common form of contraception in the United States today. Previously,...

 

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Preventing pre-eclampsia: do multivitamins work, Nursing for women's health (2007)
 

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Women’s decision-making about the use of hormonal and non-hormonal remedies for the menopausal transition (with Carole Pearce), WFC Publications and Presentations (2006)

Objective: To describe women’s experiences when making decisions about the use of hormonal or nonprescription...

 
Graduate students' experiences with standardized patients as adjuncts for teaching pelvic examinations (with Carole Pearce), Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2006)

PURPOSE: To explore graduate nurse practitioner students' perceptions of their experiences when learning to perform...

 
How to bring evidence into your practice, Nurses (2006)

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If I hadn't asked..., Nurses (2005)

Discusses the need for screening of all women patients for intimate partner abuse as part...

 

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Women’s decision-making process during the menopausal transition, WFC Publications and Presentations (2005)

Purpose: To review the findings of qualitative studies about how women made the decision about...

 
Factors influencing women's decisions to self-treat vaginal symptoms, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2005)

PURPOSE: To review the research on women's self-treatment of vaginal symptoms, describe factors influencing this...

 
The Women's Health Initiative. Evaluating Its Impact, AWHONN Lifelines (2005)

The release of the WHI (Women's Health Initiative) findings has provided women with more accurate,...

 

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Effects of standardized patient encounter on graduate nurse practitioner student learning and performance of genital examinations (with Carole Pearce), WFC Publications and Presentations (2004)

Previous methods for teaching genital examinations to nurse practitioner students enrolled in a laboratory portion...

 

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Women's decision making about the use of hormonal and nonprescription remedies for the menopausal transition, WFC Publications and Presentations (2004)

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To review the findings of qualitative studies about how women made the decision about...

 
Women's decision making about the use of hormonal and nonhormonal remedies for the menopausal transition (with Kristin Taylor), Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG (2003)

OBJECTIVE: To critically review qualitative research on women's decision making about the use of hormonal...

 
Bypassing the middleman: a grounded theory of women's self-care for vaginal symptoms, Health care for women international (2002)

Increasing numbers of women use self-diagnosis and self-treatment in response to vaginal symptoms. I used...

 

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Bypassing the middleman: A grounded theory of women's self-care for vaginal symptoms, Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst (2000)

This research generated theory related to women's self-treatment of vaginal symptoms utilizing the grounded theory...

 
Multiple birth: a unique parenting experience, The Journal of perinatal and neonatal nursing (1989)

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