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| Women’s Health Update: The Challenging Gyn Exam Made Easy and Vulvovaginitis Conondrums |
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by R. Mimi Secor, MS, MEd, FNP-BC, FAANP - May 21, 2012
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Beyond the Elusive Cervix and Strategies You’re Itching to Know from an Expert
The gynecologic exam visit involves many competencies, skills and steps including; taking a gynecologic history, conducting a gynecologic exam, excellent communication and expert clinical skills and the ability to formulate a management plan to address preventive goals and health issues pertinent to the individual patient. This process is complex and individualized to each patient and situation. Knowledge, practice and experience are required to develop basic competency and with time, expert skills.
Many factors can contribute to challenging pelvic exams. Some of these challenges include: patient anxiety, vulvovaginitis and vulvar pain symptoms interfering with the exam, difficulty visualizing the cervix, history of sexual abuse, vaginismus, menopause, obesity, physical and intellectual challenges, and examining pediatric patients.
There are many approaches and strategies clinicians can implement to deal with these challenges and challenging populations. In this workshop the expert instructor will share many of her clinical pearls and exam strategies from her over 30 years of practice in women’s health.
Mimi Secor is a Nurse Practitioner at Newton Wellesley ObGyn, in Newton, MA where her career-long specialty is managing patients with vulvovaginal problems. She has 33+ years of experience in women’s health, has been a clinically focused educator for decades, and is Coauthor with Helen Carcio of a new textbook, Advanced Health Assessment of Women; Skills and Procedures. Mimi is a nationally noted speaker and consultant, a Visiting Scholar at Boston College, and the co-host of “Partners in Practice,” a weekly radio broadcast on ReachMD. She received the 2010 “Shout Out” Award from Advance for NPs and Pas for her media work on ReachMD, Good Morning America, the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal and many others. Mimi can be contacted via www.mimisecor.com
Mimi will be speaking at the upcoming DMGCME conference in Walt Disney World.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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