Lesson 1Mind and feelings check: mood swings, worry, body feelings, relationship matters, and partner harm screeningThis part talks about checking mind and feelings during women's health visits, covering mood, worry, how one sees their body, relationships, and harm from close partners, using kind ways that respect past hurts and paths to get help.
Screening for depression, anxiety, and suicidalityExploring body image and reproductive identityAssessing relationship quality and sexual coercionIntimate partner violence screening and safety plansTrauma‑informed communication during examsReferral to mental health and social servicesLesson 2Overall body and daily life story: weight shifts, food, rest, movement, substance habits, and work worriesThis part looks at body-wide and daily life things that affect women's health, like weight, eating well, sleeping, moving the body, using things like alcohol or tobacco, and job stress, and adds advice to help change habits for better health.
Weight changes, BMI, and menstrual irregularitiesDietary patterns, anemia, and bone healthSleep quality, circadian disruption, and hormonesExercise, athletic amenorrhea, and energy balanceSubstance use and reproductive health outcomesWork stress, shift work, and coping strategiesLesson 3Full monthly cycle story: patterns, blood amount, bleeding between cycles, length, and changes over timeThis part explains how to get a clear monthly cycle story, including if it's regular, how much blood, pain, and other signs, to tell normal from signs of hormone, body structure, or blood problems.
Defining menarche, cycle length, and variabilityAssessing flow volume, clots, and flooding episodesDocumenting dysmenorrhea and associated symptomsIdentifying intermenstrual and postcoital bleedingRecognizing patterns suggesting endocrine disordersMenstrual history in perimenopause and menopauseLesson 4Plans for having children and getting ready before: timing, things affecting fertility, folic acid and shotsThis part looks at checking plans for having children and health before pregnancy, including when, knowing about fertility, managing long-term illnesses, folic acid, shots, and checking medicines before getting pregnant.
Clarifying short‑ and long‑term reproductive goalsFertility awareness and timing of intercourseOptimizing chronic conditions before conceptionFolic acid, nutrition, and weight optimizationImmunization review and needed updatesTeratogenic medication review and adjustmentsLesson 5Private life and family planning story: partners, ways, risk of infections, condom use, block and hormone choicesThis part guides taking a gentle, open private life and family planning story, covering partners, practices, risk of private infections, block methods and hormone ones, sticking to them, side effects, and choosing together.
Using inclusive, nonjudgmental sexual history questionsAssessing partners, practices, and STI risk factorsEvaluating current contraceptive use and adherenceReviewing barrier, hormonal, and LARC optionsAddressing side effects and method dissatisfactionCounseling on dual protection and emergency optionsLesson 6Clear ways to write notes and SOAP format for clinic women's health visitsThis part explains how to organize notes for clinic women's health visits using SOAP, focusing on short, useful notes that help ongoing care, follow laws, billing, and talking with other health workers.
Organizing the gynecologic subjective databaseKey objective findings in pelvic and general examsFormulating focused gynecologic assessment statementsWriting clear, prioritized plans and follow‑upUsing templates and electronic health recordsLegal, billing, and confidentiality considerationsLesson 7Family and women's health story: cancers, blood clot illnesses, PCOS, womb lining issues, early cycle endThis part covers getting full family and women's health stories, focusing on cancers that run in families, blood clot risks, PCOS, womb lining growths, and early end of cycles to spot patterns and guide advice and checks.
Eliciting family history of breast and ovarian cancerIdentifying hereditary colon and endometrial cancersFamily and personal history of thromboembolismDocumenting PCOS, endometriosis, and infertilityRecognizing patterns of early or premature menopauseWhen to refer for genetic counseling and testingLesson 8Using check tools and question forms: PHQ-9, GAD-7, blood check tools (PBAC), and private health checksThis part looks at trusted check tools for women's health, like PHQ-9, GAD-7, PBAC, and private health forms, with tips on how to use, score, understand, and add results to care plans.
Selecting appropriate screening tools by indicationAdministering PHQ‑9 and interpreting depression scoresUsing GAD‑7 for anxiety in gynecologic settingsApplying PBAC to quantify menstrual blood lossSexual function and satisfaction screening toolsDocumenting and acting on abnormal screening resultsLesson 9Medicine, extra supplements, and allergy check with women's health effectsThis part stresses checking medicines, extras, and allergies step by step, pointing out ones that affect blood flow, fertility, bone strength, and family planning, teaching nurses to spot clashes and no-go mixes.
Identifying hormonal therapies and contraceptivesAnticoagulants and drugs affecting bleeding patternsSupplements impacting fertility and bone healthMedication interactions with contraceptive methodsDocumenting allergies and prior adverse reactionsCounseling on safe over‑the‑counter product useLesson 10Warning signs and urgent issues: odd bleeding needing quick check, bad lower belly pain, fever, faintingThis part trains nurses to spot warning women's health signs, like heavy bleeding affecting the body, bad lower belly pain, fever, and fainting, and to start quick sorting, steadying, and sending for help.
Criteria for urgent abnormal uterine bleedingSevere pelvic pain and concern for torsion or ectopicFever, discharge, and suspected pelvic infectionSyncope, dizziness, and hemodynamic instabilityWhen to escalate to emergency services or surgeryPatient education on warning signs and self‑triage
