Lesson 1Psychosocial and emotional screening: mood, anxiety, body image, relationship dynamics, and intimate partner violence screeningThis part talk about checking mind and feelings during women's private health visits, including how dey feel mood-wise, worry, how dey see their body, relationships, and beating from partner, 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 2Systemic and lifestyle history: weight changes, diet, sleep, exercise, substance use, and work/stressThis part look into whole body and daily living things that affect women's private health, like weight shifts, food eating, sleeping, moving body, using strong drinks or smoke, and work pressure, and mixes in advice to help change habits for better.
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 3Detailed menstrual history: cycle patterns, bleeding quantity, intermenstrual bleeding, duration, and changes over timeThis part explain how to get exact story about monthly bleeding, including if it come regular, how much blood, pain, and other signs, to tell normal from things that show hormone problems, body structure issues, or bleeding sickness.
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 4Reproductive intentions and preconception planning: timing, fertility factors, folic acid and immunizationsThis part focus on checking plans for having children and health before getting pregnant, including when to try, knowing about baby-making, managing long sickness, taking folic acid, shots against disease, and checking medicines before baby come.
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 5Sexual and contraceptive history: partners, practices, STI risk, condom use, barrier and hormonal optionsThis part guide how to collect sensitive story about sex and family planning, covering who dey sleep with, how dey do it, risk of bad sickness from sex, using rubber, block methods and hormone ones, sticking to it, 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 6Focused documentation techniques and SOAP note structure for outpatient gynecologic visitsThis part explain how to write down women's private health visits using SOAP way, stressing short notes that matter for clinic, helping care continue, follow law, bill right, and talk 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 gynecologic history: cancers, thromboembolic disease, PCOS, endometriosis, early menopauseThis part cover getting full family and women's private health story, focusing on cancers that run in family, blood clot sickness, PCOS, endometriosis, and early stop of monthly, to spot risks 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 8Use of screening tools and questionnaires: PHQ-9, GAD-7, bleeding assessment tools (PBAC), and sexual health screensThis part review proven tools for checking in women's private care, like PHQ-9 for sadness, GAD-7 for worry, PBAC for bleeding, and sex health questions, with how to use, score, understand, and put results in 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 9Medication, supplement, and allergy review with potential gynecologic implicationsThis part stress checking all medicines, extra vitamins, and things dey allergic to, pointing out ones that mess with bleeding, baby-making, bone strength, and family planning, teaching nurses to find clashes and no-go things.
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 10Red flags and urgent symptoms: abnormal bleeding requiring immediate evaluation, severe pelvic pain, fever, syncopeThis part train nurses to know danger signs in women's private health, like heavy bleeding that shake body, bad belly pain, hot body, and fainting, and to start quick sorting, steadying, and sending to better 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
