As NPWH's annual national conference is held this upcoming week, let's take a look into this organization.
What is NPWH?
- A national nurse practitioner association dedicated to quality health care to women of all ages by nurse practitioners
- Provides a venue for nurse practitioners for education, practice and women's health issues
Why Join NPHW
- Special expertise in reproductive health as well as primary care women's health issues
- Contraception
- Cancer detection/prevention
- Menopause
- Management of cervical disease
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Pregnancy
- Women's wellness
- Sexuality
- Management of female urinary problems
- Primary care issues for women
- Professional continuing education
- NPWH is the organization for accreditation of women's health nurse practitioner programs
- Offers guidelines for practice and education
Membership
- Membership categories
- Includes a student membership for $55
- Active membership is $95
- Membership benefits
- NPHW journal: American Journal of Nurse Practitioners
- Numerous continuing education activities
- Weekly updates
- Copy of The Women's Health Nurse Practitioner: Guidelines for Practice and Education
- Searchable NP database
- Registration discounts
- RX savings card
Some Current CE Opportunities
- "Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Update on Best Practices and New Options"
- "Individualizing Contraceptive Care: Using the 2010 US Medical Eligibility Criteria Guidelines"
- "The Role of the Clinician in Preventing Cancer: Hereditary Cancer Assessment as a Emerging Standard of Practice"
- "Mood Disorders in Women"
Using NPWH as a Resource
- NPWH.org providers a great resource for NPs
- Publications online and are archived
- Easy access to topics for providers and patients
- Access to evdience-based guidelines
- Up to date policy information
All information from www.npwh.org
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