Role of the nurse practitioner in the management of vaginitis.
The role of the nurse practitioner has expanded over the past 15 years in the areas of administration, clinical practice, counseling, and surgical assistance and in postoperative-postpartum rounds. One primary activity of a nurse practitioner in our office is the diagnosis and treatment of vaginitis. Vaginitis is diagnosed fairly easily with a careful physical examination and a wet smear. Because a nurse practitioner can make herself accessible to the patients, compliance with treatment is improved. In a supporting role the nurse practitioner can complement and enhance the physician's practice and improve the quality of women's health care.
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Springfield Ob/Gyn Associates, IL.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy