title: Role of the nurse practitioner in the management of vaginitis.
abstract: 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.
authors: Springfield Ob/Gyn Associates, IL.
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Gietl
mesh_terms: 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