Effective contraceptive counseling with adolescents in a nurse-based setting.
Nurses serve a critical role in working with adolescents on reproductive health issues. Nurses must be knowledgeable and comfortable with providing counseling on contraceptive choices and decision making in order to meet the important goal of helping teens prevent unintended pregnancies.
Cromwell
Polly F
PF
University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and of Nurse Practitioners, 6431 Fannin St./MSB 3.149, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Polly.Cromwell@uth.tmc.edu
Daley
Alison Moriarty
AM
D000293:Adolescent; D017280:Condoms; D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital / Q000494:pharmacology; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*
D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004958:Estradiol; C007630:estradiol 17 beta-cypionate; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate