title: Effective contraceptive counseling with adolescents in a nurse-based setting.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Polly F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cromwell
authors.forename: Alison Moriarty
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004958:Estradiol; C007630:estradiol 17 beta-cypionate; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate