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Goals and Learning Outcomes

While the understanding of the anatomy and physiology of women’s hormones and their role has not changed significantly, guidelines about the treatment of menstrual disorders and recommendations for contraception and menopausal hormone therapy continue to evolve as more studies further clinicians’ understanding. This course provides nurses with information about the role of hormones in women’s health across the life span and guidance for prescribing medications and nonhormonal therapies for common conditions.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain evolutionary and cultural perspectives of menstruation
  • Describe the menstrual cycle at the ovarian and endometrial level
  • Discuss the etiology and treatment of disturbances of menstrual function
  • Discuss hormonal methods of contraception and the efficacy of these methods
  • Discuss the risks and benefits of various methods of contraception
  • Discuss methods and efficacy of emergency contraception
  • Identify changes that occur in perimenopause
  • Explain the basic physiology of menopause
  • Describe the role of hormones in management of menopause symptoms
  • Describe the role of hormones in osteoporosis
  • Discuss the role of hormones in cardiovascular disease and the implications of several recent studies
  • Identify components and disturbances of the menstrual cycle.
  • Recognize risks, benefits, and efficacy of various contraceptive methods.
  • Identify the role of hormones in menopause, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 06/30/24

Course Originally Released On: 08/01/21

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.