Pharmacotherapeutics for advanced nurse practitioner prescribers - Chapter 48 Summary and Notes

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, 4th Edition




Chapter 48

Women as Patients




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,Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, 4th Edition




Overview
 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in women
 Factors that influence medication administration
 Factors that influence positive outcomes
 Common problems
 Gay and lesbian health



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, Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nurse Practitioner Prescribers, 4th Edition




Women as Patients
 Prescribing during childbearing years
 Constant awareness of possible pregnancy
 Lactation requires careful prescribing.
 Women are at risk for violence.
 All women should be screened.
 Women live longer than men.
 Live alone
 Poverty
 Changes in cognitive and physical functioning
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