The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health was founded in 1980. Its mission is to ensure the provision of quality primary and specialty health care to women of all ages by women’s health nurse practitioners and other women’s health-focused advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). NPWH seeks to improve women’s access to primary and specialty health care, increase women’s wellness and health outcomes, decrease health disparities affecting women, enhance women’s access to and knowledge of health resources, and protect and promote women’s rights to make choices regarding their health within the context of their personal belief systems.
NPWH serves APRNs nationally and internationally by providing education and resources to increase clinical competencies, advocating healthcare policies that support women and APRNs, collaborating with interprofessional strategic partners, mentoring the next generation of women’s health NPs and other women’s health-focused APRN leaders, and fostering evidence-based practice in women’s health through research.
This collection houses:
- NPWH position statements, policy papers, and other NPWH-authored documents. The goal is to support the mission of NPWH by sharing women’s health resources for best practice and evidence-based care to improve women’s health.
- Select research and innovative clinical project abstracts with posters and oral presentation slides presented at Annual NPWH Premier Women’s Healthcare Conferences (2016 — 2022).
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Position Statements
NPWH position statement: Role of WHNPs in the scholarship of discovery, practice, and teaching, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Systemic racism and implicit bias in women's healthcare, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH Position statement: The doctor of nursing practice for women's health nurse practitioners, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: The doctor of nursing practice for women's health nurse practitioners [June 2020 Update], National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: Trauma informed care, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
NPWH position statement: WHNPs as partners in addressing the maternal health crisis, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
Posters
An educational intervention to increase human papillomavirus awareness and intent to vaccinate, DeAndra McDuffie
Anxiety scores of women participating in high risk breast cancer outpatient group visits, Kathryn Trotter and Emily K. Routh
A quality improvement initiative: Patient-centered intimate partner violence screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, Angela Price and Kimberly Couch
A quality improvement initiative to increase identification of oral disease and dental care in pregnancy, Carrie J. Kamp and Sandi Tenfelde
A systematic review of strategies to optimize the professional development of providers disseminating sexual health content to prevent adolescent pregnancy, Kassandra Greci, Eric Fenkl, and C. Victoria Framil Suarez
A walking plan for pregnant women with gestational diabetes: A feasibility study, Brittney Whitney and Jennifer Santerre
Barriers to use & patient perspectives on managing personal healthcare in an online world, Tamera Borchardt, Brian Jones, and Roy Simpson
Care of Women with Thyroid Disease: Guideline Update, Donna Williams and Kathryn Trotter
CLOSING the gap: Establishing a women's preventive health care visit, Barbara A. Persons and Michelle Teschendorf
Contraceptive use, counseling given and occurrence of venous thrombus embolism (VTE) in adolescent systemic lupus erythematosus patients (SLE), Jennifer Kurkowski, Jane Geyer, Jennifer Dietrich, and Martha Curry
Depression screening in antepartum females, Michelle Burk
Enhanced substance use screening in the prenatal clinic, Jesse Oman and Leigh Minchew
Facilitating Female Sexual Function Assessment, Kyle McDevitt and Denise G. Link
Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Duration and Cessation Among U.S. Military Personnel: A Descriptive/Exploratory Electronic Survey, Dana Brown, Lisa Wetmore Locasto, and Thomas W. Cline
Human papillomavirus (HPV) reduced missed opportunities, Dynasty Stokes, Randee Masciola, Kathleen Drum, Jennifer Kue, and Dianne Morrison-Beedy
Impact of community breastfeeding support group on duration rates at 3 months, Olivine Singh, Cheryl Robinson, and Aimee Holland
Implementation and evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization, Susan Marfoglio and Elizabeth Collins
Implementation of a universal screening program to increase identification and treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among pregnant and postpartum women, Laura Bartlett and Terrie Platt
