The Nurse Practitioner Mentor Blog
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Weekly blog posts with practical tips, clinical pearls, and real-world guidance for new nurse practitioners in primary care.
Perimenopause is the stretch of months to years before menopause, when ovarian hormones fluctuate and cycles turn irregular. A lot of these patients will ask you about hormone therapy, and for the right candidate, HRT is safe and very effective for vasomotor and genitourinary symptoms.
The tricky pa...
Perimenopause is finally getting the attention it deserves, and more patients are walking in asking about hormone therapy by name. For the right candidate, HRT is safe and genuinely effective for symptom relief. Here's how I work it up and start it in primary care.
What is perimenopause?
It's the m...
Not every patient can take estrogen, and not every patient wants a daily pill. When the combined pill is off the table, you still have a full menu to offer. Here's a fast, clinic-friendly run through the non-COC options: who each one fits, how to use it, and the counseling that keeps people on it.
I...
Contraception counseling is one of the most common visits you'll have in primary care. For a lot of women, the combined pill is the option they already know and want. The work isn't knowing the pill exists. It's knowing who can safely use it and who can't.
Here's how I think through it, grounded in ...
