WOMEN’S AND MEN’S HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, AND HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS

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Resources to use. Rosenthal, L. D., & Burchum, J. R. (2021). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (2nd ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Chapter 46, “Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs” (pp. 364–371) Chapter 47, “Drugs for Deficiency Anemias” (pp. 389–396) Chapter 50, “Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications” (pp. 425–436) Chapter 51, “Birth Control” (pp. 437–446) Chapter 52, “Androgens” (pp. 447–453) Chapter 53, “Male Sexual Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia” (pp. 454–466) Chapter 70, “Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy” (pp. 651–661) Chapter 71, “Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins” (pp. 662–668) Chapter 75, “Sulfonamides Antibiotics and Trimethoprim” (pp. 688–694) Chapter 76, “Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections” (pp. 695–699) Chapter 78, “Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs” (pp. 711–714) Chapter 79, “Antifungal Agents” (pp. 715–722) Chapter 80, “Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections” (pp. 723–743) Chapter 82, “Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases” (pp. 763–770) Roberts, H., & Hickey, M. (2016). Managing the menopause: An updateLinks to an external site.. Maturitas, 86(2016), 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.01.007 This article provides an update on treatments on Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), genito-urinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), sleep disturbance, sexual dysfunction, and mood disturbance that are common during the menopause transition. To Prepare: Review the Resources for this module and reflect on the different health needs and body systems presented. Your Instructor will assign you a complex case study to focus on for this Discussion. Consider how you will practice critical decision making for prescribing appropriate drugs and treatment to address the complex patient health needs in the patient case study you selected. Case Study A 46-year-old, 230lb woman with a family history of breast cancer. She is up to date on yearly mammograms. She has a history of HTN. She complains of hot flushing, night sweats, and genitourinary symptoms. She had felt well until 1 month ago and she presented to her gynecologist for her annual gyn examination and to discuss her symptoms. She has a history of ASCUS about 5 years ago on her pap, other than that, Pap smears have been normal. Home medications are Norvasc 10mg qd and HCTZ 25mg qd. Her BP today is 150/90. She has regular monthly menstrual cycles. Her LMP was 1 month ago.