The American journal of nursing

Contraception is widely used in the United States, and nurses in all settings may encounter patients who are using or want to use contraceptives. Nurses may be called on to anticipate how family planning intersects with other health care se…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort associated with a change in bowel patterns, is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. Because no single drug effectively relieves all IBS s…

Anne Katz is a clinical nurse specialist and sexuality counselor at CancerCare, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She also coordinates Sexually Speaking: [email protected].

"Assessing the Female Reproductive System," by Lori Klingman (August), is comprehensive, except for one omission: endometriosis, a disease affecting millions of women world-wide. Diagnosis is difficult without laparoscopic examination (endo…