Course ID: FQULWU101
Course Name: Womens Health: Herbal Therapies for Common Conditions
Credits: 2
This two-contact hour home-study continuing education course provides
a broad overview of herbal therapies for common health conditions
of women. Issues and concerns of herbal therapies, along with guidlines
for their usage, action, contraindications, side effects, interactions,
and overdoing are discussed.
About the Author
Dr. Ellis Quinn Youngkin is currently Professor and Associate Dean at
Florida Atlantic University, College of Nursing. She received her
Master of Science degree in Maternal Child Nursing from the University
of Maryland, her post master's certificate as an Obstetric-Gynecologic
Nurse Practitioner from Virginia Commonwealth University and her
Ph.D. in Urban Services Management from Old Dominion University.
Dr. Youngkin maintains an active practice as a women's health care
nurse practitioner, and is a national consultant and speaker regarding
women's issues. She has numerous publications in this area.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this home-study continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss safety concerns that relate to the lack of standardization of herbal products.
- Describe important characteristics the consumer should examine when evaluating safe use of an herbal product that should appear on the label.
- List common interaction effects that need to be assessed for when herbs are taken with other herbs, prescription drugs, or over-the-counter drugs.
- Describe the effective teaching and care opportunities the nurse can use when learning that the patient is taking an herbal product.
- Outline important questions to ask the patient regarding herbal therapies.
- Describe an approved or scientifically proven therapy use for each of the following herbs: kava, evening primrose oil, St. John's wort, ginseng, feverfew, valerian, ginkgo biloba, black cohosh, chaste tree berry, and ephedra.
- Discuss an untoward effect of taking kava longer than three months.
- Discuss other potential uses of primrose oil.
- List contraindications to the use of St. John's wort.
- Describe the difference in effect between Oriental and American ginseng.
- Discuss the possible side effects of chewing fresh feverfew leaves.
- Discuss the safe dosage of valerian.
- Describe the probable physiologic reason that ginkgo biloba may reduce symptoms of cerebral vascular insufficiency and may improve memory.
- Discuss the major problem that can occur when ginkgo biloba is taken with substances such as warfarin, aspirin, ginger, garlic, or vitamin E.
- List symptoms of menopause that have been improved by taking black cohosh in studies.
- Discuss contraindications of chaste tree berry.
- Describe supplements and drugs that ephedra absolutely should not be taken with and the reasons.
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