Monday, June 25, 2007: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM
A7: Breaking the Ice: Providing Comprehensive Health Care Services for Teens, (1.5 AWHONN contact hours)  
Dyan Aretakis
  • Describe facets of the female adolescent pubertal experience and how they prepare the teen for decision-making and sexual risk taking.
  • Examine the age-appropriate clinical opportunities that nurses have to educate female adolescents on sexual risk reduction through abstinence, contraception and STI awareness.
  • Review federal and state laws that affect health care services for adolescents.

    • See more of The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 23-27, 2007)