Restorative Reproductive Health for Women

Restorative Reproductive Health for Women Across the Lifespan is a continuing education activity designed to enhance nurses’ knowledge and clinical competence in assessing and supporting women’s reproductive health using a restorative, systems-based approach. The activity focuses on hormonal physiology, menstrual cycle health, and common reproductive concerns across the lifespan.

Participants will examine the roles and interactions of key hormones (including estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and thyroid hormones) and identify the phases and clinical indicators of a healthy menstrual cycle. The activity addresses common signs of hormonal imbalance, such as PMS, irregular cycles, fatigue, and mood changes, emphasizing underlying contributors, including chronic stress, gut dysfunction, blood sugar imbalance, impaired detoxification, and environmental exposures. The relationship between gut health, liver detoxification, and hormone metabolism is highlighted to support whole-person assessment, patient education, and care planning within nursing practice.

Registered nurses and other interested healthcare professionals

At the conclusion of the educational activity, participants will be able to:

1. Define restorative reproductive health and its role in women’s healthcare.

2. Describe the function and interplay of key hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and thyroid hormones.

3. Identify the phases of the menstrual cycle and characteristics of a healthy cycle

4. Recognize common signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalance, including PMS, irregular cycles, and fatigue.

5. Analyze potential root causes of reproductive health disorders, including stress, gut dysfunction, blood sugar imbalance, and environmental exposures.

6. Explain the relationship between gut health, liver detoxification, and hormone metabolism.

Participants can earn 1.0 contact hour of nursing continuing professional development credit. Each nursing participant must be present for the entire session and complete a session evaluation to receive credit.

Michele Trosclair, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, IBCLC

Accessible via Zoom.

No relevant financial relationships were identified for any individual who can control this activity’s content. The presenter and activity planners for this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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