April is Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a particularly important time for nurse practitioners and midwives who play a key role in…
alcohol-exposed pregnancies
Campaign Honors NPs Fighting to Prevent FASD
A social media campaign has been launched to celebrate all the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners, midwives and nurses who do so much to champion the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
On the case…Having the conversation about alcohol as a teratogen: Three women
By Beth Kelsey, EdD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAANP and Marilyn Pierce-Bulger, MN, FNP-BC, CNM How do nurse practitioners skillfully handle three…
Prevention of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies
All sexually active women of reproductive age who could become pregnant and who drink alcohol need to be counseled about the potentially harmful effects of alcohol on a developing fetus.