Health Disparities in Women: paper topics?

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I need to write a paper on health disparities in women for nursing school. Does anyone have more a more specific topic I could write about? It is only supposed to be 2 pages so I feel the topic "health disparities in women" is too broad for such a short paper.

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Specializes in Psych, Chem Dependency, Occ. Health.
I need to write a paper on health disparities in women for nursing school. Does anyone have more a more specific topic I could write about? It is only supposed to be 2 pages so I feel the topic "health disparities in women" is too broad for such a short paper.

How about migrant farm worker women? or women with limited english proficiency? You will find quite a bit of research on the topics if you search on Ovid, CINAHL and/or pubmed. Good luck.

Sue

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Specializes in LTC.

Lately I've been reading about how heart attacks present uniquely (i.e. without "cardinal" signs) in women. You may be able to cover two pages on that topic; perhaps even how youngish women who feel they are having cardiac symptoms are "dismissed" by practitioners as being too young, having panic attacks, or GI upset, etc.

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Specializes in Home Care.

How about nurses who have no health insurance? There are many of us I'm sure. Ridiculous.

I recently left Florida to return to Canada where I can have health insurance.

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Specializes in LTC.
How about nurses who have no health insurance? There are many of us I'm sure. Ridiculous.

I recently left Florida to return to Canada where I can have health insurance.

AMEN!! At least being Canadian born, you have the option of nationalized health.

I haven't had health insurance for over a year. Managed to find a low-income clinic which was $10 based on my income when I was between permanent jobs. Now that I have a job, based on my current income, my f/u appt will be $130. :mad:

OP write about uninsured nurses! :yeah: There are plenty.

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Lately I've been reading about how heart attacks present uniquely (i.e. without "cardinal" signs) in women. You may be able to cover two pages on that topic; perhaps even how youngish women who feel they are having cardiac symptoms are "dismissed" by practitioners as being too young, having panic attacks, or GI upset, etc.

YES! I was just thinking about this. I had a female pt, who had a heart attack during my night shift. The thing is, there were absolutely no cardiac symptoms--NONE. No one realized it until the morning when her labs came back and her cardiac enzymes were sky high. She was transferred to a different unit ASAP.

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You could find a topic about how the many reasons women tend to live longer than men.

Women statistically have better health habits than men.

Not to say that ladies don't go around joyriding stolen cars while drunk and crashing into trees, but males tend to do these things more often.

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Specializes in Family NP, OB Nursing.

How about how drug trials are usually only done on men, but when the drug receives approval it is approved for women as well.

The reasoning? Because women's hormones fluctuate and it can affect the outcome of the study on the drug's effectiveness. Hmmm, well isn't that an excellent reason for them to study how the drug works on women?!

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