What is a Women's Health Unit?

[mnbrn]

When you hear Women's Health Unit, what does it mean to you?

OBGYN, or all women with any health condition (medsurg, chest pain, bowel obstruction, post-op, etc).

[BrazoriaLVN]

OBGYN...I've never heard of (what seems like to me) a strictly-woman medsurg floor...

[darkangel83]

One of my jobs is in 'Women's Health' and it includes L&D, antepartum, postpartum, gynecology/oncology (dealing with 'women's' surgeries and cancer).

[Fiona59]

OBGYN...I've never heard of (what seems like to me) a strictly-woman medsurg floor...

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I don't think a single sex surgical or medical unit has existed in the western world since the 1970s.

[OgopogoLPN, LPN, RN]

Ours does abortions. Not sure if that's soley what is done and it's called "Woman's Clinic" as a more PC title.

[mnbrn]

That's what I thought! Our unit was originally high risk antepartum, postpartum, and newborns. Now due to low census, we are forced to take hospital overflow. When a bowel obstruction or pancreatitis pt asks, we have to say we are a 'women's health unit'. We don't mind expanding to gynecology surgical pts. But come on, women's health does not mean women's med-surg.

[OgopogoLPN, LPN, RN]

Ours does abortions. Not sure if that's soley what is done and it's called "Woman's Clinic" as a more PC title.

I should add ours is a 2 day/week out patient clinic run through the hospital, not at a separate location. We do have a separate postpartum/post gyne surgery ward.

[merlee]

I worked in a true 'women's surgical unit' for a while in the early '90's - - no maternity stuff.

Hysterectomies, reversal of tubal ligations, lots of laser surgeries esp for infertility.

We actually had the occassional male patient for laser surgery for genital warts.

Every room was a private room, BTW.

If our census was REALLY low, we might get the occassional p/o-cholecystectomy, or other bowel surgery. But no cardiac or chest related issues.

I don't know if the unit exists any longer, but we had many cash-paying customers.