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Family Planning
Family Planning is a program for
female residents age 13-50, of the County, seeking a form of birth
control or requesting a pap smear who do not have a form of
insurance that covers this service. A nurse practitioner
visits the Health Center and performs pap smears, breast exams, and
prescribes birth control methods for each client. Each client
wishing to participate in the program must have an appointment with
the nurse practitioner (all appointments are scheduled with a
nurse).
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The client is expected
to return to the Health Center to pick up pills or receive the Depo
Provera injection and return for their annual exam
Several tests are included in the yearly exam: blood pressure,
weight, height, iron level, syphilis, urine test; for
protein and sugar, pap smear, breast exam, and gonorrhea/chlamydia
cultures. With each exam, the nurse practitioner addresses
important issues of pre-pregnancy counseling to include intake of
folic acid, no drug/alcohol use & proper diet, prevention of the
spread of STD's, and the importance of self-breast exams |
