ANA Continuing Education | Menopause Health Educators Program Monograph 3: overview and objectives

Overview

Monograph 3: Menopausal Health: Long-term Benefits (Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Colon Cancer) and Emerging Science About Hormone Replacement Therapy is the third in a series of monographs that are designed to prepare nurses to help patients achieve optimal health during menopause. Today's nurses need advanced knowledge about the therapeutic options that may help prevent and/or treat the clinical results of estrogen loss. To maintain optimal health, menopausal women must make informed choices. But all too often, patients are misinformed about menopause, therapeutic options, and how to protect their health. This monograph has several purposes that include:

outlining the action of estrogen in the brain
discussing the implications of menopause and mood/cognition changes
explaining the risk of Alzheimer's disease after menopause
describing the benefits of estrogen in terms of Alzheimer's disease
analyzing emerging data on benefits of estrogen use as it relates to vision disturbances, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and colon cancer.

Objectives

This is a CE monograph designed to provide nurses with up-to-date information. After studying this monograph, nurses should be able to:

state the actions of estrogen in the brain
describe how menopause contributes to cognition and mood changes
define the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
discuss the potential benefits of estrogen in terms of Alzheimer's disease
compare depression and dementia and their impact on caregivers
explore 4 new areas in which estrogen research is just beginning to emerge
analyze the nursing role in maximizing menopausal health

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