Mitchell, Alyssa. Guideline recommendations for the management of bleeding irregularities in LARC users. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-s1m5-fs52
DescriptionPurpose of Project: The purpose of this project was to analyze a change in women’s health nurse practitioners’ frequency in recommending interventions for the treatment of irregular menstrual bleeding associated with LARC use to their patients.
Methodology: Interrupted time series study was conducted comparing nurse practitioners’ adherence to guideline recommendations prior to project intervention and after.
Results: The results of this project demonstrated an increase in nurse practitioners’ adherence from 36% prior to intervention, to 86% post-intervention. The results illustrate a positive relationship between provider education and adherence to nationally recognized guideline recommendations for the management of bleeding irregularities in LARC users.
Implications for Practice: This increase in adherence positively impacts women using LARC; by consistently offering them evidence-based interventions to manage the undesirable side-effect of bleeding irregularities providers are able to increase satisfaction and continuation rate of their patients’ chosen LARC methods.