Presentation, Management, and Women's Health Implications of Pilonidal Disease.

Many people think of pilonidal disease (PD) in its acute presentation, which is an abscess at the gluteal cleft that is warm and tender with purulent drainage. In this article, we describe how PD is an acute, chronic, and recurring disease that requires clinicians to be vigilant in assessments, treatments, therapies, referrals, and patient education. Because PD is more common in men than women, it is often misdiagnosed and undertreated in female patients.

A Call to Change the Narrative on Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause.

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause affects up to 54% of postmenopausal women. Historically, women have been led to believe that symptoms such as vaginal dryness, dyspareunia, and vaginal itching were manifestations that they would just have to live with, but now, more than ever before, treatment options are available. More importantly, nurses are in a position to change the narrative of genitourinary syndrome of menopause by normalizing the conversation about menopause and its sequelae of genitourinary symptoms.

Safe Medication Administration in Patients with Communication Disorders: A Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education Approach.

Medications and their associated side effects impact systems treated by speech-language pathologists and audiologists, such as speech, language, voice, swallowing, hearing, tinnitus, and balance. However, students in these disciplines receive limited training in pharmacology, while nursing students receive training in pharmacology but limited training in communication disorders. In this interprofessional simulation experience to increase understanding of the impact of medications on communication, swallowing, and balance, audiology, nursing, and speech-language pathology students worked together to interview standardized patients (SPs) about their medications and symptoms in a simulated clinical setting.