Prince of Wales Community Health Services - Women's Health

About Prince of Wales Community Health Services - Women's Health

A women's health nurse provides free confidential health services to compliment existing services and provide an alternative for women who do not choose/are not able to make use of existing services. Offers first level point of contact; direct services;acts as a consultant to a range of health/community services; brings health care close as possible to where women live/work; provides services regardless of lifestyle, social and economic arrangements, ethnicity, religious beliefs and customs. Educational: community education and health promotion; education/health presentations for staff in-services, seminars, conferences; self-help, support groups on topics relevant to Women's Health. Clinical services: pap test screening; breast checks, pregnancy testing advice; diaphragm fitting; pelvic floor muscle assessment; postnatal check. Advice/info on: menstruation,menopause counselling, osteoporosis, continence, reproductive health, contraception, relationship and lifestyle issues