Background: Birth is enormously important, and the care that a woman receives during labor affects women`s health physically and emotionally in the short and long-term periods. The placenta plays a pivotal role during pregnancy by being intimately connected to the mother and fetus. Aim of the current study is to examine the relation between prepregnancy body mass index and abnormal placental morphology and birth weight. Methods: A descriptive correlational research design was used for this study to achieve the study aim. Sample: A purposive of 150 laboring women were enrolled in the study.

There were great sexual challenges reported by the cervical cancer survivors' women. The assessment and management of sexual problems should become an important part of the standard care of cancer survivors' women. There over the purpose of study was to assess the severity of sexual dysfunction symptoms and determining the effect of the standardized oncology nursing care intervention on reducing sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women. Women's sexual dysfunctions are assessed using Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). "Pre-posttest" questionnaires supplemented by structured interview questionnaire are administered to 50 women diagnosed with cervical cancer and treated by chemoradiotherapy in the Menoufiya University of the oncology institute of the Menoufiya Governorate-Arab Republic of Egypt. Results revealed significant decrease in sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women as measured by the FSFI checklist at posttesting (11. 5±0.3 versus 27±0.2). Results along with the interviews revealed that the effectiveness of standard oncology nursing care intervention on reducing sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women. The study recommended that the nurses should provide educational counseling on sexuality after women having cervical cancer.

There is an increasing awareness about the effect of gynecologic reproductive cancer treatment on sexual dysfunction. The assessment and treatment of sexual problems should become an important part of the standard care of cancer survivors' women. There were great challenges reported by the cervical cancer survivors' women. Nurses are the facilitators of the healing process and honor the cancer cervix survivors' subjective experiences and beliefs about their health and values. The study aimed to assess the severity of sexual dysfunction symptoms and determining the effect of the standard oncology nursing care intervention on reducing "sexual dysfunctions" among cervical cancer survivors' women. Women's sexual dysfunctions are assessed using Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). "Pre-posttest" questionnaires supplemented by structured interview questionnaire are administered to 50 women diagnosed with cervical cancer and treated by chemoradiotherapy in the Menoufiya University of the cancer institute of the Menoufiya Governorate-Arab Republic of Egypt. Results revealed significant decrease in sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women as measured by the FSFI checklist at posttesting. Results along with the interviews revealed that the effectiveness of standard oncology nursing care intervention on reducing sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women. The study concluded and recommended that nursing care service through the provision of "educational counseling" on sexuality can be an important part of the standard "oncology nursing practice" and could be an alternative to overcome symptoms of sexual dysfunctions among cervical cancer survivors' women and their husbands.

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Background and aims: Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecologic complaint affecting adolescents and young women. Many university students do not seek medical consultation and remain suffering from pain. It decreases academic performance and is a cause of absenteeism in female students. A Quasiexperimental study was conducted to study the effectiveness of self-care strategies in primary dysmenorrhea and monthly hormonal concentrations. Subjects and methods:The study was conducted in the College of Applied Medical Science, Shaqra University in the academic year 2021-2022. A convenient sample of eighty-two female nursing students volunteered to participate in the study, allocated into two groups the self-care strategies group (46) and the control group (36). Three tools for data collection were used; a structured interviewing questionnaire, a visual analogue scale, and menstrual changes follow-up chart. The concentrations of follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, 17-β-estradiol, progesterone, and prolactin were measured by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Other menstrual characteristics were also estimated using a mobile phone applications. Results: The current study revealed that the severity of pain and the associated symptoms was decreased in the self-care strategies group compared to the control group, with a highly statistically significant difference found between groups. Self-care strategies affected all the menstrual hormone concentrations significantly (P<0.001) compared to the control group. Conclusion: Using self-care strategies was very effective in relieving primary dysmenorrhea and improving menstrual health in female nursing students. Recommendation: Considering self-care strategies as one of an effective option for girls suffering from primary dysmenorrhea and very important for menstrual health.