26^th World Nursing and Healthcare Conference

Women Health Nursing

Women have turned to midwives for support and assistance in childbirth. (Midwife means "with woman.") Today's certified nurse-midwives continue to provide this personal care, which represents a bridge between traditional birth practices and modern technology. Gynecologic malignancies and nursing care is a specialized field of medicine that focuses on cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. As specialists, they have extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of these cancers.