Beyond pain management: Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care

Wendy Kaplan Winer, Wendy K. Winer, Winer WK, Guidone HC, Heather C. Guidone
Nursing · 2026 · vol. 56(10) , pp. 14–22 · doi:10.1097/nsg.0000000000000463 · PMID:42765750 · W7213940499
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This article discusses nurses' roles as direct care clinicians, coordinators, educators, and advocates in multidisciplinary endometriosis care to address physical and psychosocial challenges and improve patient-centered outcomes.

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This article examines the multifaceted role of nurses within a multidisciplinary framework for managing endometriosis, emphasizing that the condition extends beyond simple pain control. The authors outline how nursing professionals serve as direct care clinicians, treatment coordinators, educators, and advocates to address both physical and psychosocial challenges associated with the disease. By collaborating with gynecologists, surgeons, and mental health practitioners, nurses help ensure that patient values and lived experiences drive all aspects of care planning and decision-making. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically focusing on the integration of nursing roles in comprehensive, patient-centered management strategies.

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Far more complex than merely a single system disorder, endometriosis requires a nuanced, patient-centered approach grounded in multidisciplinary care. Nurses play a vital role in this framework, working collaboratively with gynecologists, pain specialists, surgeons, mental health practitioners, and others in both operating room and clinic settings. Nurses' broad presence across the care spectrum uniquely positions them to address both physical and psychosocial challenges associated with endometriosis, contributing significantly to improved patient-centered outcomes. This article discusses nurses' roles as direct care clinicians, treatment coordinators, educators, and advocates, thereby helping to ensure that patients' values, preferences, and lived experiences inform all aspects of care planning and decision-making.
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Beyond pain management Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care - Wendy Kaplan Winer - Heather C. Guidone Abstract: Far more complex than merely a single system disorder, endometriosis requires a nuanced, patient-centered approach grounded in multidisciplinary care. Nurses play a vital role in this framework, working collaboratively with gynecologists, pain specialists, surgeons, mental health practitioners, and others in both operating room and clinic settings. Nurses' broad presence across the care spectrum uniquely positions them to address both physical and psychosocial challenges associated with endometriosis, contributing significantly to improved patient-centered outcomes. This article discusses nurses' roles as direct care clinicians, treatment coordinators, educators, and advocates, thereby helping to ensure that patients' values, preferences, and lived experiences inform all aspects of care planning and decision-making. Endometriosis requires a nuanced, patient-centered approach grounded in multidisciplinary care. This article discusses nurses' roles as direct care clinicians, treatment coordinators, educators, and advocates, thereby helping to ensure that patients' values, preferences, and lived experiences inform all aspects of care planning and decision-making.

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