Best Practices for Patient-Centered Contraception Counseling About the Etonogestrel Implant
Best Practices for Patient-Centered Contraception Counseling About the Etonogestrel Implant https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/138017387-1024x683.jpg 1024 683 JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pendergrass_01.jpg
Patient-centered, age-appropriate contraception counseling helps health care providers educate adolescents about the etonogestrel implant and other contraceptive methods. Preventing unplanned pregnancies in adolescents with effective and easy-to-use contraception is key to ensuring that adolescents do not become parents before they are ready. Nexplanon, the newest version of the etonogestrel (ENG) implant, is an increasingly…