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title: "Nurses' Role in Comprehensive Endometriosis Care: Beyond Pain Management"
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doi: "10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463"
published_at: "2026-09-21T16:51:48.000Z"
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# Nurses' Role in Comprehensive Endometriosis Care: Beyond Pain Management
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- **DOI:** [10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463](https://doi.org/10.1097%2FNSG.0000000000000463)
- **Published At:** 2026-09-21T16:51:48.000Z
- **Evidence Rating:** Journal Article
## Executive GIST (TL;DR)
- Endometriosis is a complex, multisystem condition requiring a nuanced, patient-centered approach rather than isolated pain treatment. Nurses are central to that approach in both clinic and operating room settings. - Effective care relies on **multidisciplinary collaboration** among gynecologists, pain specialists, surgeons, mental health practitioners, and other team members; nurses help coordinate and operationalize that teamwork. - Nurses function as direct care clinicians who assess and manage physical symptoms including **chronic pelvic pain** and **dysmenorrhea**, and they participate in specialized perioperative and postoperative care for procedures such as **laparoscopic excision** and **minimally invasive gynecologic surgery**. - As treatment coordinators, nurses navigate referrals, follow-up, and communication across specialties, improving care continuity and access to appropriate services. - Nurses act as educators, providing information about disease mechanisms, treatment options, self-management strategies, and expectations for surgical and nonsurgical therapies. - Nurse-patient communication is pivotal to elicit patients’ lived experiences, values, and preferences; this supports shared decision-making and individualized care planning. - Nurses serve as patient advocates, addressing psychosocial challenges alongside physical symptoms and promoting care that respects patient priorities. - The broad presence of nurses across the care spectrum positions them to contribute substantially to improved **patient-centered outcomes**, ensuring that clinical decisions reflect patient goals and lived experience. - Keywords associated with this scope include: **endometriosis**, **gynecology nurse**, **nursing care**, **patient advocacy**, **perioperative nursing**, and **women's health**.
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Epub 2026 Sep 21. # Beyond pain management: Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care [Wendy Kaplan Winer](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Winer+WK&cauthor_id=42765750)[ 1 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42765750/#full-view-affiliation-1 "At the Center for Endometriosis Care in Atlanta, GA, Wendy Kaplan Winer is the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery & Patient Care Specialist and Heather C. Guidone is the Program Director."), [Heather C Guidone](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Guidone+HC&cauthor_id=42765750) Affiliations Expand ### Affiliation * 1 At the Center for Endometriosis Care in Atlanta, GA, Wendy Kaplan Winer is the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery & Patient Care Specialist and Heather C. Guidone is the Program Director. * PMID: **42765750** * DOI: [ 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463 ](https://doi.org/10.1097/nsg.0000000000000463) Item in Clipboard # Beyond pain management: Nurses' role in comprehensive endometriosis care Wendy Kaplan Winer et al. 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Guidone is the Program Director."), [Heather C Guidone](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Guidone+HC&cauthor_id=42765750) ### Affiliation * 1 At the Center for Endometriosis Care in Atlanta, GA, Wendy Kaplan Winer is the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery & Patient Care Specialist and Heather C. Guidone is the Program Director. * PMID: **42765750** * DOI: [ 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000463 ](https://doi.org/10.1097/nsg.0000000000000463) Item in Clipboard Cite Display options Display options Format Abstract PubMed PMID ## 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. **Keywords:** chronic pelvic pain; dysmenorrhea; endometriosis; gynecology nurse; laparoscopic excision; minimally invasive gynecologic surgery; nurse-patient communication; nursing care; patient advocacy; perioperative nursing; postoperative care; women's health. Copyright © 2026 Wolters Kluwer Health, LLC. All rights reserved. [PubMed Disclaimer](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disclaimer/) ## References 1. 1. Shigesi N, Harris HR, Fang H, et al. 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