Abstract:

The aim of this review is to ensure that nurses, who provide counseling and care to women during menopause, deliver care with a holistic approach, in the light of evidence-based practices, and to examine current recommendations in accordance with the literature. Menopause is defined as the permanent end of the menstrual period due to loss of ovarian function. This physiological process, which is the last stage of the reproductive age, causes women to experience both physical and emotional problems and negatively affects their quality of life. At the beginning of the premenopausal period, as a result of the reduction of ovarian function, early symptoms such as menstrual irregularities, decrease in fertility, vasomotor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, headaches, mood swings arise, while osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases emerge in the later period. There are many evidence-based practices in the management of these symptoms during menopause. Said practices are thorough questioning of menopause symptoms, hormone therapy, non-hormonal pharmacological agents, regular exercise, yoga and relaxation exercises, keeping body mass index in a normal range, avoiding smoking, applications that will lower the body temperature, vitamin D supplement and training and consulting services for menopause symptoms.

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