Women's Health

At Clarinda Regional Health Center (CRHC), we understand that every woman is unique, and has different needs at every stage of life. Our team of providers works to equip women with the necessary tools to best take care of themselves.  CRHC offers a wide variety of preventative and responsive care options involving women’s health, including:


►      Annual Wellness Exams
►      Birth Control
►      Breast Exams
►      Bladder & Incontinence Evaluation
►      Hormone Imbalance Treatment
►      Menopause Management
►      Menstrual Disorder
►      Pelvic Organ Prolapse
►      STD Evaluation & Treatment

►      Breastfeeding Support available service from Kirsten Hamilton, ARNP, FNP-C

►      Treatment for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction available service by Kenda Frenzel, PT, DPT, CSCS


Focusing On Your Health Through The Years

Services

Reasons for your annual well women exam in your 20-30s

  • The HPV vaccine may be given if you haven't received it already
  • Check your blood pressure, your BMI, and talk to your provider about how to maintain a healthy weight
  • Overall health habits - CRHC offers personal training and group fitness classes!
  • Discuss reproductive plans - CRHC partners with Shenandoah Medical Center for deliveries
  • Breast care, breastfeeding, & lactation 
  • Prenatal, pre-conception counseling
  • Fertility issues, postpartum
  • Family cancer history review
  • Pap smear to screen for cervical cancer
  • Annual flu shots

Reasons for your annual well women exam in your 40s

  • Annual mammograms should begin. Those can be scheduled without a provider referral. Learn more about our 3D Mammograms. 
  • Pap smear every 3 years
  • Check for high cholesterol
  • Discussion on perimenopause and what changes to expect
  • Pelvic Floor physical Therapy
  • Breast Care
  • Annual Flu shot

Reasons for your annual well women exam in your 50s

  • You still need regular exams after menopause, but may not need a pap smear - consult your provider. 
  • Sexual dysfunction & changes
  • Breast care
  • Annual flu shot
  • Shingles shot
  • The average age for menopause is 51

Reasons for your annual well women exam in your 60s

  • Pap smears every 5 years if there have been no previous issues
  • Discuss the effects of natural aging and possible hormone replacement therapy
  • Bone density testing for Osteoporosis
  • Sexual Dysfunction & changes
  • Breast care
  • Annual Flu shot or other vaccinations

Women's Health Providers

Kenda Frenzel, DPT, PT, CSCS

Women’s Health Services in our CMA Clinic

The Clarinda Medical Associate’s Clinic is a full-service medical clinic inside CRHC that can also provide many well-women services, in conjunction with our Women’s Health provider in our Specialty Clinic, such as:


►     Well-Women Annual Exams   

►     Pap smears 

►     Breast Exams

►     STI Testing   

►     Nexplanon Insertion

►     IUD Placement

►     Birth Control Evaluation and Management

►     STI/STD Evaluation and Treatment


Some of the providers working in the CMA Clinic providing routine Women’s Health Services are Lauren Davison, ARNP, Brittney Hill, ARNP, and Amy Wilmes, ARNP. To request an appointment in the CMA clinic with any of these providers, please call 712-542-8330 or use the Request an Appointment feature on our website.


CMA Clinic Providers

Brittney Hill, ARNP
Amy Wilmes, ARNP