Role of Fertility Nurse Training

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• Role of the Fertility Nurse Specialist
• By International Institute of Reproduction and
  Fertility Training

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Introduction

• IIRFT offers the most advanced and globally
  competitive training in the field of Assisted
  Reproductive Technologies. Our Center has been
  providing ART training since 2010 and in the last
  5 years we have successfully trained over 500
  candidates.
• Fertility nurse specialists provide care for
  individuals and couples before, during after
  fertility treatment.
• This presentation is designed to provide an
  insight into the multifaceted scope of practice
  and responsibilities of the role of Fertility
  Nursing.

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• History of the role of the fertility nurse
• 1970S Hospital based infertility clinics with
  Nurses considered doctors handmaidens
• 1980s to 90s IVF clinics appear within
  hospitals and Nurses became coordinators
• Mid 90s to 2000s Private IVF Clinics Nurses
  start extending roles i.e. counselling, scanning

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• Roles and Scope can include
• Performing inseminations
• Performing ultrasound scans for follicle
  tracking
• Managing coordinating cycles
• Education of patients and Counseling
• Performing Embryo transfers

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• Role of Fertility Nurses cont.,
• Counselling Psychological Support
• General information advice preconception
• Practitioner can often adopt an
  investigative-educative role

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• Some Fertility Nurses work as independent
  practitioners performing patient assessments and
  education
• How long have the couple been trying to conceive?
  
• Regularity of intercourse
• Age of the Female
• Menstrual cycle
• Semen Quality
• General Health and Wellbeing
• Lifestyle Issues

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• With education, training and peer support
  Fertility nurses have the ability to extend and
  expand their scope of practice. In some clinics,
  Fertility nurses work in very autonomous roles

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• Conclusion
• Fertility nursing is a relatively new specialty
  which offers a diverse and challenging
  environment in which a nurse can work. The scope
  of practice is continuing to expand to
  accommodate rapid developments in reproductive
  science, along with societal pressures and
  expectations which ensures exciting opportunities
  exist for nurses interested in, and committed to,
  the care of couples facing fertility issues.

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