OVERVIEW

Female Infertility Workup and Testing is organized by American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

Start Date: June 16, 2023
End Date: June 16, 2025

Description:
Female Infertility Workup and Testing, provides core theoretical and practical information specific to the clinical area of REI practice as well as essential information for nurses and other health care professionals who provide reproductive health care for all women. This evidence-based content will assist nurses to function in their roles safely and proficiently, ultimately contributing to improved quality of care and patient outcomes.

Program Description/Identification of Need:
Nurses in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) and assisted reproductive technology (ART) settings provide education, counseling, support, and direct nursing care to patients seeking assistance with conception. Surveyed nurses reported that most of their time in the clinical setting was spent in teaching clients. They reported that assessing clients’ knowledge deficits, providing instruction and anticipatory guidance, offering therapeutic support, offering compassion, and explaining test results and treatment options were their primary roles. The areas they ranked as essential to practice were knowledge of anatomy and physiology, the normal menstrual cycle, pathophysiology, treatment options, and diagnostic tests, and skills in patient teaching, counseling, history taking, physical assessment and ultrasound technique.

This content of this module, Female Infertility Workup and Testing, provides core theoretical and practical information specific to the clinical area of REI practice as well as essential information for nurses and other health care professionals who provide reproductive health care for all women. This evidence-based content will assist nurses to function in their roles safely and proficiently, ultimately contributing to improved quality of care and patient outcomes.

Educational Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

Explain the key tests commonly used for female fertility evaluation.
Describe limitations of available tests.
Provide information to women to enable them to know what to expect from fertility evaluation.