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INFERTILITY COUNSELLINGBY Firoz qureshi

Informed consent.To help the couple, offer coping strategies, offer preparation for procedures and facilitate decision making.To help the patient achieve a better quality of life.psychosocial care for Patients who experience distress. Genetic counseling.Success.OBJECTIVE AND NEED OF INFERTILITY COUNSELLING

A Graduate degree in a mental health profession.License to practice.Training in the medical and psychological aspects of infertility.Clinical experience.Continuing education.

QUALIFICATION OF TRAINING OF COUNSELLORS

Patient centered care can be in the following way-IVF- group discussion by staff.Third party reproduction for both donors and recipients private counselor session.Therapeutic counseling, crisis counseling, assessment and follow up can be off-site.PATIENT CENTRED CARE AND COUNSELING

SPECIFIC SITUATION FOR INFERTILITY COUNSELING

Counseling of commissioning couples

Counseling of Surrogate Mother

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Sexual Dysfunction

HIV DISCORDENT COUPLES

Helps to deal with the emotional stress.Provide extra support.Allow to the patient explore all options for family buildingHelp the couples in overcoming the dilemmasand deciding the right fertility treatmentExplains about the infertility management and specific treatment.

ADVANTAGES OF INFERTILITY COUNSELING

Receiving the patient and family and make them accessible and comfortable for counseling.Fertility nurse specialists provide care for individuals and couples before, during & after fertility treatment. Nurse need to obtain history as prenatal, family and other relevant history.Nurse has to contact primary physical examination and collect other relevant Information regarding patient of reports.

ROLE OF NURSES IN INFERTILITY COUNSELING

Give psychological support throughout the counseling.The collect other information about various prior test reports and documents.The nurse has to encourage the family and patient to ask questions about conditions and disease etc.Provide all explanations about questions.The nurse has to provide information and support to the client and family those who are affected with this problem.Establish plan of care with family and coordinate care with other health care professionals.Maintain privacy and confidentiality of all cases.Performing inseminationsPerforming Embryo transfers. Ensure follow up and supportive services to individual and family during counseling.

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