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fertility preservation

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fertility preservation,
a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as providing information, counseling, and treatment that facilitate reproductive health and the ability to conceive. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.

preservation [prĕ-zer-va´shun]
maintenance.
fertility preservation in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as providing information, counseling, and treatment that facilitates reproductive health and the ability to conceive. See also fertility.


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Byline: ANI Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): A new American study has found that fertility preservation may not delay treatment for breast cancer patients below the age of 40.
Focusing on evidence-based medicine, specialists in obstetrics and gynecology, molecular and integrative physiology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, urology, and other fields from the US, Europe, Japan, and Argentina explore environmental and other factors involved in female and male infertility, as well as treatment and responses, ectopic pregnancy, and fertility preservation.
Although medical options for fertility preservation exist, most are not well understood or accessible to patients and their health care providers.
 
 
 
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