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Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients: Providing Hope for Family Building (Part 1)

 

 

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The Art of Survivorship: Web Series Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients: Providing Hope for Family Building is Part 1 of a Web Series. Part 2, What is the Impact of Nutrition on Survivorship can be found here.

Sponsor: Three Rivers AHEC

Presenter:
Mirrin Reagan, RN, WHNP, CNS

Session Description:
A cancer diagnosis may lead to a change in a person's priorities regarding relationships, career, or lifestyle. Some survivors become anxious about their health and uncertain of how to cope with life after treatment. Cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis. It includes people who continue to have treatment to either reduce risk of recurrence or to manage chronic disease.

Some survivors have difficulty adjusting to and learning to live with uncertainty. Others may have physical problems, sexual and fertility concerns, experience discrimination at work, or find that their social network feels inadequate. Find out more about coping with such concerns, and how to make positive lifestyle changes after a cancer diagnosis. Survivorship is a unique journey for each person.

Session Objectives:

  1. Identify and discuss gonadotoxic agents used in treatment of various types of cancer.
  2. Identify appropriate populations for fertility presentation treatments.
  3. Discuss treatment options for fertility preservation in both male and female patients.
  4. Explain how to best match treatment strategies to appropriate patients.

Continuing Education Information:
Three Rivers AHEC is an approved provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour. For certification, completion and submission of the online evaluation is required. Participant will be sent an e-certificate within 45 days of evaluation submission. Training must be viewed and evaluations completed/submitted by April 30, 2013.

Technology Requirements:

  • Personal computer with Macintosh or Windows with 512 MB of RAM
  • Broadband internet connection such as an office LAN, DSL, or cable modem
  • Phone next to personal computer (or speaker phone if multiple people are viewing)
  • Computer speakers (built-in or attached)
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