Purpose & Learning Objectives

Purpose

The REI Nursing 101: A Review & Refresher Course provides nurses new to practice, as well as those experienced nurses who may require reinforcement, with an overview of key concepts in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. This overview helps develop and strengthen a foundation that will be critical to clinical practice, and especially to advancing the sophisticated educational concepts on which the StartART (Scientific & Therapeutic Approaches to Assisted Reproductive Technology) Congress presentations, including late-breaking information, cutting-edge techniques, and best practices to improve ART outcomes.

Learning Objectives

After attending this activity, the attendee should be able to:

• Describe the history of IVF, identifying the milestones that are responsible for advances in the field • Identify the complex of menstrual cycle characteristics, according to the menstruation, follicular, ovulation and the luteal phases • Review considerations for optimizing stimulation protocols • Evaluate the causes of female and male infertility • Describe the infertility work-up • Indicate available treatment options including OI, IVF/ET, and donor gametes • Understand the side effects of infertility treatment • Define the development and management of an early pregnancy • Assess the psychological aspects of infertility • Discuss basic genetic concepts • Recognize common genetic tests in the ART setting • Evaluate common genetics issues that may arise in the ART setting and when referrals are appropriate • Define compassion fatigue and burnout in the field of fertility nursing and its signs and symptoms