Caring for the infertile woman

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-105

  Devine, Kit S ^a,b  

^a Fertility and Endocrine Associates   (United States)

^b c/o Fertil and Endocrine Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Nursing Care

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0038136839     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200303000-00011     Document Type: Review

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