Supporting the couple with conception challenges

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Payne, Rebecca Jean ^a   Guinn, Cherry ^b   Ponder, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines for infertile couples; Conception; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80055069959     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000399715.09209.15     Document Type: Article

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