In about half of couples experiencing infertility, there is a male factor which either contributes to, or is responsible for, their subfertility. This common condition presents a challenge to Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) nurses as it is a complicated diagnosis with many causes and treatments and our formal education on the topic is, arguably, limited. This lack of information (combined with the reduced visibility and familiarity of the male partner……
How to Deliver Bad News: Interview with Dr. Helen Riess
- Monica Moore
- Fertile Health, Nurse Education
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Earlier this month, we were honored to be speaking to Dr Helen Riess about the important concept of empathy for healthcare providers (See her TED talk here). Dr. Riess is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Empathetics. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her research on empathy and the neuroscience of emotions has been published in peer reviewed journals, and she is a core member of……
Everyone would agree that functionality of the uterine lining is incredibly important for implantation of the blastocyst to take place. The question of how to measure this, termed ‘uterine receptivity’, has been studied extensively in the literature. The methods that have been used in the past were indirect, assumptive and not reproducible. Researchers in Spain have created a new tool which has been shown to be promising for identifying molecular markers……
To My Friend’s Daughter
- Monica Moore
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This photo was taken during the first hour of a seven-hour car ride that was as crazy and stressful as you can imagine it would be. My kids couldn’t seem to coordinate their bathroom breaks, there was bad traffic, and many, many squabbles in the car where I threatened some unmentionable actions and said things that I regret. But you would never know just by looking at this picture.……
Discomfort
- Monica Moore
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I often role-play with nurse clients as I find it is an important teaching tool in exposing the nuances of patient care gaps that aren’t obvious by using traditional methods. For example, I use this format when reviewing how to convey negative results, where I become the ‘patient’ on the receiving end of the phone call. Last week, during a client coaching session, my ‘nurse’ told me about my negative……
You might notice that some people seem to be able to maintain a healthy weight effortlessly while others really struggle. Maybe you personally fall into one of these two groups and it’s difficult for you to relate to the other. However, gaining an understanding of the reasons why people struggle to lose weight can help give you a better perspective when working with overweight or obese patients. Traditionally, we……
Letter to my patient
- Monica Moore
- Fertile Health, Nurse Education
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Dear Wonder Woman, You are beautiful and you are not just a sum of your (sometimes seemingly faulty) parts. Because that doesn’t take into account your spirit and grit as you proceed on this path. This journey, although tortuous at times, will make you stronger, even if you don’t see it right now. We will go through it together. I can’t possibly imagine how you feel, but I do know that……
Why Didn’t I think of this before? The Life Lesson that I Learned at a Tennis Clinic
- Monica Moore
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Disruptor – I thought it was just the name of a Pearl Jam song. It’s a term that I learned about a few weeks ago at a tennis clinic, although I’m sure that most (savvier than me) people have already heard of it. In tennis, it has to do with your opponent disrupting your rhythm or comfortable playing style. If you like to hit hard, they hit soft, lob or drop……
Being left out of the party
- Monica Moore
- Fertile Health, Nurse Education
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I was talking to my daughter the other day about why she shouldn’t post a picture on social media of a party that she attended because other kids who weren’t invited might feel sad and excluded seeing the post. She persisted, but I was resolute. She finally agreed, but stomped away, mumbling how strict and uncool I was (both of which are true). Why do I feel so strongly about this?……
