Barriers and Facilitators to Fertility-Related Discussions with Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer: Nurses' Experiences
Wendy Norton, Elaine Wright
Abstract
Nurses should manage parental involvement sensitively if TYAs are to make informed decisions regarding their future reproductive health. There is a need for clear role delineation in fertility discussions to ensure that TYAs are provided with the opportunity to discuss infertility risk and be referred to a specialist before initiating cancer treatment. Nurses should cultivate the primacy of the nurse-TYA relationship to improve fertility care. Further research into the factors that TYAs may consider beneficial within the nurse-patient relationship is required.
Topics & Concepts
Fertility preservationFertilityInfertilityOncofertilitySurvivorship curveMedicineQuality of life (healthcare)NursingFamily medicineYoung adultCancerGerontologyPopulationPregnancyEnvironmental healthInternal medicineBiologyGeneticsReproductive Biology and FertilityChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeReproductive Health and Technologies