Study of Psychosocial Care in Assisted Reproductive Technology

The assignment focuses on the vital role of psychosocial care in assisted reproductive technology (ART), highlighting the necessity for effective communication and empathy among clinicians. It discusses the stress experienced by infertile patients and emphasizes the importance of psychological and social support throughout their treatment journey, from initial consultation to post-treatment counseling. The document references multiple studies underscoring these needs and advocates for comprehensive patient care that addresses emotional challenges during infertility treatments.

Running head: PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE IN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Pre-requisites for the treatment of patients:
The people dealing with psychological issues need assistance, that can be categorized
in a wide range, it requires the clinician to have good skills of communication. In the clinics
that deal with infertility the skills for communication should be with added support and
empathy to the patients (Huppelschoten et al. 2012).
The patients who are infertile are generally under stress, mental support helps them to
get over the situation. Psychological and social care are of major importance, it should
implement various ways of nursing that include psychological and social care type (Fisher et
al. 2013).
Pre-treatment period is referred to the time between the first visit of the patient to the
clinic to the time of initiation of treatment. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is an
example. Certain needs of the sufferers should be commemorated before initiation of the
treatment (Gameiro et al. 2015). The identification of the patient’s problem and is of
significance.
Detection of the patient’s needs:
The psychological patients deal with multiple disorders at the same time, providing
the patients with the requirements that they have, particularly need to be estimated by giving
them a comfortable environment. The patients should be give opportunities to elaborately
discuss their issues.

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Post- treatment needs of patients:
The patients should be given quality advices in association with the needed support as
most of the time infertile people are under meager support of the clinicians. The presence of
various emotions however is found to be high between the caregivers and patients.
Addressing the requirement of the patients:
Many of the patients do not get pregnant post IVF treatment. This raises depression
and anxiety among them, counselling by the nurse is significant (Bayer, Alper, and Penzias
2017).

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Referencing:
Bayer, S.R., Alper, M.M. and Penzias, A.S. eds., 2017. The Boston IVF handbook of
infertility: a practical guide for practitioners who care for infertile couples. CRC Press.
Fisher, J., Wynter, K., Hammarberg, K., McBain, J., Gibson, F., Boivin, J. and McMahon, C.,
2013. Age, mode of conception, health service use and pregnancy health: a prospective
cohort study of Australian women. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 13(1), p.88.
Gameiro, S., Boivin, J., Dancet, E., de Klerk, C., Emery, M., Lewis-Jones, C., Thorn, P., Van
den Broeck, U., Venetis, C., Verhaak, C.M. and Wischmann, T., 2015. ESHRE guideline:
routine psychosocial care in infertility and medically assisted reproduction—a guide for
fertility staff. Human Reproduction, 30(11), pp.2476-2485.
Huppelschoten, A.G., van Duijnhoven, N.T., Hermens, R.P., Verhaak, C., Kremer, J.A. and
Nelen, W.L., 2012. Improving patient-centeredness of fertility care using a multifaceted
approach: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 13(1), p.175.