Episode 208: How to Have Fertility Preservation Conversations With Your Patients

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Talking to patients about how their cancer and treatment affects their fertility can be challenging and complicated for oncology nurses, but we owe it to our patients to have those conversations.</span> <span data-contrast="none">Megan Solinger, MHS, MA, OPN-CG, director of service and care delivery at the Ulman Foundation in Baltimore, MD, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to offer guidance, ideas, and advice that will prepare you to confidently approach those essential and ethical discussions. Megan presented the topic at the</span> <a href= "https://www.ons.org/congress/2022"><span data-contrast="none">47th Annual ONS Congress</span></a><span data-contrast="none">® in Anaheim, CA, on April 28, 2022. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Music Credit: "</span><a href= "http://www.incompetech.com/"><span data-contrast="none">Fireflies and Stardust</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">" by Kevin MacLeod</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by May 20, 2024. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Episode Notes</span></strong><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="aut