Contact hours available until 10/31/2014

Requirements for Successful Completion: Completethe learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation.

Faculty;Planners and Authors Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The author; editor;and education director reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education article.
Urologic Nursing Editorial Board Statements of Disclosure: Susanne A. Quallich; ANP-BC; NP-C; CUNP; disclosed that she is on the Consultants' Bureau for Coloplast. All other Urologic Nursing Editorial Board members reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education activity.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship: No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Non-Endorsement of Products: Accreditation of activities for contact hours does not imply approval or endorsement of any product; advertising; or educational content by SUNA or the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Accreditation Statement: Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial product. SUNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing; provider number; CEP 5556.

Objectives:

Discuss the pediatric diagnoses that may affect future male fertility.
List the chromosomal causes of male infertility.
Explain fertility preservation treatment options for male patients diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome.
Describe the significance of the absence of the vas deferens as an indicator of cystic fibrosis.
Discuss the structural anomalies of the testes in male pediatric patients that may contribute to future infertility.

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