NR305 Week 2 Family Genetic History Latest 2018 January

Family Genetic History Guidelines

Updated 4/20/2017

Purpose

This assignment is to help you gain insight regarding the influence of genetics on an individual's health and risk for disease. You are to obtain a family genetic history on a willing, nonrelated, adult participant. NOTE: failing to complete this assignment using an adult participant other than yourself will result in a 20% penalty deduction being applied.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO #3: Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO #3)

CO #5: Explore the professional responsibilities involved in conducting a comprehensive health assessment and providing appropriate documentation. (PO #6)

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 150 points.

Due Date

The Family Genetic History Assignment is to be submitted at the end of Week 2. Click to download the Family Genetic History form (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You must fill in and submit by 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 2. Post questions to the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper on time may result in a deduction of points.

Disclaimer

When taking a family genetic history on an actual client, it is essential that the information is accurate. Please inform the person you are interviewing that they do not need to disclose information that they wish to keep confidential. If the adult participant decides not to share information, please write, "Does not want to disclose." If the client fails to disclose answers to several items, you will need to find another client who is willing to share.

Directions

Refer to the examples in Chapter 4 of your textbook that discuss development of a genogram.

Download the NR305_Family_Genetic_History_Form (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You will document the adult participant's family genetic history using this MS Word document.

Complete the family genetic history using the information that the adult participant is willing to share with you. The focus of this course is on the normal healthy individual so your paper does not need to contain much medical/nursing detail. Refer to your textbook or the Internet to learn what impact the family's health history may have on the adult participant's personal state of wellness both now and in the future. This paper does not require APA formatting, but you are expected to write clearly and use proper grammar and spelling. Developing a pictorial genogram using symbols to identify certain relationships (e.g., divorced, sibling, deceased, etc.), may provide more insight, however, drawing may be difficult to accomplish with MS Word, therefore you are not expected to use symbols, lines, or other drawing elements. Instead, describe the relationships among the various people in the adult participant's family's genetic history. Remember, the goal is not to learn how to draw with Word, but to gather information about the family and recognize its significance to the adult participant and that person's health.

Save the completed form by clicking on Save as and add your last name to the file name, for example, NR305_Family_Genetic_History_Form_Smith.

Submit the completed form to the Family Genetic History form by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 2. Please post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forums so the entire class may view the answers.