A nurse who practices in a clinic that provides genetic counseling has obtained a client's family history. This nurse has consequently completed the first step in what process?
A) Establishing the pattern of inheritance
B) Influencing the client's genetic future
C) Answering the client's genetic questions
D) Answering the client's relational questions
Ans: A
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Nursing assessment of the patient's health includes obtaining and recording family history information in the form of a pedigree. This is a first step in establishing the pattern of inheritance. A nursing assessment in this context does not answer the patient's genetic questions or the client's relational questions. The client's genetic future is not normally manipulated.
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