A hospital has elected to sponsor genetics and genomics education sessions for nurses. Which comment by a nurse would indicate to the manager an understanding of the purpose of this education?
1. "I think we should send the nurses who work in obstetrics first."
2. "So many diseases have a genetic component."
3. "I'm an emergency department nurse. I don't see the point."
4. "I work in the newborn nursery, so I need to go to the first session."
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Rationale 1: There is no indication that the nurses who work in obstetrics need this education more or sooner than other nurses.
Rationale 2: This nurse understands that the need for genetics/genomics education is not limited to any particular specialty.
Rationale 3: Nurses who work in the emergency department care for clients with genetic tendencies to disease.
Rationale 4: Nurses of all specialties should receive this education. There is no indication that newborn nursery nurses should have priority.
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