The nurse in the genetics clinic is gathering a family history. The patient has asked a question to which the nurse does not know the answer. What would the nurse know to do?
A) Ask the geneticist for the answer
B) Find the answer to the patient's question in the office resource books
C) Find the answer to the patient's question on the Internet
D) Finish the family history and conduct a health history along with physical and developmental assessments
Ans: D
Feedback: All nurses should be able to recognize when a patient is asking a question related to genetic or genomic information and should know how to obtain genetics information by gathering family and health histories and conducting physical and developmental assessments. The other answers are incorrect.
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