A client says, "Why can't you just look at all my genes and see what I am at risk for instead of doing all this history?" How should the nurse respond?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. "The process necessary to do that is still very expensive."
2. "It will still be necessary to collect a history."
3. "That probably will not happen in either of our lifetimes."
4. "It is going to take a long time for most health care providers to understand the use of genetics."
5. "That is not possible."
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Rationale 1: Sequencing an entire human genome is still very expensive. When this cost drops, sequencing will become more common.
Rationale 2: The client's history will remain a part of assessment even when gene sequencing is more commonplace.
Rationale 3: It is hoped that gene sequencing will become less cost prohibitive within five years.
Rationale 4: Work is being done now to prepare for the time when gene sequencing is more common.
Rationale 5: Gene sequencing can be done, but it is cost prohibitive.
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