You are the nurse documenting a family history of a patient newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. What knowledge would influence your nursing considerations for genetic testing?
A) What genetic tests are available for Alzheimer's disease
B) What the geneticist has recommended
C) The genetic bases of adult- onset conditions
D) Whether or not the patient's third cousin once removed had Alzheimer's disease
Ans: C
Feedback: Knowledge of adult-onset conditions and their genetic bases (ie, mendelian versus multifactorial conditions) influences the nursing considerations for genetic testing and health promotion. The other answers are incorrect because the only form of Alzheimer's disease that has a genetic test associated with it is the early-onset form of Alzheimer's disease. When you are doing the family history of the patient, the geneticist has not seen the patient yet so he or she would have no recommendations. The third cousin once removed is not within three generations of the patient so he or she would have no impact.
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