The nurse manager of a geriatric clinic is instructing staff nurses about genomics and the care of their clients. How should the manager explain the concept of genomics?
1. Genomics is the study of how individual genes affect health.
2. The study of how all genes interact with one another and the environment is genomics.
3. Genomics is a set of genetic competencies that we must adopt.
4. When we identify how our clients respond to medications, we are evaluating their genomics.
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Rationale 1: Genetics, not genomics, is the study of individual genes in relationship to health.
Rationale 2: Genomics is the study of all genes in the human genome together. It studies the interactions of these genes with the environment.
Rationale 3: There is a set of genetic/genomic competencies but this does not correctly explain the concept of genomics.
Rationale 4: Genomics does have to do with the way clients respond to medications, but this is not an accurate description of genomics in general.
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