You are the nurse documenting the family history of an 81-year-old female patient newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. What knowledge would influence your nursing considerations for genetic testing?
A) What genetic tests predict the patient's husband's risk of Alzheimer's disease
B) What actions the geneticist has recommended for treating the disease
C) The genetic bases of adult-onset conditions such as Alzheimer's disease
D) Whether any of the patient's peers have Alzheimer's disease
Ans: C
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Knowledge of adult-onset conditions and their genetic bases (i.e., mendelian versus multifactorial conditions) influences the nursing considerations for genetic testing and health promotion. Genetic testing will not identify a spouse's or peer's risk of the disease. A geneticist would not make medical treatment recommendations.
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