The nurse in the genetics clinic is conducting an assessment of a young man and woman who have been referred to the clinic. When performing an assessment in this care setting, the nurse would focus on what areas of assessment? Select all that apply
A) Assessing patients' personality strengths and weaknesses
B) Performing assessments of patients' patterns of behavior
C) Assessing the genetic characteristics of patients' blood samples
D) Gathering family histories and health histories
E) Performing comprehensive physical assessments
Ans: D, E
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Nurses obtain genetics information by gathering family and health histories and conducting physical and developmental assessments. Behavior and coping are not focuses of genomics nursing and nurses do not normally analyze blood samples.
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