MODULE 3

DQ 1

A multigenerational family health history can facilitate the management of a patient’s disease. What model would you use to create a multigenerational family health history for a patient? Explain. Support your rationale with a minimum of two scholarly sources.

DQ 2

Why is it important to have a comprehensive health and physical assessment that includes information on environment and genomic influences? How can the doctoral-prepared nurse apply this information in practice? Explain. Support your rationale with a minimum of two scholarly sources.

RESOURCES

Goergen, A. F., Ashida, S., Skapinsky, K., de Heer, H. D., Wilkinson, A. V., & Koehly, L. M. (2016). What you don’t know: Improving family health history knowledge among multigenerational families of Mexican origin. Public Health Genomics, 19(2), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1159/000443473

Welch, B. M., Wiley, K., Pflieger, L., Achiangia, R., Baker, K., Hughes-Halbert, C., Morrison, H., Schiffman, J., & Doerr, M. (2018). Review and comparison of electronic patient-facing family health history tools. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 27(2), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-018-0235-7

Canary, H. E., Elrick, A., Pokharel, M., Clayton, M., Champine, M., Sukovic, M., Jung, H. S., & Kaphingst, K. A. (2019). Family health history tools as communication resources: Perspectives from Caucasian, Hispanic, and Pacific Islander families. Journal of Family Communication, 19(2), 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2019.1580195

MODULE 4

DQ 1

In the past decade there have been many advances in genetics and genomics and their application to health screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. What recent advancement do you believe is the most significant for your clinical practice? Explain. Support your rationale with a minimum of two scholarly sources.

DQ 2

Genetic/Genomic factors are known to contribute to variability of pharmacologic responses in some patients. How does the variability of responses result in tailoring pharmacologic agents to the care of these patients? Explain. Support your rationale with a minimum of two scholarly sources.