Genetics Nursing: Family History, Communication and Referral

Course Purpose

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Genetics Nursing: Family History, Communication and Referral.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 4 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Genetics Nursing: Family History, Communication and Referral.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Explain the nurse's role in genetics care: taking and updating a family health history, recognising red flags, providing information, and referring, as distinct from the roles of the genetic counselor and medical geneticist.
2. Collect and record a three-generation family health history, including relatives, conditions, ages at diagnosis and death, and update it over time.
3. Recognise family history and clinical patterns that suggest a hereditary cancer syndrome and warrant referral for genetic counseling and possible testing.
4. Describe the elements of informed consent for genetic testing and the boundaries of the nurse's role in that conversation.
5. Explain the major inheritance patterns for single-gene conditions and why many common diseases do not follow them.
6. Describe how the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) protects patients and where its protections do not extend.
7. Communicate genetic test results and their limitations accurately to patients and families without offering interpretation that belongs to genetics professionals.
8. Describe newborn screening and pharmacogenomics at a basic level sufficient to answer common patient questions and know when to refer.

Who this course is for:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Genetics Nursing: Family History, Communication and Referral.

Course outline

12 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Course overview and learning objectives

2. 2

   Introduction

3. 3

   The nurse's role in genetics care, and where it stops

4. 4

   Building and using a three-generation family health history

5. 5

   Recognizing red flags and referring for hereditary cancer risk

6. 6

   Informed consent and communicating genetic test results

7. 7

   Privacy and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

8. 8

   Inheritance patterns and what they do and do not predict

9. 9

   Newborn screening: what it is and what nurses explain to families

10. 10

    Pharmacogenomics: an introduction for everyday nursing practice

11. 11

    Nursing Considerations

12. 12

    Conclusion

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