Deliverable 6 – Nursing Care Strategies in Genetics and Genomics

Assignment Content

  1. Competency
    Design nursing care strategies which incorporate genetic and genomic risk factors.

    Student Success Criteria
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    Scenario
    You are a new graduate nurse caring for a patient that received a positive result from a genetic or genomic testing technology. Part of your role as a general nurse in genetic and genomic care is to provide accurate information, ensure appropriate patient referral, and serve as a patient advocate.

    Instructions
    Develop a plan of care that identifies nursing strategies that incorporate genetic and genomic risk factors, three interprofessional resources, and three referral resources for a client that has a positive result from a genetic or genomic testing technology that you explain.

    Your plan of care will be presented in a Word document that includes the following sections:

    • Explanation a specific genetic or genomic testing technology
    • Describe what positive results of the testing technology indicates
    • Design a plan of nursing care strategies based on positive results
    • Describe three interprofessional resources in planning care for clients with genetic and genomic needs
    • Determine three resources for facilitation of genetic and genomic referrals
    • Resources
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    • Nursing Research Page
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