Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing - American Nurses ...

Demonstrates ability to elicit a minimum of three-generation family healthhistory information.Specific Areas of KnowledgeComponents of family history neededto identify disease susceptibility orgenetic/genomic condition:• Standard pedigree nomenclature• Type of information that needs tobe collected and recorded such as:⇒ Disease and age of onset,ethnicity, both maternal andpaternal lineages⇒ Three generations⇒ Existing family history toolsClinical Performance IndicatorsDemonstrate ability to elicit a completethree-generation family healthhistory.Identify available family history toolsto facilitate collection of family healthhistory information.Constructs a pedigree from collected family history information using standardizedsymbols and terminology.Specific Areas of KnowledgeComponents of family history neededto identify disease susceptibility orgenetic/genomic condition:• Standard pedigree nomenclature• Type of information that needs tobe collected and recorded such as:⇒ Disease and age of onset,ethnicity, both maternal andpaternal lineages⇒ Three generations⇒ Existing family history toolsClinical Performance IndicatorsDemonstrate ability to elicit a completethree-generation family healthhistory.Construct a pedigree from collectedfamily history information using standardizedsymbols and terminology.Identify available family history toolsto generate and document a pedigree(e.g., Surgeon General’s FamilyHealth Portrait).20 Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing, 2nd Edition