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

Conducts comprehensive health and physical assessments which incorporateknowledge about genetic, environmental, and genomic influences and riskfactors.Specific Areas of KnowledgeFundamentals of genetic and genomicfocused health and physicalassessment.Basics of risk factors:• Indicators of disease susceptibilityor a genetic condition:• Family history:⇒ Red flags of genetic/genomicconditions such as:• disease found primarily inmales• early age of onset for chronicadult onset disease• multiple cases of rare disease⇒ Confounders:• race and ethnicity• Physical findings• Health history:⇒ Environmental and lifestylefactors⇒ Multifactorial influenceClinical Performance IndicatorsIncorporate genetic and genomichealth assessment data into routinelycollected biopsychosocial and environmentalassessments of health andillness parameters in client, using culturallysensitive approaches.22 Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing, 2nd Edition