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

Provides clients with credible, accurate, appropriate, and current genetic andgenomic information, resources, services, and/or technologies that facilitatedecision-making.Specific Areas of KnowledgeResources for healthcare professionalsand lay public about: disease susceptibility;genetic/genomic conditions,treatment, and prognosis (e.g.,nursing literature, evidence-basedwebsites sites such as the NationalHuman Genome Research Institutehttp://www.genome.gov/ and theCenters for Disease Control NationalOffice of Public Health Genomicshttp://www.cdc.gov/genomics/).Referral resources for genetic andgenomic services within one’scommunity.Roles of genetic/genomic healthcareprofessionals.Clinical Performance IndicatorsEvaluate strengths, limitations, andbest use of one genetic and/orgenomic resource for a client orgroup of clients.Help clients interpret and understandgenetic and genomic information.Develop a list of contacts for a genetic/genomic referral resource in one’scommunity or within one’s respectivehealthcare setting.Uses health promotion/disease prevention practices that:• Consider genetic and genomic influences on personal and environmentalrisk factors.• Incorporate knowledge of genetic and/or genomic risk factors (e.g., a clientwith a genetic predisposition for high cholesterol who can benefit from achange in lifestyle that will decrease the likelihood that the genetic risk willbe expressed)Specific Areas of KnowledgeRole of environmental and psychosocialfactors involved in penetranceof predisposition gene variants.Fundamentals of epidemiology, biostatistics,(distribution, incidence,prevalence rates, risk factors, healthstatus indicators, and control ofdisease in populations).Ongoing research contributing toimproved understanding of thegenetic/genomic influences onhealth.Clinical Performance IndicatorsIncorporate genetic and genomichealth assessment data into routinelycollected biopsychosocial and environmentalassessments of health andillness parameters in client, using culturallysensitive approaches.Use evaluation results to influencedelivery of care and deployment ofresources to promote health and preventdisease.