Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 3

A 50-year-old woman is seen in the clinic for concerns about recent episodes offorgetfulness. She has a strong family history of early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).Her father recently died at the age of 68 after having AD for 10 years. Her physicianwants her to see a genetic counselor to discuss the pros and cons of being tested to seeif she carries one of the genes for AD.She sees you for patient education and askshow she would cope with knowing that AD may be in her future. In addition, she hasconcerns about the privacy of genetic information and what that would mean interms of her health insurance.Identify the priorities, approach, and techniques thatyou would use to perform a comprehensive genetic assessment for a patient with AD.