A nurse who practices in a clinic that provides genetic counseling has obtained a clients family history. This nurse has consequently completed the first step in what process?

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Nursing assessment of the patients health includes obtaining and recording family history information in the form of a pedigree. This is a first step in establishing the pattern of inheritance. A nursing assessment in this context does not answer the patients genetic questions or the clients relational questions. The clients genetic future is not normally manipulated.

A Nurse Who Practices in a Clinic That Provides Genetic