Title: You are taking a health history on a new patient. While performing your assessme Post by: Yoshi on Sep 29, 2014 You are taking a health history on a new patient. While performing your assessment, the patient informs you that her mother has type 1 diabetes. What is the significance of this information to the health history?
A) The patient may be at risk for developing diabetes. B) The patient may need teaching on preventing diabetes. C) The patient may need to attend a support group for diabetes. D) This may affect the patient's diet during hospitalization. Title: Re: You are taking a health history on a new patient. While performing your assessme Post by: Think on Sep 29, 2014 A - Nurses incorporate a genetics focus into the health assessments of family history to assess for genetics-related risk factors. The information aids the nurse in determining if the patient may be predisposed to diseases that are genetic in origin.
Title: Re: You are taking a health history on a new patient. While performing your assessme Post by: Yoshi on Oct 7, 2014 Muchas gracias!
Appreciate your help tremendously :D Title: Re: You are taking a health history on a new patient. While performing your assessme Post by: Think on Oct 22, 2014 You're welcome
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