The role of the family health nurse in a genetic counseling scenario.

The role of the family health nurse in a genetic counseling scenario.

Overview

This discussion asks you look at the role of the family health nurse in a genetic counseling scenario. Imagine that you are a family health nurse, and today in your office you will be seeing a married couple who are both carriers for a genetic disorder (for example, sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, or Huntington’s disease). This couple would like to have children, but since they are both carriers for a genetic disorder, they are seeking your advice on what they should do before they attempt to start a family.

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.”

Objectives

Students will be able to look at the role of the family health nurse in a genetic counseling scenario.

Points: 30

References:

Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.

Response posts: Minimum of one (1) total reference: one (1) from peer-reviewed or course materials reference per response.

Words Limits

Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)

Response posts: Minimum 100 words excluding references.

Note: Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area. Points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities for this module.

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, type your initial post.

STEP 4. Copy the initial post from the Word document.