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Guidelines for Family Genetic History Assignment
Purpose
This assignment is to help you gain insight regarding the influence of genetics on an individual’s health and risk for disease. You are to obtain a family genetic history on a willing, non-related, adult participant.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO #3: Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO #3)
CO #5: Explore the professional responsibilities involved in conducting a comprehensive health assessment and providing appropriate documentation. (PO #6)
Points
This assignment is worth a total of 100 points.
in a deduction of points.
Disclaimer
When taking a family genetic history on an actual client, it is essential that the information is accurate. Please inform the person you are interviewing that they do NOT need to disclose information that they wish to keep confidential. If the adult participant decides not to share information, please write, “Does not want to disclose.”
Directions
1. Refer to the examples in Chapter 10 of your textbook discusses development of a genogram.
2. Download the You will document the adult participant’s family genetic history using this MS Word document.
3. Complete the family genetic history using the information that the adult participant is willing to share with you. The focus of this course is on the normal “healthy” individual so your paper does not need to contain much medical/nursing detail. Refer to your textbook or the internet to learn what impact the family’s health history may have on the adult participant’s personal state of wellness both now and in the future.
This paper does not require APA formatting, but you are expected to write clearly and use proper grammar and spelling.
Developing a pictorial genogram using symbols to identify certain relationships, e.g., divorced, sibling, deceased, etc., may provide more insight, however, drawing may be difficult to accomplish with MS Word, therefore you are not expected to use symbols, lines or other drawing elements. Instead, describe the relationships among the various people in the adult participant’s family’s genetic history. Remember, the goal is not to learn how to draw with Word, but to gather information about the family and recognize its significance to the adult participant and that person’s health.
Grading Criteria
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Category |
Points |
% |
Description |
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Family Genetic History |
35 |
35 |
Develop a family genetic history that includes the adult participant’s grandparents, parents, the adult participant, the adult participant’s spouse/significant other, and any children that the adult participant may have. You do NOT need to use symbols or other drawing elements, but instead describe each person mentioned and their relationships. |
|
Evaluation of Family Genetic History |
25 |
25 |
Evaluate the impact of the family’s history on the adult participant’s health. For example, if the mother and both her sisters have diabetes, hypertension or cancer, what might that mean for the future health of the adult participant? |
|
Planning for Future Wellness |
35 |
35 |
Plan changes based on the evaluation of the adult participant’s family genetic history that will promote an optimal level of wellness both now and in the future. |
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Scholarly writing |
5 |
5 |
Use proper grammar, spelling and medical language. |
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Total |
100 pts |
100% |
A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
Grading Rubric
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Assignment Criteria |
Meets Criteria |
Partially Meets Criteria |
Does Not Meet Criteria |
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Family Genetic History (35 pts) |
All required criteria included; no errors 32-35 points |
Three or four generations included in the history; information is provided about each person but lacks detail about relationships and/or health information 27-31 points |
No history or fewer than three generations included; no relationships described or no health information provided 0-26 points |
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Evaluation of Family Genetic History (25 pts) |
Evaluation complete; thoroughly covers all required elements 23-25 points |
Evaluation addresses only one or two of apparent health risks within the history 21-22 points |
Evaluation missing; more than two health risks not addressed 0-20 points |
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Planning for Future Wellness (35 pts) |
Plan for wellness incorporates all areas of risk within the family genetic history, demonstrating critical thinking; answered all required questions 32-35 points |
Plan for wellness demonstrated basic understanding of the family genetic history; answered all but one of the required questions 27-31 points |
Plan for wellness does not demonstrate basic understanding of the family genetic history or is missing 0-26 points |
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Scholarly writing (5 pts) |
No grammar, spelling, or syntax errors. Writes in complete sentences. 5 points |
No more than two errors of any type 4 points |
Three or more errors of any type 0-3 points |
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Total Points Possible = 100 points |
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3 |