Multiple Choice
You are the nurse documenting the family history of an 81-year-old female patient newly diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. What knowledge would influence your nursing considerations for genetic testing?
A) What genetic tests predict the patients husbands risk of Alzheimers disease
B) What actions the geneticist has recommended for treating the disease
C) The genetic bases of adult-onset conditions such as Alzheimers disease
D) Whether any of the patients peers have Alzheimers disease
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