You will be obtaining a family history on an individual with a focus on potential health and genetic concerns. Focus on the completion of narrative history and the development of a pictorial of your patient’s pedigree. This assignment may be completed on a patient, relative, or on friend/acquaintance.
The project will have two components to the initial post (may be written as a paper but please cut and paste into discussion board)
Narrative: 80%
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o The patient interview that explores hereditary conditions
Document both those conditions that the patient acknowledges and those that they deny
o Narrative Discussion that provides a "processing" of the information from your interview
o Patient Demographics ( USE A MADE UP PATEINT’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH
o Review of pertinent Patient History findings
o Review of pertinent Family History
o Synopsis of the major health and genetic disorders identified
o Brief Educational Summary provided to the patient based on ONE of the risks identified.
Pedigree (pictorial genogram) 20 %
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Provide:
o A pictorial Pedigree
o Including:
o 3 generations of family.
o Age of Patient
o Relationship of family members
o Health status of family members
o Alive (age) or deceased (age of death & cause of death)
o Known hereditary diseases for each family member
o Symbol Key that describes sex, family relationships, death illness or similar diseased, color use
o May be handwritten/drawn
o Format of the Pedigree is individualized
Formatting: APA/Grammar/Scholarly Presentation
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