The purpose of this course is to explain the basic information that nurses need to know about patterns of inheritance, types of testing, steps to genetic evaluation, and ethical issues related to genetic testing.
Course Publication Date:
August 28, 2018
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Wanda Lockwood RN, BA, MA |
| Course No: | GTB073118 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Medical & Surgical Issues
Peri-Natal Medicine
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Learning Objectives
- Describe the numbers and different types of chromosomes.
- Explain autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant inheritance patterns and give examples of diseases.
- Explain X-linked recessive and dominant inheritance patterns and given examples of diseases.
- Explain the type of disorders that related to Y-linked inheritance.
- Describe at least 4 additional types of inheritance patterns.
- Describe 8 different types of genetic testing.
- Describe the genetic evaluation process.
- Discuss 3 principles of genetic counseling
- Discuss at least 3 ethical issues.