For all undergraduate nursing courses that cover genetics, genomics, and genetic medicine including courses in health assessment or maternal/pediatric nursing. This book brings together the genetics and genomics knowledge nurses need to provide safe and effective care in today's "genomic era." It teaches through small, modular units, each with pretests, section quizzes, and post-tests. Answers are provided to help students check their knowledge, and Emerging Evidence and Critical Thinking checkpoints encourage them to apply it. The text first places modern genetics in context, introduces its essential principles, and outlines its deep ethical, legal, social, and public policy implications. Next, readers learn how to take family genetic histories and assess risks; utilize immunogenetics and cancer genetics in cancer prevention and treatment; apply genetics in public health promotion; recognize the role of genes in psychiatric illnesses and in aging; and much more. Hallmark Features Helps students link genetics to all facets of safe and effective patient care --including patient engagement, patient safety, quality, and outcomes Teaches the key genetics-related competencies today's nurses need regardless of educational level, clinical specialization, or location of practice --including how to take family genetic histories and utilize them to assess risks Easy for students to learn from, and for instructors to teach from --organized into small, discrete modules for flexible use in nearly any undergraduate nursing course Provides multiple opportunities for students to check and reinforce their learning --including Pre and Post tests, coupled with review questions after each section of each chapter Designed to promote critical thinking throughout --offering Critical Thinking checkpoints and case applications that help students link concepts to clinical practice Helps students identify the latest evidence-based trends related to genetic medicine and healthcare --presenting up-to-the-minute information in Emerging Evidence boxes throughout the text Explains the critical importance of genetics in public health --with a full section on public health genetics, including a chapter on environmental interactions with genes Illuminates new gene-related insights into psychiatric disorders --explaining recent progress in understanding depression, addictions, autism, and other mental health problems. Demystifies the terminology of genetics and genomics --with a complete glossary of common genetic terms and abbreviations.

Promotes deeper exploration --by providing reliable, up-to-date web resources throughout.