Essentials of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice » (1st Edition)

Felissa R. Lashley, RN, PhD, ACRN, FAAN, FACMG, is Dean and Professor, College of Nursing at Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey. Prior to that she was Dean and Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine at Southern Illinois University, Springfield. Dr. Lashley is certified as a PhD Medical Geneticist by the American Board of Medical Genetics, the first nurse to be so certified, and is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She began her practice of genetic evaluation and counseling in 1973.

Dr. Lashley has authored more than 300 publications, including three editions of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice, the first two editions of which received Book of the Year Awards from the American Journal of Nursing. Other books have also received AJN Bookof the Year Awards, including The Person with AIDS: Nursing Perspectives (Durham and Cohen, editors), Women, Children, and HIV/AIDS (Cohen and Durham, editors), and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues (Lashley and Durham, editors). Tuberculosis: A Sourcebook for Nursing Practice (Cohen and Durham, editors) received the Book of the Year award from Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Lashley has received several million dollars in external research funding and has served as a member of the charter AIDS Research Review Committee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Lashley has been a distinguished lecturer for Sigma Theta Tau International, and served as Associate Editor of Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and received an Exxon Eduation Foundation Innovation Award for her article on integrating genetics into community college nursing curricula. She is a member of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics, and the American Society of Human Genetics. She is a member of the steering committee of the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. She served as President of the HIV/AIDS Nursing Certification Board and received the 2000 Nurse Researcher Award from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, the 2001 SAGE Award by the Illinois Nurse Leadership Institute for outstanding mentorship, and the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from Illinois State University, who inducted her into their College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2005. She served as a member of the PKU Consensus Development Panel, National Institutes of Health. She was selected as a Woman of Excellence by the New Jersey Women in AIDS Network in March 2005. Dr. Lashley serves as a board member at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Designated a Doody's Core Title!

REFRESH YOUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCE YOUR PATIENT CARE

We now know that genetic factors can cause disease or affect an individual's susceptibility or resistance to disorders and even to treatment. To provide the best nursing care, it is therefore essential that practitioners and students have a basic knowledge of the science of genetics and how it affects the major areas of nursing expertise.

To address this need, Dr. Felissa Lashley has created this "essentials" guide specifically for nurses. From genetic factors and trends affecting health care today, to the more complex discussions of human variation, every genetic topic critical to the practice of nursing and nursing education is covered, including:

• Prevention of Genetic Disease


• Genetic Testing and Treatment


• Genetic Counseling


• Maternal-Child Nursing


• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing


• Community/Public Health Nursing


• Trends, Policies, and Social and Ethical Issues

Each chapter examines how genetic information influences treatment and management and is intended to further the development of a nurse's "genetic eye" in the daily care of patients.

Preface     vii
The Basics
Genomics in Health Care     3
Basic and Molecular Concepts in Biology     9
Human Diversity and Variation: We Are Not All Genetically Identical     25
Types of Genetic Disorders, Influences on Chromosome and Gene Action and Inheritance Modes     38
Prevention, Genetic Testing, and Treatment of Genetic Disease     73
The Integration of Genetics Into Nursing Courses and Curricula
The Application of Genomics to Pharmacology     107
Assessing Patients With a Genetic "Eye": Histories, Pedigrees, and Physical Assessment     121
Maternal-Child Nursing: Obstetrics     139
Maternal-Child Nursing: Pediatrics     174
Adult Health and Illness and Medical-Surgical Nursing     213
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing     244
Community and Public Health Nursing and Genomics     250
Trends, Social Policies, and Ethical Issues in Genomics     284
References     293
Further Reading     297
Useful Genetic Web Sites for Professional Information     301
Organizations and Groups With Web Sites That Provide Information, Products, and Services for Genetic Conditions     303
Glossary     325
Index     333