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1. NR 305 Week 3 Family Genetic History
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Family Genetic History
Guidelines and Grading Rubric
Purpose
This assignment is to help you gain insight regarding the influence of
genetics on an individual’s health and risk for disease. You are to
obtain a family genetic history on a willing, nonrelated, adult
participant.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course
outcomes:
CO #3: Utilize effective communication when performing a health
assessment. (PO #3)
CO #5: Explore the professional responsibilities involved in
conducting a comprehensive health assessment and providing
appropriate documentation. (PO #6)
Points

2. This assignment is worth a total of 100 points.
Due Date
The Family Genetic History Assignment is to be submitted at the end
of Week 3. There is a MS Word document form in Doc Sharing that
you need to download, fill in, and submit to the Family Genetic
History Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.
Post questions to the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if
you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies regarding late
assignments. Failure to submit your paper to the Dropbox on time
may result in a deduction of points.
Disclaimer
When taking a family genetic history on an actual client, it is essential
that the information is accurate. Please inform the person you are
interviewing that they do NOT need to disclose information that they
wish to keep confidential. If the adult participant decides not to share
information, please write, “Does not want to disclose.”
Directions
Refer to the examples in Chapter 4 of your textbook that discuss
development of a genogram.

3. Download the NR305_Family_Genetic_History_Form from Doc
Sharing. You will document the adult participant’s family genetic
history using this MS Word document.
Complete the family genetic history using the information that the
adult participant is willing to share with you. The focus of this course
is on the normal “healthy” individual so your paper does not need to
contain much medical/nursing detail. Refer to your textbook or the
Internet to learn what impact the family’s health history may have on
the adult participant’s personal state of wellness both now and in the
future.
This paper does not require APA formatting, but you are expected to
write clearly and use proper grammar and spelling.
Developing a pictorial genogram using symbols to identify certain
relationships (e.g., divorced, sibling, deceased, etc.), may provide
more insight, however, drawing may be difficult to accomplish with
MS Word, therefore you are not expected to use symbols, lines, or
other drawing elements. Instead, describe the relationships among the
various people in the adult participant’s family’s genetic history.
Remember, the goal is not to learn how to draw with Word, but to
gather information about the family and recognize its significance to
the adult participant and that person’s health.
Save the completed form by clicking on “Save as” and add your last
name to the file name, e.g.,
“NR305_Family_Genetic_History_Form_Smith”.

4. Submit the completed form to the Family Genetic History basket in
the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3. Please
post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forums so
the entire class may view the answers.
Grading Criteria
Category Points % Description
Family Genetic History 35 35 Develop a family genetic history that
includes the adult participant’s grandparents, parents, the adult
participant, the adult participant’s spouse or significant other, and any
children that the adult participant may have. You do NOT need to use
symbols or other drawing elements, but instead describe each person
mentioned and their relationships.
Evaluation of Family Genetic History 25 25 Evaluate the impact of
the family’s history on the adult participant’s health. For example, if
the mother and both her sisters have diabetes, hypertension or cancer,
what might that mean for the future health of the adult participant?
Planning for Future Wellness 35 35 Plan changes based on the
evaluation of the adult participant’s family genetic history that will
promote an optimal level of wellness both now and in the future.
Scholarly writing 5 5 Use proper grammar, spelling, and medical
language.
Total 100 pts 100% A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the
above requirements.

5. Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria A
Outstanding or highest level of performance
B
Very good or high level of performance
C
Competent or satisfactory level of performance
F
Poor or failing or unsatisfactory level of
Performance
Family Genetic History
(35 pts)
All required criteria included; no errors
(32–35 points)

6. Three or four generations included in the history; information is
provided about each person but lacks detail about relationships and/or
health information
(29–31 points)
Two generations included; no relationships described or no health
information provided
(26–28 points)
No history or fewer than two generations included; no relationships
described or no health information provided
(0–25 points)
Evaluation of Family Genetic History
(25 pts)
Evaluation complete; thoroughly covers all required elements
(23–25 points)
Evaluation addresses only two of apparent health risks within the
history
(21–22 points)

7. Evaluation addresses only one of apparent health risks within the
history
(19–20 points)
Evaluation missing
(0–18 points)
Planning for Future Wellness
(35 pts)
Plan for wellness incorporates all areas of risk within the family
genetic history, demonstrating critical thinking; answered all required
questions
(32–35 points)
Plan for wellness demonstrated basic understanding of the family
genetic history; answered all but one of the required questions
(29–31 points)
Plan for wellness demonstrated basic understanding of the family
genetic history answered two of the required questions
(26–28 points)

8. Plan for wellness does not demonstrate basic understanding of the
family genetic history or is missing
(0–25 points)
Scholarly writing
(5 pts)
No grammar, spelling, or syntax errors. Writes in complete sentences.
(5 points)
No more than two errors of any type
(4 points)
Three or more errors of any type
(3 points)
APA, grammar, spelling and/or punctuation contain multiple errors
(0–2 points)
Total Points Possible = 100 points