Cardiovascular genomics: implications for acute and critical care nurses.
As genomic health care becomes commonplace, nurses will be asked to provide genomic care in all health care settings including acute care and critical care. Three common cardiac conditions are reviewed, Marfan syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, to provide acute care and critical care nurses with an overview of these pathologies through the lens of genomics and relevant case studies. This information will help critical care nursing leaders become familiar with genetics related to common cardiac conditions and prepare acute care and critical care nurses for a new phase in patient diagnostics, with greater emphasis on early diagnosis and recognition of conditions before sudden cardiac death.
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 44106-4904, USA. mary.quinngriffin@case.edu
Mary T
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Quinn Griffin
Deborah
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Klein
Chris
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Winkelman
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000451:nursing; D005192:Family Health; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D023281:Genomics; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000451:nursing; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010375:Pedigree; D018570:Risk Assessment