BRCA and beyond: The contribution of genetics to breast and gynecologic cancers (Part 2)
Faculty Kate McReynolds, APRN, MSc, MSN, ANP-BC, AGN-BC, is a Genetic Nurse Practitioner at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.…
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Cystic Fibrosis: A Personal Perspective
The nurses who took care of me had a profound influence on my life and are the reason I am a nurse today.
Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules
Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last…
Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes in women
What is a hereditary cancer syndrome? Cancer can be sporadic, familial, or hereditary. A sporadic cancer happens at random, maybe…
Position Statement | Prepregnancy genetic carrier screening
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) advocates for equitable access to informed, voluntary prepregnancy genetic carrier…
Strategies for collecting the family history to assess risk for inherited cancer
By Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Guimond, PhD, WHNP-BC Collection of a patient’s family history (FH) is an important tool for establishing…
Strategies for collecting the family history to assess risk for inherited cancer
Collection of a patient’s family history (FH) is an important tool for establishing her risk levels for certain inherited cancers.…