Pharmacogenetics will eventually allow researchers to do which of ...

[Diane]

Pharmacogenetics will eventually allow researchers to do which of the following?
 
  a. Remove the genes that cause illness.
  b. Allow the design of custom drugs.
  c. Develop foods that fight disease.
  d. Splice genes to improve health.

Question 2

A visiting nurse observes signs of anxiety and stress in a newly widowed elderly client who lives alone. The MOST likely plan of intervention would be to:
 
  a. commit the client for involuntary inpatient treatment
  b. provide resources to maintain a safe, comfortable, familiar home environment
  c. refer the client for psychoanalysis
  d. call a family meeting to plan transfer of the client into an assisted-living facility

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Answer to Question 1

B
Pharmacogenetics is a discipline that blends pharmacology with genomic capabilities and will eventually allow researchers to match DNA variants with individual responses to medical treatments. It will allow for custom drugs based on individual genetic profiles.

Answer to Question 2

B
The visiting nurse would plan to provide the resources needed to maintain a safe, comfortable, and familiar home environment. For the client in this situation, the death of her husband and living alone places her at risk of experiencing both mental and physical frailty.