The nurse working on a general medical-surgical unit in the hospital cares for clients with a variety of diseases that have a genetic component, including (Select all that apply)
A) Alzheimer's disease.
B) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
C) diabetes.
D) heart disease.
E) sickle cell anemia.

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Other diseases with a genetic component include cancer, Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, essential hypertension, multiple sclerosis, many birth defects, and Tay-Sachs Disease. COPD does not seem to have a genetic component.

The Nurse Working on a General Medical-Surgical Unit in the Hospital