Reflecting on her family pedigree, I learned that once you put it all together and look at it, you could get different results that you would have never thought was a risk. Family health history relates to nursing practice, because if we know what a patient is at risk for, it can direct our care and patient education more specifically. An example is, if I know that a patient with hypertension does not exercise and consume excess fats, tells me that, they could be at high risk for stroke, or cardiac problem. Nonetheless, as a nurse, the one thing I can do is teach and stress the importance of eating healthy, exercising and losing weight. Besides, referring my patients to a registered dietitian as a way of getting better idea on the kinds of
