title: Nurses collaborating with cross disciplinary networks: starting to integrate genomics into practice.
abstract: Nurses and other health-care providers are poised to include genetic discoveries into practice settings and to translate such knowledge for consumer benefit within culturally appropriate contexts. Nurses must seek collaboration with multi-disciplinary networks both locally and internationally. They must also capitalize on the expertise of other seasoned researchers in order to gain national and international exposure, recognition, and funding. Scholarly tailgating is using network relationships to achieve one's professional goals, and capitalizing on expert knowledge from seasoned researchers, educators, and practitioners from diverse international groups. By using scholarly tailgating principles, nurses can become important agents of change for multi-disciplinary networks, and thereby assist in decreasing health disparities. The purpose of this document is to encourage and inspire nurses to seek collaborative multi-disciplinary networks to enable genomic integration into health-care practice and education. Strategies for integrating genomics into practice settings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington, 411 S. Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX 76019, USA. adegbola@exchange.uta.edu
authors.forename: Maxine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adegbola
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D023281:Genomics / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration