title: Assessing Nursing Students' Knowledge of Genomic Concepts and Readiness for Use in Practice.
abstract: Nurses are expected to apply genomic concepts in clinical practice. This study evaluated undergraduate nursing students' genomic knowledge and attitudes about using this knowledge in practice. Using a pretest-posttest design, findings indicated that students' knowledge was poor, but improved over a semester with genomics content. Most students did not feel ready to use this knowledge in the clinical setting. These findings suggest the need for more genomic education in nursing curriculum.
authors: Author Affiliations: Staff Nurse (Mrs Munroe), Florida Hospital, Orlando; Student (Mrs Munroe) and Associate Professor (Dr Loerzel), College of Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando.
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D023281:Genomics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult