title: Cancer as a Platform for Genetics Education in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing leaders and governing agencies have long requested more genetic content in the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Despite this, evidence in the literature detailing how to meet this objective is scarce.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a familiar health condition such as cancer, undergraduate nursing students are introduced to the multiple genetic abnormalities that underlie the cellular dysregulation leading to carcinogenesis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nursing students complete the course with a knowledge of cancer and its genetic underpinnings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This approach facilitated integration of genetic content in a disease-focused nursing course.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kiernan
authors.forename: April Hazard
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Vallerand
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005823:Genetics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology