Are genetics/genomics competencies essential for all clinical nurses?

Newcomb, Patricia; Behan, Deborah; Sleutel, Martha Rider; Walsh, Judith M. E.; Baldwin, K. M.; Lockwood, S.

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“…It might also indicate that only a few nurses require extensive insight into genetics to perform their daily work. This assertion seems to be supported by Newcomb et al's inquiry, [22] where a majority of nurses answering a questionnaire said that they never or only very rarely performed many of the competencies deemed essential for all nurses by the American Nurses Association. [10] Nevertheless, a tendency emerging from our analysis was that nurses who had experience working in several different departments seemed to find genetic knowledge more relevant and important for the nursing profession than those who had no prior experience from other fields of nursing care.…”

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“…Taking a global perspective, Calzone et al found that there were genomic literacy deficits in both nursing practice and nursing education in many countries, with only one country out of 19 surveyed having a G/G knowledge and skill requirement for practicing nurses. [21] Recently, the belief that G/G competencies are essential for all registered nurses, regardless of practice setting and medical specialty, has been called into question by Newcomb et al [22] They used a 38-item questionnaire based on the formulated essential competencies [10] to investigate the current use of G/G nursing competencies in acute care hospitals. The aim of the study was both to describe the use of these competencies and to determine whether clinical nurses perceived them as relevant.…”

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Understanding genetics in nursing care – A qualitative interview study

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Breer

Nissen

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Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the use of genetics/genomics (G/G) knowledge and competencies in a Danish nursing context.Methods: Using a qualitative approach, thirteen Danish nurses representing different parts of the Danish health care system were interviewed about their experiences with G/G in daily practice. One focus group interview was conducted face to face, and nine individual semi-structured interviews were conducted partly face to face, partly online due to Covid-19 restrictions. Data were analyzed through systematic text condensation using the NVIVO13 tool (QSR International).Results: We identified five themes: 1) The nature of genetics; 2) Knowledge about genetics; 3) The roles of the nurse; 4) Nurses’ engagement with patients and relatives; 5) Patient pathways. Ethics was a recurrent theme in all five themes.Conclusions: The Danish nurses interviewed generally hold a narrow understanding of genetics i.e. defining it as heredity. They are involved in G/G aspects of care, although the extent and nature of this involvement varies considerably between different care settings. Hence, it seems unlikely that all nurses will require the same G/G knowledge and competencies. Nevertheless, the nurses share the belief that they should possess some basic knowledge about G/G to perform adequate nursing care. Their current knowledge about G/G is typically informed by practice and to a very small degree by their formal education. They agree that G/G literacy will be a general requirement in future nursing. Some of the nurses consider personalized medicine to be the golden road to better patient treatment and care. Some request more knowledge about G/G topics and a vocabulary to communicate adequately with doctors, patients and relatives on these issues. The importance of ethics is emphasized throughout the interviews.

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Understanding genetics in nursing care – A qualitative interview study

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Nissen

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“…In some countries such as the United States, Brazil, and South Africa, the necessity of continuing education for primary healthcare professionals in genetics/genomics is acknowledged because competency in genetics/genomics is difficult to acquire by studying it only during an undergraduate nursing program (Hamilton et al., 2017; Lopes‐Júnior et al., 2017; Newcomb et al., 2019). In Japan, nurse specialists certified in genetics nursing and genetic counselors receive specific genetics/genomics education during graduate school.…”

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Difficulties in providing genetic consultations by public health nurses in Japan

Obayashi

Asahara

Umeda

2022

Public Health Nursing

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Objective The objectives of this study were to identify the topics that Japanese public health nurses (PHNs) find difficult during genetic consultations and to identify the relationships between these difficulties and PHNs’ genetic education. Methods We conducted a mail survey delivered to PHNs employed by local Japanese governmental agencies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, between July and October 2015. The self‐administered questionnaire queried the (1) experience with genetic consultation, (2) perceived difficulties in genetic consultation, (3) genetics education background, and (4) demographics. The association between the perceived difficulties in genetic consultations and the genetics education opportunities was examined using logistic regression. Results Of the 907 mailed surveys, 536 PHNs responded (59.1% response rate). Most of the respondents (89.7%) had previously conducted genetic consultations. The majority of respondents (72.7%) had partaken in consultations regarding a possible hereditary disorder in the client or their families, and of those, 76.6% perceived difficulties during the genetic consultation. Respondents who had previously studied decision‐making support for genetic testing were significantly less likely to perceive difficulties in genetic consultations on prenatal diagnosis (OR = 0.04, 95% CI [0.00–0.73]). Conclusions Our results suggest that PHNs receive training in genetic consultation, which can be integrated into everyday practice.

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“…Calzone et al (2013) described that competences are well-established, which might reveal why competences were not defined more in the articles. Most TA B L E 3 (Continued) Coleman et al, 2014;Melo et al, 2015;Newcomb et al, 2019;Yeşilçinar et al, 2022).…”

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“…In an article concerning the primary healthcare setting, 88.9% of professionals (nurses and physicians) were unfamiliar with the ethical aspects of genetic counselling (Lopes-Júnior et al, 2017). Newcomb et al's (2019) instrument asked nurses about their ability to identify ethical, cultural, legal, ethnic, religious, fiscal and societal issues as a part of genomics in a single question. The results of the question were not presented in their article.…”

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A Scoping Review: Do instruments measuring genomic competence in nursing incorporate ethics?

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The study of genomics, that is, the study of the entire human genome, has developed rapidly, and the obtained data are increasingly used in health promotion, prevention and treatment of diseases (World Health Organization [WHO], 2022). As nurses work daily with patients, they play a vital role in implementation of genome-based information and achievement of the goals of genomics to improve health outcomes of the patients (Calzone, Kirk, et al., 2018a; Whitley et al., 2020). To accomplish these goals, nurses need to acquire new competences. Nurses are required to have skills in collecting information about families' medical history, identifying individuals at risk for diseases and genomic factors underlying drug reactions, helping people to understand informed consent, interpretating genomic test results and carrying out individual interventions using genomic data (Calzone et al., 2010). These skills with acquired knowledge combine

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Are genetics/genomics competencies essential for all clinical nurses?

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Understanding genetics in nursing care – A qualitative interview study

Understanding genetics in nursing care – A qualitative interview study

Difficulties in providing genetic consultations by public health nurses in Japan

A Scoping Review: Do instruments measuring genomic competence in nursing incorporate ethics?

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