Cancer as a Platform for Genetics Education in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum

Kiernan, Julia E.; Vallerand, April Hazard

doi:10.3928/01484834-20160316-11

Cited by 6 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A review of 190 colleges in 50 states in the United States that offered baccalaureate nursing programs revealed that 27% had a specific genetics course and 73% had integrated content (Giarelli & Reiff, 2012). Another approach used to introduce genetics content to nursing students was to thread genetics content into an existing elective cancer course (Kiernan & Vallerand, 2016). Based on 2018 estimates, cancer is the cause of one in six deaths globally, making it the second leading cause of death (WHO, 2018a).…”

Section: Effective Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the United States, 40% of men and 39% of women are expected to develop cancer at some point in their lifetime (American Cancer Society, 2018). Kiernan and Vallerand (2016) argue that with the high likelihood of nurses caring for a patient with cancer regardless of what area they practice in and the genetic nature of the development and treatment of cancer, threading genetic content into a cancer course is applicable and increases the perceived relevance of genetic knowledge to practice.…”

Section: Effective Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Precision Health and Nursing: Seeing the Familiar in the Foreign

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Precision health is the integration of personal genomic data with biological, environmental, behavioral, and other information relevant to the care of a patient. Genetics and genomics are essential components of precision health. Genetics is the study of the effects of individual genes, and genomics is the study of all the components of the genome and interactions between genes, environmental factors, and other psychosocial and cultural factors. Knowledge about the role of genetics and genomics on health outcomes has increased substantially since the completion of the human genome project in 2003. Insights about genetics and genomics obtained from bench science are now having positive clinical implications on patient health outcomes. Nurses have the potential to make distinct contributions to precision health due to their unique role in the health care system. In this article, we discuss gaps in the development of precision health in nursing and how nursing can expand the definition of precision health to actualize its potential. Precision health plays a role in nursing practice. Understanding this connection positions nurses to incorporate genetic and genomic knowledge into their nursing practice.

show abstract

Section: Effective Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Effective Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Precision Health and Nursing: Seeing the Familiar in the Foreign

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The access to learning contents will also be limited, leaving little self-determined options for students to acquire new knowledge [11]. In addition, rarely founded on Moodle and other similar development platforms, these software are functionally deficient, inconvenient to be transplanted and of certain demands for operational systems [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Computer English Education Platform Based on B / S Model

Chai

2017

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract-This paper expounds the significance of English online education platform for college students' autonomous learning in English, and analyzes the function and characteristics of English online self-learning platform based on B / S architecture. On this basis, the English web-based learning platform was analyzed and designed, with the display of corresponding flow chart and model creation. Then, we designed the platform modules and their test use models. Under the principle of software engineering, we conducted a series of tests on the well-completed online English self-learning platform. The major test uses and test results were displayed accordingly. Finally, with a systematic analysis of the test results, we verified the effectiveness of our tests.

show abstract

“…I would suggest that, like ethics and biology, genetics is actually fundamental to nursing care, and as such, should be woven into the fabric of all modules and topics in the nursing curriculum. For example, the underlying basis for familial cancer syndromes and “red flags” that denote a high possibility of an inherited cancer within a family should be part of any oncology module, and this embedded approach has been shown to be successful in improving genetics competences in nurses (Kiernan & Vallerand, ). The use of patient cases to emphasize the relevance of genetics in nursing has been the basis for a free online educational program for nurses (http://www.primarycaregenetics.org), which has proved successful in enhancing not only knowledge but skills and attitudes.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%