Family health history and future nursing practice: Implications for undergraduate nursing students

Ford, Cassandra D.; Rooks, Ronica N.; Montgomery, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2016.10.004

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“…1 One method for collecting this information is to use Family Health History (FHx) tools, which play an important role in determining an individual's risk for certain illnesses, especially those with genetic causes. [2][3][4] Different methods for collecting an FHx employed by medical service providers include faceto-face conversations, emails, paperwork, or phone conversations. 5 According to Qureshi et al, 6 self-collection FHx tools have been found to exhibit comparable performance as other methods of collection; ranging from paper-based methods to electronic tools, they offer several potential advantages as they can obtain more accurate information in a short time for a large population.…”

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An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric population

Ponathil¹,

Ozkan²,

Bertrand³

et al. 2020

Health Informatics J

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Critical for the early diagnosis of genetic disorders, a Family Health History (FHx) can be collected in several ways including electronic FHx tools, which aid easy editing and sharing by linking with other information management portals. The user acceptance of such systems is critical, especially among older adults experiencing motor and cognitive issues. This study investigated two types of FHx interfaces, standard and Virtual Conversational Agent (VCA), using 30 young (between 18 and 30) and 24 older participants (over 60). Workload, usability and performance data were collected. Even though participants required less time to complete three of five tasks on the standard interface, the VCA interface performed better in terms of subjective workload and usability. Additionally, 67% of the older adults preferred the VCA interface since it provided context-based guidance during the data collection process. The results from this study have implications for the use of virtual assistants in FHx and other areas of data collection.

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An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric population

Ponathil¹,

Ozkan²,

Bertrand³

et al. 2020

Health Informatics J

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“…Acquiring an accurate family health history is important in the assessment and care for individuals and families (Ford, Rooks, & Montgomery, ). Family history has been identified as a risk factor for many common diseases, including cancer, coronary artery disease, hypertension, asthma, and diabetes mellitus (Beery & Shooner, ; Ford et al, ). A family history can provide valuable indicators of familial transmission, and aid in diagnosis and identifying other family members who are at risk (Beery & Shooner, ), making it the “first genetic screen” (Beery & Shooner, , p. 15; Hinton, , p. 149).…”

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Nurses’ competence in genetics: An integrative review

Wright

Zhao

Birks

et al. 2018

Nursing & Health Sciences

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The aim of this integrative review was to update a mixed method systematic review by Skirton, O'Connor, and Humphreys (2012) that reported on nurses' levels of competence in using genetics in clinical practice. Three electronic databases were searched using selected key words. Research studies published in English between January 2011 and September 2017 reporting levels of nurse competence in genetics or genomics were eligible for inclusion. The selected studies were subjected to thematic analysis. Three main themes were identified: (i) genomic knowledge and utilization, (ii) perceived relevance to practice, and (iii) genomic education. While the reviewed papers produced varied findings, many nurses were shown to have poor genomic knowledge and/or competency, and yet there was a consensus that most nurses believe genomics is important to their practice. The present review indicated that in the past 5 years nurses have made minimal progress toward achieving the core genomic competencies appropriate for clinical practice.

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“…Those activities consist of identification, provide an education, patient care, and also patient support [25]. The previous study also stated that a family health history should be included to nursing curriculum in order to provide a basic information on this part effectively when in a clinical practice [2].…”

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“…Besides that, it also used to collect the information of family health history [1]. It is important to be knowledgeable about family health history in order to better prepare the future health and preventive care [2].…”

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Purpose: To identify nursing students' knowledge about genetics. Methods: A descriptive with a cross-sectional approach was used in this study. Eligible participants were recruited from a convenience sample at nine school of nursing in Central Java, Indonesia. Survey were distributed to 1691 nursing students attend the class. The modification of "The Genetic Needs Assessment Survey" was used. There were 43 questions divided in 3 sections/ domains. The questionnaire covers 3 domain, including perceive knowledge of human principles and disorders; comfort regarding genetics; and educational methods of teaching genetic topics. Also, there were 4 demographic data including age, gender, semester grade, and previous degree have been assessed. Descriptive statistics were used to explain results from data collected. Results: There were 1635 nursing students participated in this study. The response rate was 96.7%. More participants feel confident when they choose "minimal knowledge" in terms of genetic (e.g., DNA-RNA structure and function). However, they also choose "no knowledge of this topic) to pattern inheritance terms. The majority of students were not familiar to genetic disease, for example trisomy 13, trisomy 18, trisomy 21, and Huntington's disease. Students also stated that they feel more comfortable to learn about genetics through lecture, small group discussion, and roleplay. Conclusion: Nursing students' knowledge concerning genetics still low. This knowledge will affect quality of nursing care given to the patient. Thus, genetics topic should be included in nursing curriculum at any level of education.

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Family health history and future nursing practice: Implications for undergraduate nursing students

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric population

An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric population

Nurses’ competence in genetics: An integrative review

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