Genetics and genomic competency of Turkish nurses: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Yeşilçınar, İlknur; Seven, Memnun; Şahin, Eda; Calzone, Kathleen A.

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105239

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“…Female nurses had more genomic knowledge than male nurses, which aligns with the results obtained by a previous study in Israel 6 and that in Turkey. 9 Nurses with an initial level of bachelor’s degree or above had higher knowledge scores, consistent with the findings of an Australian study. 8 Nurses who had genetics/genomics content in their curriculum scored higher, which is consistent with Calzone et al findings.…”

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“…The result was very close to the score of a large national-scale survey in the USA (8.08/12) conducted as early as 2012 5 but much lower than the score of Turkish nurses in 2020 (9.36/12). 9 In contrast, the knowledge of nurses in our country is far from adequate, as mainland Chinese nurses’ genomic knowledge is similar to that of the nurses 7 years prior in the USA despite the elapsed time and the rapid development of genomics. Meanwhile, approximately 62% of our participants considered their overall genomic knowledge to be poor.…”

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confidence: 93%

“… 5 19 However, in some aspects, the confidence of nurses in this study was lower than that of Turkish nurses in 2020 (51.7%–86.5%). 9 …”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, there is little understanding about genomic nursing competency in many countries globally. In the USA, Israel, Italy, Australia and Turkey, previous studies have found that although most nurses believe that genomics is important to their nursing practice, they lack confidence and competency to use it in practice 5–9. Moreover, most nurses believe that their genomic knowledge and skills are too poor to be integrated effectively into nursing practice 5 6 8.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The GGNPS was derived from a well‐validated instrument assessing the adoption of genomics by family physicians18 and is a nursing-specific instrument designed to evaluate genomic nursing competency. This instrument is internationally relevant and can be used in various countries and areas with variable resources,4 9 19 because it adopts FH as the basis for competency assessment 17. In China, taking FH is routine for nurses; however, genomics requires more in-depth FHs and the creation of a pedigree.…”

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Genetic and genomic nursing competency among nurses in tertiary general hospitals and cancer hospitals in mainland China: a nationwide survey

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ObjectivesTo explore genetic/genomic nursing competency and associated factors among nurses from tertiary general and specialist cancer hospitals in mainland China and compare the competencies of nurses from the two types of hospitals.Design and settingA cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 2019 to January 2020, wherein 2118 nurses were recruited from 8 tertiary general hospitals and 4 cancer hospitals in mainland China. We distributed electronic questionnaires to collect data on nurses’ demographics, work-related variables and genomic nursing competency.Participants2118 nurses were recruited via a three-stage stratified cluster sampling method.ResultsMore than half (59.1%, 1252/2118) of the participants reported that their curriculum included genetics/genomics content. The mean nurses’ genomic knowledge score was 8.30/12 (95% CI=8.21 to 8.39). Only 5.4% had always collected a complete family history in the past 3 months. Compared with general hospital nurses, slightly more cancer hospital nurses (75.6% vs 70.6%, p=0.010) recognised the importance of genomics, while there was no significant difference in the knowledge scores (8.38 vs 8.21, p>0.05). Gender (β=0.06, p=0.005), years of clinical nursing (β=−0.07, p=0.002), initial level of nursing education (β=0.10, p<0.001), membership of the Chinese Nursing Association (β=0.06, p=0.004), whether their curriculum included genetics/genomics content (β=0.08, p=0.001) and attitude towards becoming more educated in genetics/genomics (β=0.25, p<0.001) were significantly associated with the nurses’ genomic knowledge score.ConclusionThe levels of genomic knowledge among mainland Chinese nurses in tertiary hospitals were moderate. The overall genomic competency of cancer hospital nurses was comparable to that of general hospital nurses. Further genomic training is needed for nurses in China to increase their genomic competency and accelerate the integration of genomics into nursing practice.

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“… 5 19 However, in some aspects, the confidence of nurses in this study was lower than that of Turkish nurses in 2020 (51.7%–86.5%). 9 …”

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confidence: 99%

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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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Genetics and genomics knowledge and competency of Chinese nurses based on the theory of diffusion of innovation: A descriptive cross-sectional study

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Genetics and genomic competency of Turkish nurses: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Cited by 9 publications

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Genetic and genomic nursing competency among nurses in tertiary general hospitals and cancer hospitals in mainland China: a nationwide survey

Genetic and genomic nursing competency among nurses in tertiary general hospitals and cancer hospitals in mainland China: a nationwide survey

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

Genetics and genomics knowledge and competency of Chinese nurses based on the theory of diffusion of innovation: A descriptive cross-sectional study

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