Izmir Katip Celebi University, Health Science Faculty, Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Izmir, Turkey.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Nursing, Amherst, MA, USA.
Nurse Educ Today. 2022 Feb;109:105239. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105239. Epub 2021 Dec 7.
Nurses have essential roles in genetic related healthcare, including risk assessment, referring individuals to genetics services, advocating for and educating individual, families, and communities who might benefit from genetic services.
To determine the genetics and genomic competency of Turkish nurses.
A descriptive cross sectional research design was used to collect data.
Totally 385 nurses working in clinical or academic settings in Turkey were recruited between 20 January and 20 April 2020.
Data were collected using socio-demographic characteristics form and Genetics and Genomics in Nursing Practice Survey on 20 January-20 April 2020. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal Wallis, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for data analyses.
A total of 385 nurses participated in this study. Most, 44.9% had a BSN degree, 42.1% were clinical nurses. Of the nurses, 34.5% reported that they had genetics included in their nursing curriculum, and 74.0% intended to learn more about genetics. The mean knowledge score was 9.36/12. Gender, primary role of nurses, and whether to see patients actively in practice were the factors effecting knowledge score of nurses in genetic and genomics.
Turkish nurses' genomics skills need additional development and integration of genomics to the nursing curriculum can be effective to decrease their knowledge gaps. Clinical nurses' genomic competency should improve to increase the nursing care quality.
护士在遗传相关的医疗保健中发挥着重要作用，包括风险评估、将个人转介到遗传服务机构、为可能受益于遗传服务的个人、家庭和社区提供倡导和教育。
确定土耳其护士的遗传学和基因组学能力。
本研究采用描述性横断面研究设计来收集数据。
2020 年 1 月 20 日至 4 月 20 日期间，在土耳其的临床或学术环境中招募了 385 名护士。
使用社会人口统计学特征表和《护理实践中的遗传学和基因组学》调查收集数据。采用描述性统计、Kruskal Wallis 和 Mann-Whitney U 检验进行数据分析。
共有 385 名护士参与了这项研究。大多数（44.9%）护士拥有学士学位，42.1%是临床护士。其中，34.5%的护士报告称他们的护理课程中包含了遗传学内容，74.0%的护士表示希望更多地了解遗传学。护士的平均知识得分为 9.36/12 分。护士的性别、主要角色以及是否在实践中主动接触患者是影响其遗传和基因组学知识得分的因素。
土耳其护士的基因组学技能需要进一步发展，将基因组学纳入护理课程可以有效减少他们的知识差距。临床护士的基因组学能力需要提高，以提高护理质量。
