Integrating Genetics and Genomics into Nursing Curricula. You Can Do It Too!

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 661-669

  Daack Hirsch, Sandra ^a   Jackson, Barbara ^b   Belchez, Chito A ^c   Elder, Betty ^d   Hurley, Roxanne ^e   Kerr, Peg ^f   Nissen, Mary Kay ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE   (United States)

^g Briar Cliff University   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Genetics; Genomics; Nursing education; Undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM; YOUNG ADULT;

CASE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; NURSING EDUCATION; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888343163     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2013.08.005     Document Type: Review

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