In the past, conversations about genetics (the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance) were typically confined to research laboratories and healthcare settings. Now, it is estimated that over 100 million people have completed direct-to-consumer genetic testing (for example 23andme), indicating that conversations about genetics and genomics (the field of biology focused on…
Why is genomics so important for nurses? Genomics is a foundational life science on which nursing is built! The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) is an organization supported by the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH-NHGRI) to enhance genomic literacy among healthcare providers and to improve integration…