Final Year Nursing Students’ Knowledge of Genomic Concepts and Readiness for Use in Practice in Selected Federal Institutions in Southwest Nigeria - Abstract
Introduction: Final year nursing students are the nursery of the nursing profession and tomorrow’s professionals. This group of people are expected to apply personalized care in clinical practice in order to give holistic nursing care to the patient. Therefore, the researcher seeks to assess their knowledge of genomic concept and readiness for using this knowledge in practice. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional design was employed in this study. A total of 347 nursing students from six schools participated in the study. Validated Genetic Nursing
Concept Inventory (GNCI) on knowledge and self-developed questionnaire that assessed participants perceived readiness and curriculum content were used to elicit information. Descriptive statistics were used to present results and hypotheses were tested with chi-square p?0.05. Results: All the 347(100%) of students had poor knowledge of genetics and genetic disorders. lesser than half of the respondents 122(35.2%) responded positively that they will be ready to learn about genetics and majority 103(29.7%) affirmed that there was no genetic content in their school curriculum.