Author: Rozina Mehmood, MScN scholar at Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. She did her BScN in 2015 from Aga Khan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has more than 7 years of experience as a surgical nurse in in-patient units including 5 years of experience working as an Assistant Head Nurse at the Aga Khan University.
As the Medical world is adopting more and more advanced technologies, it has become easier to detect diseases in their early stage. Genomics is part of these advancements, which refers to the study of an organism’s gene in DNA and its interaction with the surrounding environment. Medical and technical advancements in Genomics help us understand disease, diagnosis, progress, treatment, and prevention. The rapidly growing field of genomics is profoundly affecting every aspect of healthcare. New care models are emerging as a result of genomic discoveries. These breakthroughs have opened up new possibilities for the use of genetics in medicine. These benefits must be understood by nurses in order to incorporate genomics into clinical practice.
The majority of healthcare workers are nurses, who perform a variety of professional duties. They frequently interact with patients as their initial point of contact. Every nurse needs to have fundamental genomics knowledge and abilities because this is determining the upcoming healthcare facilities, regardless of the field of practice or specialization. This emphasizes the necessity of readily available training materials, genomics knowledge, and nursing leadership as crucial components for educating the following generation of nurses in genomics. High-risk assessments, with clients the services available, and educating people who might get an advantage from genetic services, families, and communities can all be important tasks that nurses carry out as part of genetic-related healthcare. To achieve this goal, nurses must possess the necessary knowledge to provide care guided by genetics and understand how genomics knowledge connects the current nursing knowledge and practices.
The advancement of Genomics has provided nurses the opportunity to take the lead in precision medicine. Still, the lack of relevant educational opportunities in genomics, and a lack of organizational support in the field suggests that nurses' contributions to genomics care are underappreciated. Collaboration within nursing practice domains can help to address this issue by ensuring that nurses possess the core skills and knowledge necessary to apply genomics in their daily work. Given that genomics is a field that is quickly developing, nurses can take advantage of this chance to lead research initiatives, considering how genomic tools affect care delivery and patient outcomes. Also, develop regulations that ensure the safe and fair implementation of these technologies, and encourage the creation of new care pathways. Through all this, we will observe how patients, families, and the healthcare system change as a result of genomic discoveries.
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