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Educational needs of nurses to provide genetic services in prenatal care: A cross‐sectional study from Turkey
Author(s) -
Seven Memnun,
Eroglu Kafiye,
Akyüz Aygül,
Ingvoldstad Charlotta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12344
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , medicine , genetic counseling , family medicine , medical genetics , prenatal care , nursing , outpatient clinic , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , environmental health , genetics , population , fetus , pathology , biology , gene
The latest advances in genetics/genomics have significantly impacted prenatal screening and diagnostic tests. This cross‐sectional descriptive study was conducted in inpatient and outpatient obstetric clinics in 24 hospitals in Turkey to determine knowledge of genetics related to prenatal care and the educational needs of perinatal nurses. A total of 116 nurses working in these clinics agreed to participate. The results included the level of knowledge among nurses was not affected by sociodemographic factors. Also, there is a lack of knowledge and interest in genetics among prenatal nurses and in clinical practice to provide education and counseling related to genetics in prenatal settings as a part of prenatal care.