How genomics is changing patient care and treatment
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How genomics is changing patient care and treatment

Erin Dean Health journalist

Genomics is already used in many areas of nursing. Find out how to stay up to date with developments

Genomics plays a part in many aspects of healthcare and is used to guide a range of health-related decisions – as such, nurses are expected to have some knowledge of it. NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme describes the field as the study of an organism’s entire genetic material, which for humans is made up of DNA.

Nursing Management. 31, 4, 8-9. doi: 10.7748/nm.31.4.8.s3

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