Boosted Genomic Literacy in Nursing Students via Standardized-Patient Clinical Simulation: A Mixed-Methods Study.
Background: Genomic information is becoming integral to nursing practice, yet undergraduate curricula often provide limited opportunities to apply this knowledge in realistic settings. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a clinical simulation-based intervention on nursing students' learning of gene...
| Published in: | Nursing Reports Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 297 - 313 |
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